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Evolving authentication methods in the financial industry

Evolving authentication methods in the financial industry

Date: May 19, 2009

Paul Smocer, vice president of security at BITS, discusses the challenges financial institutions face in authenticating their customers and what methods are better for dealing with today's threat environment. He also talks about the future of authentication in the financial industry and how financial institutions are improving their authentication systems.

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