Get tips on how to use security tokens and smart card technology for secure user authentication. This resource defines what a smart card is, and provides information on deployment, smart card writers and readers and software.
Exploring authentication methods: How to develop secure systems LEARNING GUIDE - Discover authentication options and learn how to implement, maintain and secure methods of authentication, such as biometrics and smartcards to avoid breaches and protect data.
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David Griffeth, featured expert Vice President of Business Line Integration, RBS Citizens Bank ASK A QUESTION
Can you combine RFID tag technology with GPS to track stolen goods?
25 Feb 2009 EXPERT ANSWER - When laptops or smartphones are stolen, retrieving them can mean the difference between a data breach a close call. Learn if it's possible to combine RFID tag technology with GPS devices for tracking stolen goods to their ...
Security token and smart card authentication
11 Nov 2008 TIP - Get advice on how to mitigate data theft from hackers with security token and smart card authentication technology, smart card readers and software.
What should an enterprise look for in a password token and a vendor?
10 Sep 2008 EXPERT ANSWER - One-time password (OTP) tokens can aid data security by creating another layer of authentication. In this identity and access management expert response, learn which OTPs are the most secure.
RSA researcher Ari Juels: RFID tags may be easily hacked
SearchSecurity.com | 24 Apr 2009 INTERVIEW - SearchSecurity.com caught up with Dr. Ari Juels and asked the well-known cryptographer about RFID security, cloud storage innovations and his new novel.
Portable security storage device could replace OTP devices
SearchSecurity.com | 16 Mar 2009 ARTICLE - A new USB-like device, hardened with security features, could overtake one-time password devices and give end users flash memory to carry around encrypted data.
Kerberos: Authentication with some drawbacks
SearchSecurity.com | 02 Apr 2008 ARTICLE - Kerberos is one of the most-widely used authentication methods today, but experts explain that it comes with some weaknesses.
Quiz: Next-generation authentication
SearchSecurity.com | 16 May 2007 QUIZ - A five-question quiz to test your knowledge of the content presented by expert Mark Diodati in this lesson of SearchSecurity.com's Identity and Access Management Security School.
Future authentication technologies: How to choose the right product
SearchSecurity.com | 16 May 2007 IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT SECURITY SCHOOL - In this Identity and Access Management Security School lesson, Burton Group's Mark Diodati explores innovative and cost-effective user-based authentication technologies.
Spy vs. Spy
Wiley | 20 Sep 2005 BOOK CHAPTER - Excerpt from Chapter 6 of Spies Among Us: How to Stop the Spies, Terrorists, Hackers, and Criminals You Don't Even Know You Encounter Every Day.
Hackers can target embedded smart card chips
Information Security Magazine | 01 Oct 2008 HOT PICK & PRODUCT REVIEWS - Using power analysis attacks, including Simple Power Analysis, hackers can attack the embedded microchips inside smart cards.
Secure Computing SafeWord 2008 product review
Information Security Magazine | 01 May 2008 HOT PICK & PRODUCT REVIEWS - Secure Computing SafeWord 2008 delivers identity management and access control for Windows systems using tokens that generate secure single-use passcodes. Information Security magazine reviews these capabilities.
tokenization
31 May 2008 WORD - Tokenization is the process of replacing sensitive data with unique identification symbols that retain all the essential information without compromising its security. Tokenization has become popular as a means of bolstering ...
authentication server
12 Jul 2007 WORD - An authentication server is an application that facilitates authentication of an entity that attempts to access a network. Such an entity may be a human user or another server. An authentication server can reside in a ...
key string
05 Oct 2005 WORD - A key string is the authentication code included in each key in a key chain, which is a series of keys that can be created to help ensure secure communication between routers in a network.
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