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Slideshow: Hot Authentication Tools
Feb 06, 2012
February 6, 2012 Network World published a slideshow showing hot new types of multifactor authentication technologies, including Confident Multifactor Authentication™ from Confident Technologies. Click here to view the slideshow on the Network World website.
How to Protect Online Transactions
Smartphones emerge as key to out-of-band authentication methods for online finance
Feb 06, 2012
February 6, 2012 Network World reports on new multifactor authentication methods for protecting online transactions, including image-based authentication from Confident Technologies.  The trusty telephone is emerging as one of the key elements in new multifactor authentication schemes...
The Password is Dead
Time for a New Authentication Scheme
Jan 24, 2012
Gawker, Sony, Zappos; the massive fallout from these and other data breaches involving weak password authentication schemes show that the current password system is dead. Let's face it; people can't remember the complex passwords needed for secure logins - not when they have an average of...
FFIEC Compliance with Multi-Layered, Multifactor Authentication
Image-Based, Multifactor Authentication
Jan 06, 2012
On June 28, 2011, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued a supplement to the Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment guidance first issued in 2005. A link to the new supplement is provided here. The updated guidance outlines the minimum authentication...
The Shocking (Lack of) Security Measures Employed By Tablet users
Infographic Indicates an Alarming Disregard for Security on Mobile Devices.
Dec 19, 2011
      December 19, 2011 Tab Times reports on tablet news, trend and solutions. The website recently reported on the results of Confident Technologies' mobile security survey results. The results of our mobile security survey showed that a shocking number of...
Forbes: "Mobile Commerce Needs New Authentication Schemes"
In Order To Grow, Mobile Retailers Need Better Mobile Authentication Technology
Dec 16, 2011
    December 16, 2011 The CIO Network on Forbes.com features an article from Confident Technologies CEO, Curtis Staker. In the article, Staker describes how clunky authentication schemes are hindering mobile commerce. If you've ever tried logging into a mobile application...
Top 5 Authentication Predictions for 2012
Dec 14, 2011
December 14, 2011 Help Net Security covers the Top 5 Authentication Predictions for 2012 from Confident Technologies. Among the predictions are:  BYOMD (bring your own mobile device) will spell big trouble for businesses in terms of data loss in 2012.  There will be a...
Cyber Monday: Attention Mobile Shoppers
As Consumers Start Holiday Shopping, Mobile Security is Critical
Nov 21, 2011
November 21, 2011 Cynthia Hodges reports for examiner.com that the upcoming online holiday shopping season raises concerns about mobile security risks. The Monday after Thanksgiving in the U.S. is dubbed "Cyber Monday" and is the biggest online shopping day of the year. As more...
Confident Technologies Delivers Confident AdCAPTCHA™ Advertising CAPTCHA Software
Picture-Based CAPTCHA Stops Spam Bots While Providing an Engaging Online Advertising Tool
Nov 16, 2011
SAN DIEGO, CA, November 16, 2011– Confident Technologies, Inc., a provider of image-based authentication and verification solutions for websites and mobile applications, today unveiled Confident AdCAPTCHA™, an image-based CAPTCHA technology that...
What's Next in Mobile Authentication?
Mobile Marketer Covers Emerging Mobile Authentication Technology
Nov 14, 2011
November 14, 2011     Mobile Marketer, the news leader in mobile marketing, mobile media and mobile commerce recently published an article from Confident Technologies Executive Vice President, Bill Goldbach on emerging mobile authentication techniques. In the article, Bill...