Hideez Blog | Passwordless Authentication News & Tips

SAML authentication is a widely used method that makes all of our lives easier. But, most online users don’t know how SAML works or what it even is, for that matter. There are many terms you can use to describe the features and capabilities of SAML for authentication purposes. On this page, we’ll run you through all of the SAML basics and help you understand this open standard the majority of people use daily.

Gmail is one of the most popular and yet most vulnerable email services. Backed by the largest search engine in the world and with over 1 billion email users and a corresponding amount of payment and confidential information, it attracts many scammers. It inspired us at Hideez to investigate the topic and provide tips on how to secure your Gmail account in 2022.

Single-factor authentication (SFA) was the norm for many years before multi-factor authentication started gradually replacing it. In today’s era of highly developed information systems, most security experts agree that single-factor authentication simply isn’t enough to keep you safe.

Since 2014, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued guidelines, recommendations, and controls for identity authentication, including optimal password policy practices. The NIST password guidelines cover crucial practices for creating and managing passwords and requirements for the validation of these passwords

Passwords are flawed, and nowadays, obsolete methods of authentication. For this reason, cybersecurity companies have developed more sophisticated authentication methods for ensuring enhanced user security. The most notable examples are hardware tokens, dedicated portable devices that authenticate the user’s identity and prevent unauthorized access.

The CCPA, California Consumer Privacy Act, has been legally enforceable since July 1st of last year. It is the first significant privacy law in the US pertaining to consumer control of personal data. And, even though it hasn’t even been a year since the official legal enforcement of the CCPA started, Californians have already voted for the follow-up act, called the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).

Webinar on passwordless authentication and its implementation in the business environment. Discussion topics:🔺Will the FIDO standard replace passwords? 🔺The magic of FIDO passwordless authentication. 🔺 Case studies of Fast Identity🔺Questions and answers

Hideez Group, together with the Institute of Information Technologies JSC, presented a new tool for secure data storage - the Almaz-1K electronic key, which supports Bluetooth wireless technology.

Doctors and nurses are leading the fight for human lives amidst the coronavirus outbreak. Once again, they rise to the challenge, providing help for those in need, and giving hope to others. What they need right now is time. Time to treat current patients and time to get ready for the new ones.

There’s a dramatic increase in phishing and other breach attempts as cybercriminals are increasingly seeking to profit off the coronavirus panic. How do you protect your organization from such attacks? Read more:

The NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation is a set of regulations from the New York Department of Financial Services. This legislation places cybersecurity requirements on all financial institutions that operate in New York. It stipulates that all DFS-regulated companies should have cybersecurity plans, policies, and maintain detailed reporting systems for cybersecurity events.

In the United States, about 19% of the adult population has experienced identity theft. Over 60 million Americans have had their online identity exposed by hacks of the customer databases of their service providers or government agencies. The situation is similar in Europe and other countries.