Authentication standards need to extend beyond the browser to cover the full spectrum of connected devices, from vehicles to smart home infrastructure.

The USB Implementers Forum today announced the launch of a USB Type-C Authentication program, which is designed to create a cryptographic-based authentication definition for USB-C chargers and devices ...

The use of two independent mechanisms to verify the identity of a user. Two-factor authentication (2FA) is also called "2-step verification" (2SV). There are four factors: #1. What you know (password, ...

Using two or more different forms of identification to authenticate a user. The common single-factor method employs one password. For more security, multi-factor authentication (MFA) adds at least one ...

Key exchange with unilateral authentication (short: unilateral key exchange) is an important primitive in practical security protocols; a prime example is the widely deployed TLS protocol, which is ...