The biggest risk stemming from phishing attacks for most enterprises is system compromise ultimately resulting in financial or data loss (or even ransomware). As such the primary defense mechanism must be a strong form of multi-factor authentication (MFA) and authentication standards such as Fast Identity Online v2 (FIDO2) or Web Authentication (WebAuthn). 


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Financial IT: FIDO Alliance study reveals password usage still dominates financial services – as is proving costly

The FIDO Alliance published its second annual Online Authentication Barometer, which gathers insights into the…

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Teiss: Security by obscurity keeps us password-dependent

We need security by community. Andrew Shikiar of the FIDO Alliance calls on more businesses…

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Giga: PayPal Passkeys: How the login works

With “Passkeys”, the payment service introduces a new, secure login method that allows you to…

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