Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. A message authentication code (MAC), or tag, is a security code that is typed in by the user ...

A password alone will not protect sensitive information from hackers--two-factor authentication is also necessary. Here's what security pros and users need to know about two-factor authentication.

The use of two independent mechanisms to verify the identity of a user. There are four authentication factors as follows: 1. What you know (password, PIN, personal data). 2. What you have (private ...

We're at a crossroads where authentication protocols and mechanisms need a complete refresh to combat the security breaches involving the exploitation of vulnerabilities, social engineering attacks ...

The combination of authentication server and authenticator, which may be separate devices or both reside in the same unit such as an access point or network access server. The authentication server ...

The USB Implementers Forum today announced the launch of a USB Type-C Authentication program, which is designed to create a cryptographic-based authentication definition for USB-C chargers and devices ...

Key exchange with unilateral authentication (short: unilateral key exchange) is an important primitive in practical security protocols; a prime example is the widely deployed TLS protocol, which is ...

Now that vacation season’s coming to an end, it’s a good moment to review the security of your online accounts, or at the very least - beef up your security knowledge. Let’s start from here: ...

If you aren’t already protecting your most personal accounts with two-factor or two-step authentication, you should be. An extra line of defense that’s tougher than the strongest password, 2FA is ...