Why Gamers Need 2-Step Verification
Online games ceased to be considered a not serious occupation long ago. Today not only students but also bankers, senior managers, and other adult solid people play computer games. For some, it has even become a rather profitable profession. Even if the game is played just for fun, it is still about large sums of money: to buy bonuses and gaming resources, upgrade items and characters. Besides, paid online games are growing in...
The Evolution of Two-Step Authentication
With the advent of computer technologies in everyday life, the protection of data transmitted and stored in the network has become a necessity. Along with the hardware and software components, the data protection systems must include authentication tools that can prevent unauthorized access to the accounts. At first, the usual reusable passwords seemed a quite sufficient protection means. But, it soon became clear that this way of...
Two-Factor Authentication in Cloud Security
Today, cloud services are incredibly popular both among users who store their personal data there and among the companies that use cloud services for a successful business. We shouldn’t underestimate the importance of the cloud, as a means to store the employees’ personal data and the necessary corporate information, which is available to an employee at any time and at any place. But we shouldn’t forget about cloud security...
Strong Authentication Methods in 2016
At the beginning of the new year, everyone is trying to predict what it will bring: what trends will prevail in the economy and politics, what outfits will be the most fashionable, what books will possess the minds and souls, how inventors and developers will surprise and delight fans of technological progress. Let’s try to predict how the technologies and strong authentication methods would develop in 2016, what new things are...
How does 2-factor authentication work?
Any more or less experienced Internet user came across 2FA at least once. But not everyone understands how it works. To use this powerful data protection tool more effectively let’s learn more about it. The first factor of 2-factor authentication – what we know Two-factor authentication starts with the usual standard password used for signing in on any website. Usually, the users themselves choose the password to create an...
Hardware or Software Token – Which One to Choose?
Striving for maximum versatility and convenience is the main trend of our time. It triggers a general affection (which often borders on addiction) for smartphones. For a modern person, these small devices embody the principle “All that is mine, I carry with me”. A regular phone has now become a mini laptop computer, which also enables you to make calls (but it is no longer its leading feature). Since any computer should...