Identification, authentication, and authorization – what’s the difference
Identification, authentication, and authorization. We all face these three concepts every day, but not everyone knows the difference. Since these terms are essential in data protection, they deserve to be explained better. To begin, let’s take an example from everyday life. It will help you to understand the difference between authentication and identification in general. A new employee comes to work for the first time. At the...
Two-Factor Authentication with Background Noise: Is It Safe or Not
The term two-factor authentication is known for the majority of active users of the Internet. It is available on a variety of well-established websites conducting the work with the data of users: in social networks, email services, online banking. But unfortunately, not all the users use the benefits of this type of authentication. The most frequently this occurs because of some inconvenience with the standard 2FA procedure. The...
Out-of-Band Authentication
Out-of-band authentication (OOB) is one of the most popular types of two-factor authentication in the financial sector. It presupposes sending the one-time password to the user via a communication channel other than the main one, which is used for transactions on the Internet. Most often, during the OOB authentication, the OTP (One Time Password) is sent to the clients in the form of a text message via SMS or email and the company...
What Hides Beneath SMS Authentication?
We have to pay for everything in life. Whatever you may call it — the law of conservation of energy, karma, or Divine Providence — that is how it is and how it will always be. In the 19th century, a postal courier loyal to his sovereign would risk his life delivering a letter to the addressee, which took up to a month, protecting it from any possible foes. In the 21st century, data exchange is carried out instantly, but it is a lot...