An innovative approach to authentication

Vidoop, as profiled here is taking an interesting approach to authentication, using the fact that humans are good at identifying and categorizing images. Basically, you select a category of images, and when you go to log in, it presents you with a grid of images, some of which fall into the category you selected. You just type in the codes printed alongside those images, and that is your "password" for that session. While a unique physical device or biometric readout remains the best authentication credential in my mind, this new approach may help to make the "password part" of authenticating a bit less vulnerable.

Kaiser Permanente, too...

30,000 Kaiser employees are now at risk of identity theft, and the company is at risk of break-ins on any systems without 2-factor authentication, after a recent data breach in California... Just another example of how easy it is to have your password compromised, even through no fault of your own.

Monster.com Employee Passwords Compromised

As described in this article, Monster.com employee login credentials were recently stolen. Now that hackers have their passwords, Monster's systems are at risk until every last password is changed -- and those users who happen to use the same passwords all over the place are at even greater risk. The solution, of course, is 2-factor authentication. If your password is just 1/2 of the login equation, you're protected even if the password is compromised.

That's the foundation of the SafeTelework with Enterprise-in-a-Flash system, based on patented 2-factor authentication. Ours isn't the only way to do it, though we think it's the best. Even if you choose a different product, please be sure it has 2-factor authentication enforcement 100% of the time. Otherwise, you're just putting yourself at risk.