Biometrics in use at Washington Dulles International Airport. – Photo: US DHS / public domain
Despite repeated reminders, many people do not manage passwords effectively. This includes having weak passwords and repeated use of the same password. To publicize the good hygiene of passwords and help protect consumers from fraud, industry experts have offered some helpful tips.
The problem is that, like most public information messages, the information has to be said several times and the format of the message varied.
It is also found that the concept of password is, in itself, obsolete and that there are more robust and strong solutions available. In addition, with current technology and data in abundance, organizations should use other, more secure forms of authentication to better protect consumers from the already growing threat of fraud.
In fact, the inventor of the computer password, Fernando Corbató 11 said: “Passwords have become a kind of nightmare with the World Wide Web.”
Exploring these topics, when asked Digital newspaper, is Benoit Grangé, chief technology evangelist at OneSpan.
Grangé begins by explaining that there are too many people who focus on the wrong solution to the problem: “Today there will be a lot of attention to make passwords harder to break, but in many ways this conversation is obsolete and we should try to pass more beyond passwords. together. “
He adds: “Passwords are more inconvenient and risky than other authentication options available today, as they can be guessed, stolen or broken. While we won’t see passwords disappear completely soon, a password-free approach could be the solution to many user safety and friction challenges “.
Grangé, who approaches some data in real time, says: “A recent VISA survey found consumers are ready to leave the password behind. Seventy percent of consumers believe that biometrics is always more convenient because it does not involve memorizing passwords. “
The future state is with. Opinions of Grangé, biometrics. It refers to biometrics the measurement and statistical analysis of people’s unique physical and behavioral characteristics. The main application is related to identification and access control.
The goal is for each person to be accurately identified by their intrinsic physical or behavioral traits.
With this he sets out the following considerations: “With a large amount of other data pointing to a continuous upward trend in biometric use, the new risk-based multifactor authentication with fingerprint, face or iris recognition it could be the solution that will finally free us from the burden of infinite passwords, opening the doors to a brighter future without passwords ”.
