The limitations of MFA and an analysis into the rise of Passwordless Authentication.
Join us on Wednesday November 10th for a free 60 minute launch event webinar for our latest buyer’s guide focused on passwordless authentication and associated technology. Our buyer’s guide for passwordless authentication was released on October 18th after a 10 week research effort, analysing the key vendors, design patterns and capabilities in the space. We […]
Manchester, UK. The Cyber Hut, the leading boutique industry analyst firm specialising in identity, access and cyber security technology, announced the release of a Buyer’s Guide for Passwordless Technology. The 61 page report is the result of a 12 week project analysing the vendors, use cases and capabilities associated with modern software based multi factor […]
The Cyber Hut are running a brief 5 question survey to understand adoption patterns for passwordless technology for 2022 and beyond. If you work in industry have responsibility or associations with authentication technology we’d love to hear your feedback. The survey is vendor agnostic, independent and anonymous. It contains 5 questions and can be completed […]
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 […]
We all know passwords are bad, but… Why aren’t we using passwordless login? Passwords are seemingly like smoking: we know they’re bad for us, we want and try to stop using them, but alas, they exist in nearly every application, service and website on the planet. Why so if the technology exists to replace passwords […]
There have been some topical things drop in the mailbox of The Cyber Hut this week; namely the noise surrounding US/UK relations with Russia regarding active cyber measures. But meanwhile, the following other topics seemed of interest. World Economic Forum – Pathway to Cyber Resilient Aviation Industry The WEF published a report this week alongside […]
The W3C backed standard for passwordless authentication, commonly known as WebAuthn, has been worked on by experts from the likes of Microsoft, Google and Mozilla for several years. In early 2019 it was recommended as a standard and is being adopted by many organisations as a result. This article will take a deeper look at […]
This four-day security extravaganza tours the world, and I attended the keynotes and briefings sessions on the 6th and 7th. Clearly this is a broader security conference, but as always the role of identity and access management appears in more ways than previous and often in slightly less obvious ways.
Machines are eating the world. Or is it software? No wait, it's AI. In someways, it will likely be none, neither or all. I don't think any will make us all extinct, yet automation, the use of machines and services (powered by clever software) will certainly be doing more for us as humans than ever before - as employees, customers and citizens.