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  RSA says 2012 will focus on mobile, cloud security

  Beyond addressing details about its big breach of 2011, RSA Security executives this week outlined its 2012 product strategy that is centered on three areas, mobility, anti-threat and cloud security.

  By Tim Greene | 20 January, 2012 02:38

  Tags: wireless, vBlock, security, SecurID, rsa, networking, mobile security, internet, cloud security, cloud computing, authentication

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  New system secures cellphones for Web transactions

  An experimental method for two-factor authentication to websites employs mobile phones in a new way to ensure that users' online accounts don't get hijacked.

  By Tim Greene | 07 December, 2011 08:29

  Tags: wireless, two-factor authentication, smartphones, security, paypal, networking, consumer electronics, cellphones, authentication, anonymous

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  MD5 password hashes are dead

  MD5 hashes, still a common method for securing login passwords, are no longer an adequate defence against hackers, according to Kaspersky Lab analyst Evgeny (Eugene) Aseev.

  By Stilgherrian | 09 September, 2011 16:26

  Tags: rainbow tables, MD5 hashes, kaspersky lab, HB Gary, hackers, Eugene Aseev, cryptographic hash function, authentication

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  4 simple steps to bulletproof laptop security

  Security: You either have it you don't. It's a matter of degrees or, as the experts prefer to think of it, layers. The more varieties of security you have, the better the odds your goods can be protected successfully from intrusion or theft.

  By Serdar Yegulalp | 31 August, 2011 23:46

  Tags: software, security, Password Security, operating systems, mobile technology, Microsoft Windows, laptops, hardware systems, encryption, authentication

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  Tax Office releases AUSkey for Linux

  The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has made good on its promise to support Linux in its next-generation authentication software, dubbed AUSkey, with the reference distribution being Ubuntu with the Firefox Web browser.

  By Rodney Gedda | 17 December, 2010 10:08

  Tags: ubuntu, SBR, pki, Linux, authentication, Australian Taxation Office (ATO), Auskey, ATO

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  20 more IT mistakes to avoid

  Back in 2004, InfoWorld's then-CTO Chad Dickerson polled the best and brightest to reveal 20 IT mistakes that were surefire recipes for cost overruns, missed deadlines, and in some cases, lost jobs.

  By Neil McAllister | 16 September, 2008 08:33

  Tags: applications, authentication, corporate issues, environment, personnel, programming, SaaS

Whitepapers about authentication

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  Effective and Painless Multi-Factor Authentication

  There is a new, multifactor authentication approach that not only strengthens identity authentication but does so in a way that does not introduce the burdensome cost, user inconvenience, and administrative complexity that have limited the adoption of multi-factor authentication by small and mid-sized businesses.