Nathaniel Crocker On Labor Day, September 5th 2016, NIST published their Digital Authentication Guideline: Public Preview. The document, SP 800-63-3, is a complete overhaul of our beloved eAuthentication documents SP-800-63 and OMB M-04-04. NIST is changing things up. Rather than holding the tradi...
Nathaniel Crocker On Labor Day, September 5th 2016, NIST published their Digital Authentication Guideline: Public Preview. The document, SP 800-63-3, is a complete overhaul of our beloved eAuthentication documents SP-800-63 and OMB M-04-04. NIST is changing things up. Rather than holding the tradi...
By Dean Wiech Helpdesks are overwhelmed, it’s no secret, often by mundane and repetitive tasks that can, or should, be automated. By taking steps, that are usually simple and financially efficient, much time can be saved for employees and organizations managing this process. By automating processe...
By Shannon Perry Another data breach is making headlines, as eBay.com has revealed that the passwords for its accounts were recently compromised. The peculiar thing about this breach, however, is the way eBay communicated – and did not communicate – the breach to its users. If you visited eBay.c...
By Marcus Williams Today’s cyber news we are tracking: 3D printing facial implant, Receiving online orders in less than 15 minutes, AV world rankings, and more. Technology has reinvented itself again. A British restaurant manager was diagnose with a cancerous tumor growing on the left side of ...
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Evernote Hack Exposes User Data, Forces Extensive Password Resets – If you are an Evernote user, chances are you got quite the shock this weekend. Evernote forced a manual reset for all of its users, and “About 50 milli...
Cryptography recently joined forces with neuroscience to propose a groundbreaking innovation in authentication. Hristo Bojinov of Stanford University along with Daniel Sanchez and Paul Reber of Northwestern, Dan Boneh of Stanford, and Patrick Lincoln of SRI published a paper on “Designing ...
According to an internal Energy Department audit, the federal utility Bonneville Power Administration, which provides power to over 305 of the Pacific Northwest, is at risk due to weak passwords. Overall, the DoE found a 60 percent increase in vulnerabilities between 2010 and 2011 across the depar...