The security updates are for flaws in Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019 -- the on-premises versions of Exchange that were compromised earlier this year by the Beijing-backed hacking group that ...

Microsoft's Windows Azure-based multifactor authentication service launched as a product today. The Windows Azure Multi-Factor Authentication product, which went by the code word "Active ...

A couple of decades ago, I received my first “authenticator” while working at Indiana University. As explained to me then, the device generated a secure token that only it and the server would know ...

Choosing the right MFA solution for a Microsoft environment that covers all authentication needs will reduce stress on your IT admins and help desk. Passwords clearly are not enough to protect ...

The Windows Azure-based multifactor authentication service launched as a product last week. The Windows Azure Multi-Factor Authentication product, which went by the code word "Active Authentication" ...

Microsoft added multifactor authentication support to its Office 365 solutions this week at no additional cost to subscribers. The new support applies to standalone Office 365 plans, as well as to ...

In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...

A lot of companies have deployed multi-factor authentication, yet attackers have some ways to bypass it—the most used one being cookie theft. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a good security ...

Microsoft has bought multi-factor authentication specialist PhoneFactor with the goal of integrating the company’s technology into its cloud services and on-premises applications. PhoneFactor, based ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about contemporary cybersecurity and online privacy issues. Before talking about what authentication is and how it works, ...