Tips

Tips

Secure user and consumer authentication methods

• Winning the war: Personal information protection

  With so many records containing personally identifiable information lost in data breaches, we have lost the battle to protect personal information, argues George Tubin of TowerGroup. In this tip, he explains how financial institutions must treat PII...  Continue Reading

• Privileged password management steps to success

  Privileged password management is a pain point at many financial services firms. They're costly, hard to tame and not always secured properly. In this tip, learn how to create the foundation for your privileged password management program.  Continue Reading

• The evolving value proposition and impact of identity management

  In this presentation from Financial Information Security Decisions, David Sherry, former vice president of enterprise identity and access management at Citizen's Financial Group explains how to make the business case for IAM.  Continue Reading

• Entitlement management systems alleviate access control pain points

  Entitlement management can be a costly and time consuming. Access control expert Tony Bradley explains how an entitlement management system can help.  Continue Reading

• Identity federation standards ease authentication pains

  Federation frameworks like SAML, OpenID and Cardspace promise to make authentication easier across applications and the Web. How do these frameworks compare, and what do they offer for financial services organizations looking to ease the ...  Continue Reading

• Two-factor authentication and compliance: What it is and isn't

  The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has mandated that federal institutions deploy two-factor authentication for online banking. But what constitutes two-factor authentication is open to interpretation.  Continue Reading

• Banking on multifactor authentication

  New industry guidance may soon force financial institutions to provide multifactor authentication for their Web-based customers. One bank's security officer says it's a nice idea, but making it happen will be easier said than done.  Continue Reading