FEATURE15 June 2017
A Security Brainwave
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Passwords are difficult to remember and easy to hack. Could brainwave and gait analysis hold the key to more secure data protection? By Bronwen Morgan
In 2016, technology news site ZDNet reported that there had been more than 3, 000 public data breaches, resulting in around 2.2bn records being stolen. This has led many experts to conclude that current approaches to data protection are out-dated and should be replaced by new methods of authentication.
A study of IT decision-makers, carried out in the US last year, revealed that 69% of organisations said they were likely to do away with passwords within the next five years. Craig Lund, founder of security solutions provider SecureAuth – which commissioned the study – said: “On the heels of recent mega breaches such as Yahoo!, in which usernames, passwords and security-question responses were compromised, there’s a growing movement from individuals and businesses for an authentication overhaul. Single-factor, password-based authentication – and even many traditional two-factor approaches – are no longer enough in today’s increasingly digital world.”
Last year, UK bank Barclays announced it was introducing voice recognition ...
1 Comment
Danny Russell
7 years ago
I hope this arrives. And soon. It still amazes me that companies, whilst knowing all the security risks highlighted in this article, STILL ask people to set passwords using Company Think rather than Customer Think. By this i mean, their IT dept. stipulate that the password must be between 6-10 characters; contain upper and lower case letters and at least one number. My "usual" password contains more than 10 characters. Therefore i am then forced to make one up which isn't familiar to me and, guess what? I forget it. And do less business with them as a result.
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