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ALSO CALLED:
Password Authentication,
User Authentication,
3 Factor Authentication,
Network Authentication,
Carrier Access Codes,
Remote Authentication,
User ID,
2 Factor Authentication,
Carrier Identification Codes,
Access Authentication,
Two-factor Authentication,
Access Codes,
3-factor Authentication,
2-factor Authentication
DEFINITION: Authentication is the process of determining whether someone or something is, in fact, who or what it is declared to be. In private and public computer networks (including the Internet), authentication is commonly done through the use of logon passwords. Knowledge of the password is assumed to guarantee that the user is authentic. Each user registers initially (or is registered by someone else),
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Workforce Freedom: Strong Authentication for PC and Mobile Devices.
sponsored by SafeNet, Inc.
PODCAST:
This podcast will discuss what strong authentication is and why it is important. Doron will examine who needs strong authentication and which types of users will benefit from a more secure solution.
Posted: 18 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 18 Nov 2009
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Delivering Identity Management Results in 30 Days
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
PODCAST:
Learn how organizations like yours are leveraging identity management solutions and designing implementations to accelerate their time to value and achieve their security, compliance and IT cost savings goals today.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 29 Sep 2009
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Choosing the right authentication method for your business
sponsored by SafeNet, Inc.
WEBCAST:
Authentication technologies have struggled to keep pace with organizational needs including cost reduction, support for multiple user types and support for high-risk applications over the Internet. View this webcast to gain insight on current authentication technologies and explore guidelines to help you pick the right authentication technology.
Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 18 Sep 2009
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Reduce Risk & Save Money with Tokenless Two-Factor Authentication
sponsored by PhoneFactor, Inc.
WEBCAST:
Threats continue to increase in frequency and many industry regulations require two-factor authentication. However, security tokens and other forms of authentication are inconvenient for employees and expensive. View this webcast to discover how phone-based authentication differs from security tokens and other methods of authentication.
Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 17 Sep 2009
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Top IT Security Threats: How to Protect Your Users from Increasingly Sophisticated Attacks
sponsored by PhoneFactor, Inc.
WEBCAST:
This webcast explores the top security threats that users face, including phishing, malware, and man-in-the-middle attacks. Discover how out of band, two-factor authentication protects proprietary corporate and customer data. Also learn about a phone-based service that leverages an out-of-band phone call as a second factor of authentication.
Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 17 Sep 2009
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AUTHENTICATION DEFINITION (continued):
using an assigned or self-declared password. On each subsequent use, the user must know and use the previously declared password. The weakness in this system for transactions that are significant (such as the exchange of money) is that passwords can often be stolen, accidentally revealed, or forgotten.For this reason, Internet business and many other transactions require a more stringent authentication process. The use of digital certificates issued and verified by a Certificate Authority (CA) as part of a public key infrastructure is considered likely to become the standard way to perform
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