Protectimus’ 2FA Solution Compatible with Citrix NetScaler Gateway
The Protectimus Solutions LLP team is happy to announce that our two-factor authentication solution has been successfully integrated with Citrix NetScaler Gateway and that Protectimus has been certified as a Citrix Ready Partner. The Citrix Ready program exists to verify the compatibility of third-party software solutions with Citrix products. This allows users of Citrix to be confident in the reliability and compatibility of...
Do we need multi-factor authentication in social networks?
No one tries to contradict that multi-factor authentication is very important for corporate and personal accounts – especially those relating to financial assets turnover. But for many users, strong authentication in social networks seems an excessive caution. Usually, people use social networks for entertainment, socializing with friends, and following the news. The majority of social networks profiles have no relation to money...
Protectimus Cuts the Prices
Two-factor authentication is an indispensable element of modern information security system. Today, every resource, which stores confidential user data, is obliged to provide reliable data protection. It is dangerous and unprofitable to “recreate the wheel”. Developing a 2-step verification system on its own, the company assumes full responsibility for data protection. Very often such solutions have vulnerabilities that would later...
Dutch Scientists: SMS Verification Is Vulnerable
Computer security experts in their confrontation with the hackers are always trying to work ahead of the curve: to model and foresee probable “loopholes” in the data protection systems of different services and operating systems. In recent years, special attention has been paid to the mobile operating systems as more and more people use smartphones to enter their accounts or use them as 2-step verification means. Most...
A Wrong Lesson on Information Security
Recently, the CNBC news website gave a quite controversial lesson on information security. The author of the article, indirectly related to the information security issue (it said about the confrontation between Apple and the FBI), decided to add a text box for the passwords strength check. Most likely, this form was included as a “salt” to attract more attention. The author of the publication didn’t aim to improve...