Tag: strong authentication


Combat Ransomware: Strong authentication best practices to defend against threats
Organizations are increasingly becoming victims of ransomware attacks. And this had long been foreshadowed with experts having estimated earlier that a ransomware attack will occur every 11 seconds in 2021*. When it comes to ransomware it’s not a question of if your organization will be targeted, but when. Ransomware and its connection to strong authentication …

Modern strong authentication and compliance for Financial Services: How the YubiKey meets global Financial Services regulations
Read this white paper to learn how strong authentication using the YubiKey can help financial institutions stay protected against cyber attacks, and meet regulatory compliance for FFIEC, PCI DSS, GLBA, PSD2, eIDAS, SOX, SOC2, GDPR, and more.
What is Strong Authentication
Strong Authentication Definition Strong authentication confirms user identity reliably and safely, never solely based on shared secrets/symmetric keys such as passwords, codes, and recovery questions. Strong authentication assumes credential phishing and impersonation attacks are inevitable and robustly repels them. Although multi-factor authentication (MFA) remains among the best ways to establish who trusted users are, actual …