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Microsoft to Launch New Cross-Platform MFA Mobile Apps

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Jul

2016

Microsoft is launching new Microsoft Authenticator applications next month in popular mobile app stores to provide users with multi-factor authentication (MFA) functionality on the go. MFA is the new trend among high-tech companies, and Microsoft is the latest to have made its plans on the technology official, after Yahoo! last year debuted a new sign-in […]

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NIST Proposes Ban on SMS-Based Two-Factor Authentication

26

Jul

2016

The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a Digital Authentication Guideline draft proposing that all services abandon SMS-based two-factor authentication and use tokens and software cryptographic authenticators. Because messages can be redirected to a VoIP service and not an actual mobile number, NIST believes SMS-enabled two-factor authentication is vulnerable to attacks. A […]

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PCI DSS 3.2: Making the Move to MFA

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May

2016

PCI DSS has always required that any untrusted, remote access into the cardholder data environment use multi-factor authentication. Now version 3.2 takes it one step further. After more than 10 years in existence, the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is globally recognized and accepted as a mature industry standard. It’s most recent iteration — […]

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