Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

The evolution of identity security has been a constant race against increasingly sophisticated threats. For example, two-factor authentication (2FA) can be traced back to 1995 when AT&T developed a ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the commercial release ("general availability") of system-preferred multifactor authentication (MFA). System-preferred MFA will suggest using the most secure ...

Multi-factor authentication requires users to present two or more pieces of evidence to prove their identity, such as a password and a one-time code sent to an ...

With the rapid advancement of technology and the growing number of security threats, both physical and cyber, conventional methods of access control have become insufficient in ensuring the security ...

Tanya Candia is an international management expert, specializing for more than 25 years in information security strategy and communication for public- and private-sector organizations. Passwords are ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

In addition to changes to Duo’s user interface, the update will add a three-digit code step to Duo push approvals, UW’s two-factor authentication feature, and shorten the window of time during which ...

For the past 20 years, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has been regarded as the gold standard for replacing passwords to achieve strong authentication. While one-time passcodes (OTPs), hardware ...

Phishing takes advantage of the weakest link in any organization’s cybersecurity system — human behavior. Phishing attacks are generally launched via email, although some opening salvos have begun ...

Starting in July, Microsoft will begin gradually enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users signing into Azure to administer resources. After first completing the rollout for the Azure ...

The purpose of this policy is to define requirements for accessing Connecticut College's network and information systems securely. These standards are designed to minimize the potential security ...