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Understanding the Cyber Risks in Video Communication

VISTA InfoSec

Attackers may use video communication platforms to distribute ransomware by exploiting vulnerabilities in the software or tricking you into downloading infected files. On top of that, strengthen user authentication with multi-factor authentication (MFA) to reduce the risk of unauthorized access.

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PSD2 Creates Turbulence For Travel Operators

PYMNTS

In the January PSD2 Tracker , PYMNTS examines how money movement and data flow are getting an upgrade with PSD2, as well as how the upcoming SCA regulation is bound to affect user authentication. Read more by downloading the Tracker. What’s N ew In PSD2. “In About The Tracker.

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Startup Roundup: Finding Connections Between New And Existing Payment Systems

PYMNTS

Meanwhile, DadeSystems tackled user authentication with single sign-on (SSO) technology that allows their clients’ staff to use their existing credentials to log into the company’s mobile app. Technology is often about finding the right connections, and taking the new and linking it with something familiar. DadeSystems.

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SpyCloud On Making Payments Smarter And Safer

PYMNTS

Companies can decrease or eliminate passwords for user authentication, for example, because passwords are one of the biggest ways criminals are breaking into organizations today. Those passwords are freely available for download and have all been unencrypted — and [they] are still relevant to this day.

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Top 5 Surprises from FICO’s Fraud and Digital Banking Survey

FICO

Optimizing how quickly a consumer can initiate a session and complete a transaction can be at odds with performing effective user authentication and data security, so customer preferences immediately put FIs in a delicate position to balance ease against safety. Download the white paper on this survey.

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Can Biometric Authentication Make Employees’ Jobs Easier?

PYMNTS

PYMNTS recently caught up with Karl Martin, the company’s founder and CTO, to talk about the rise of biometrics and how Nymi is leveraging the technology to utilize the human heartbeat for user authentication. What we’re working to deliver is persistent authentication,” Martin told PYMNTS.