Tesla App Two-Factor Authentication Coming Soon According to Elon Musk
Without a doubt, Tesla’s electric cars are the best vehicles on the market right now. They attract people with modern design, high efficiency, and the low cost of maintenance and operation. These vehicles are generally considered pretty theft-proof, thanks to always-on GPS which lets owners track their cars. But numerous smart features still make these cars extremely vulnerable to hacking. That’s how the two-factor...
6 MFA Myths You Still Believe
MFA or multi-factor authentication by definition is a technology that limits access to a user account unless the user presents two or more pieces of evidence that prove that they are who they claim to be, moreover, the evidence must be of different natures: something they know, something they have or something they are. Overall, the process is regarded as helpful, as it is a solution to many security threats including phishing, brute...
How to Add Two-Factor Authentication to Outlook Web App (OWA)
Quick Answer There are two architecturally different ways to add multi-factor authentication (MFA) to Outlook Web App (OWA): protect the OWA and Exchange Admin Center (EAC) login directly with a dedicated component, or add MFA at the Active Directory level so it covers OWA along with every other AD-connected service automatically. Protectimus offers both — the Protectimus OWA component for the first approach, and Protectimus DSPA...
OATH Initiative – the Main Goals, Tasks, Ins & Outs
Providing our services, we often highlight that Protectimus is a coordinate partner of the OATH Initiative and that all our tokens and two-factor authentication software are OATH-certified. Not everybody is aware, however, of what the Initiative for Open Authentication (OATH) is and what its major goals are. That’s why we decided to clarify all the details concerning the OATH definition – its tasks, algorithms, and overall...
TOTP Algorithm Explained
Time-based one-time password algorithm (TOTP) is the focus of this post. But, before we delve deeper into the TOTP meaning, we’d like to mention the organization that is instrumental in the one-time password algorithms’ existence — OATH, or Open AuTHentication. OATH is a collaboration of all sorts of specialists, who made their mission to create a truly secure and universal network for all to use. We at Protectimus are...