Hideez Group has rolled out a new 3.8.6 version of the Hideez Authentication Server, which allows passwordless access with different types of FIDO authenticators. A demo version of the updated server is now available for businesses and anyone interested in implementing Hideez Authentication Service to protect their infrastructure.
Password protecting your folders adds great protection to your sensitive information. It minimizes the chances of anyone snooping around, especially if you share a Windows PC with multiple users. Best of all, you can choose from a variety of different tools to password protect your folders entirely for free. There’s even a built-in Windows password protection tool.
Apple has finally introduced its new passkeys technology in a move to foster the development of passwordless authentication. With passkeys in iCloud Keychain, macOS and iOS users will get the option to log in to their accounts with just a username and a Face ID or Touch ID scan, which is promised to be easier, faster, and much more secure than traditional password-based logins and MFA.
The FIDO Alliance recently made a significant move towards a passwordless world, announcing new FIDO2 standards and its first user experience (UX) guidelines. The latter is a major step towards even broader FIDO adoption, as it provides consumers with helpful information on how they can benefit from adopting FIDO.
DLP stands for Data Loss Prevention. The definition of data loss prevention is that it's a set of tools and security processes that ensures the safety of data. This includes protecting data from getting lost, misused, or accessed by unauthorized parties.
With the demise of password-based security and a growing diversity of authenticators over the last few years, a new streamlined repository to add and view FIDO Certified authenticators has long been needed. And here comes the Metadata Service version 3! The service was upgraded by the FIDO Alliance in collaboration with Hideez Group and introduced this week as a replacement to the deprecated MDS2.
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.
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).
