An independent vendor assessment of Keyless.io including: Company Key Facts, Funding, Case Studies, Technology Key Facts, Technology Review and Strengths Analysis.

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Join us on Wednesday November 17th for a 60 minute fireside chat with Simon Moffatt of The Cyber Hut and Ian Sorbello of Transmit Security, where they will discuss the emerging challenges of consumer identity and how to streamline user experiences by ridding passwords from a range of applications, devices and services to drive revenue […]

An independent vendor assessment of 1Kosmos including: Company Key Facts, Funding, Case Studies, Technology Key Facts, Technology Review and Strengths Analysis.

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Authentication does not exist in a vacuum. It does not exist in a silo. The aim of authentication, is not authentication. It exists to support secondary events such as employee application access, consumer transaction completion or purchases. That seems pretty obvious when you write it down and read it aloud. However, we still tend to […]
I recently ran another of my highly scientific polls on cyber security technology opinions last week that asked the question as to whether passwordless authentication still classified as multi factor authentication (MFA). I dropped the polls into LinkedIn and Twitter here. It generated some interesting responses. Before we dive into that, let me set the […]
Let us start with a few definitions just to get started. Authentication is focused upon asserting the properties of an entity and confirming a level of assurance. The typical process of signing in or logging in. Clearly authentication for people is quite a well known process, as we perform the task every day – sometimes […]

This week two European software as a service consumer identity and access management (CIAM) vendors merged to what is claimed to be Europe’s largest CIAM supplier.

iWelcome and Onegini become one, with the aptly titled new organisation called OneWelcome. Both have been long time suppliers of CIAM capabilities to primarily the European market.

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Recently I discussed how “You’re Only As Strong As Your Password Reset” – with an emphasis on how credential reset activities could well be an Achilles heel when it comes to authentication journeys. Whilst many organisations rightly start to add multi factor authentication and passwordless authentication to their arsenal of security and usability controls, it […]
When it comes to cyber security architecture, you really are only as strongest as your weakest link. Your organisation switches to blanket AES encryption with a “military grade” (what does that even mean?) 256 bit key, but then you store the key in “user land” in an unprotected part of the OS, essentially rendering it […]
This week saw the International Institute of Strategies Studies release a hefty 182 page report analysing nation state cyber security capabilities - from both an offensive and defensive point of view. The IISS also provided a launch video to introduce and discuss the report.