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Authentication, identity and access management

NIST’s Tougher Approach to Identity Risk

By Eric Sharret February 16, 2018 February 26, 2018

According to Verizon’s 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), “81% of hacking-related breaches leveraged either stolen and/or weak passwords.” The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) understands this. This is why, I believe, they …

Authentication, Cyber Security, identity and access management, mobile security

Authentication Token Cybersecurity and NIST 800-63-3

By Eric Sharret December 7, 2017 February 5, 2018

In June 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its updated Digital Identity Guidelines in Special Publication 800-63-3. The draft of this publication gained a lot of press in 2016 for highlighting …