The WiKID Blog, musings on two-factor authentication, information security and some other stuff.
Marcus Ranum on Gartner on Two-factor Authentication
Posted by: admin 14 years, 4 months ago
Here's a great post by Marcus Ranum on Gartner's recent pronouncements about two-factor authentication:
Agency problems in the PCI world?
Posted by: admin 14 years, 4 months ago
If you are a PCI QSA or a PCI merchant or processor, you might enjoy this article about the relationship between the QSA and the client. The entire PCI eco-system is quite fascinating. There's definitely potential for an agency issue in that QSAs are paid by their clients to enforce the PCI Counsel's regulations.
Avivah Litan on Two-factor authentication
Posted by: admin 14 years, 4 months ago
Gartner analyst Avivah Litan has released a new report on how attackers are circumventing the protections provided by two-factor authentication systems for online banking. I have not purchased nor read the document, just the summaries that have been released.
The importance of using standard authentication protocols
Posted by: admin 14 years, 4 months ago
A theme in my recent talks at various information security conferences has been that you should choose a good authentication protocol and then choose products that support that protocol. I recommend Radius because it is quite simple and a very standard standard, which is not always the case with IT standards.
Website/Test site issues
Posted by: admin 14 years, 5 months ago
As you may have noticed, we have had some problems with some of our servers and services. We apologize for the inconvenience. We have most things back up now, but not all.
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