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Tag Archives: authentication
The FFIEC and Password-Generating Tokens
August 29, 2011 – 6:00 am
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In June 2011, the FFIEC (Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council) issued a “Supplement to Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment,” available at http://www.ffiec.gov/pdf/Auth-ITS-Final%206-22-11%20(FFIEC%20Formated).pdf The FFIEC comprises five financial regulatory…
Will the Real Sam DeKay Stand Up?
July 13, 2009 – 6:00 am
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Dr. Sam DeKay sent me an open letter via this very blog medium on June 1, 2009. But how do I know the letter is from the same Sam whom I know and admire, and not from some wily interloper who had hacked into the site and was masquerading as Sam? Well, I was able [...] …
Busting Password Myths
March 23, 2009 – 6:00 am
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I appreciate Richard’s comments on my March 9, 2009 column “Are Passwords Greener?” and agree with him that the “invisible” authentication methods are perhaps the most appealing from a green perspective, assuming that you have at hand whatever device incorporates the…
Passwords – Déjà Vu All Over Again
November 24, 2008 – 6:00 am
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With due credit to Yogi Berra, I found myself groaning “not again” when reading Randall Stross’s article “Goodbye, Passwords. You Aren’t a Good Defense, ” which appeared in the Week in Review section of the August 10, 2008 edition of the Sunday New York Times…
SocGen Update – The Mission Green Report
November 12, 2008 – 6:00 am
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I attended and participated in TechTarget’s inaugural Financial Information Security Decisions (FISD) Conference in New York. It was a first class meeting – and not just because I was an advisor to and panelist at the conference. In my view, the highlight of the sessions, which I…
