On January 1, 2026, California launched something unprecedented: the Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP), enabling ...

Sometimes a breach doesn’t kick down the front door. It just changes the name on the badge.

The EU's NIS2 Directive is pushing organizations to take cybersecurity seriously, and that means looking closely at how you manage access. If you're responsible for security in a company that falls ...

Authentication in digital security relies heavily on text-based passwords, even with other available methods like biometrics and graphical passwords. While virtual reality (VR) keyboards are typically ...

You may have seen warnings that Google is telling all of its users to change their Gmail passwords due to a breach. That’s only partly true. Google is telling users ...

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Adoption of passkeys is fragmented across sites and devices. Users still need passwords for recovery and new device setup. Phishing protection makes passkeys worth adding, despite confusion. They are ...

Passkeys offer a way of confirming you are who you say you are without remembering a long, complicated password, and in a manner that's resistant to common attacks on passwords like phishing and ...

Google is implementing a major initiative in 2024 to transition Gmail users from traditional passwords to passwordless authentication through Passkeys, a security mechanism built on public-key ...

One time passwords have become unintentionally self-descriptive: at one time, they were useful. But no longer, says New York-based Prove, which, following a partnership with authID, has announced the ...

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