Archive for the ‘Authentication’ Category

Network access control authentication: Are you ready for 802.1X?

Monday, June 21, 2010 13:25 Comments Off

In the NAC products we tested, authentication varies from very strong to very weak, and every point in-between. When starting down your path of evaluating NAC products, decide very early what kind of authentication mechanism you want, if any.

This was posted under category: Authentication, NAC, Product review, Security

5 reasons why the proposed ID scheme for Internet users is a bad idea

Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:59 Comments Off

Imagine waking up in a world, where you would need to use two-factor authentication/biometric based ID, in order to do anything online. Here are five reasons why I think this is a bad idea.

This was posted under category: Authentication, Cyberthreats, Dancho Danchev, Malware, Security, privacy