Archive for the ‘2 Factor Authentication’ Category

By Patrick Oliver Graf, General Manager, NCP engineering At the end of last year, we spent some time discussing a few projected network security trends for 2013. While there was room for debate on some topics, most people agreed that there was a clear need for more secure authentication methods. In hindsight, it appears that [...]

In today’s mobile workforce, millions of organizations are put at risk due to faulty or unsecure remote access connections. To rectify their security concerns and overcome the complexities of managing large-scale VPN rollouts, NCP engineering has released a new version of its Secure Enterprise Management (SEM) system. The software provides unparalleled security with the new NCP [...]

By Joe Schembri  Last week, I provided a quick summary of identification and authentication. Continuing with this, today I’ll dive into why these factors are so critical for remote access solutions. Why Identification and Authentication Are Important to Secure Remote Access Connections With remote access, users are not under LAN administrative control, which exposes the [...]

By Joe Schembri  I recently wrote about what should be included on a  remote access security checklist. A reader, very aptly, asked why identification and authentication were not on the list. I’d like to take a moment to address this – and retroactively amend my prior list to include identification and authentication. Here’s a basic [...]

We recently participated in pretty interesting webcast from G+ (a community of academics and entrepreneurs sponsored by the Gerson Lehrman Group – not Google +).  The webcast was on the topic of security vs. privacy, with Dr. Tim Gibson, assistant director of cyber systems at Draper Labs, talking about the state of authentication in the [...]