Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

Security firm relies on rhythm method for user authentication

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

User authentication firm e-Solutions has developed an system based on individual typing behavior, including speed, rhythm and agility. The Remote Biometric Authentication system analyzes typing characteristics to create an individual user profile or ‘typing fingerprint.’

The software senses pauses, mistakes and speed, which e-Solutions feels are just as personally identifiable as handwriting. E-Solutions claims that the system works regardless of the environment or keyboard being used, even one unfamiliar to the user, and can also be used to verify the creator of documents and other content.

“Two-factor authentication has become commonplace in confirming remote worker identity. But it can be cost prohibitive for many organizations,” said Angus Stewart, managing director at e-Solutions. [end] 

DigitalPersona announced the release of a new version of its Pro Enterprise software solution, version 5.2.

Among the aspects of the new version DigitalPersona is touting are the extensive number of factors a company utilizing the solution can use to authenticate for access to sensitive information or secured computer stations. These factors include what a user knows, such as PINs or passwords, things you have, such as smart cards, contactless identity cards or Bluetooth devices, and things you are, such as fingerprints.

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The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking for proposals for research projects that could yield new biometric systems that authenticate users based on their own unique movements or behaviors such as the way they type or move a mouse, according to a ZDNet article.

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The Mozilla Foundation has started testing its BrowserID user authentication system, a full six months after its introduction, ZDNet reports. Mozilla is testing the system across five of its sites.

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Gartner Group’s 2012 Magic Quadrant for unique and innovative user authentication products features Equifax’s multifactor authentication product Anakam TFA Two Factor Authentication.

Gartner predicts that by 2017 more than 50% of enterprises will use cloud-based authentication services like Anakam, up from 10% today.

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DigitalPersona released a new version of its Pro Enterprise authentication device. It now contains the ability to support a number of new authentication credentials, enabling organizations to mix and match the ways in which employees securely identify themselves to Microsoft Windows and other applications.

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With the implementation of its authentication security suite at Goldsworth Primary School, online identity protection provider Yubico has shown that its two-factor authentication and VPN connectivity are a viable solution in the education market.

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