Tips

Tips

Secure user and consumer authentication methods

• Multifactor authentication options to secure online banking

  Banks are required to deploy multifactor authentication to secure online banking and meet FFIEC requirements. In this tip, Dave Shackleford describes some of the pros and cons associated with traditional forms of multifactor authentication as well ...  Continue Reading

• 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

• Identity management for financial firms in turbulent times

  Tough times and ongoing challenges in the financial services industry have led many organizations to step up their identity management efforts. In this tip, Mark Diodati explains how financial firms are using authentication and provisioning tools to...  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

• Integrating biometric authentication with Active Directory

  Integrating biometrics with an existing enterprise IAM architecture was once a trying task, but it's much easier today because many biometrics products are designed to work hand in hand with Active Directory. Joel Dubin explains what Active ...  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

• Password management best practices for financial services firms

  Password management is a fundamental tenet of effective information security, but it's harder than it seems to manage passwords correctly, and far too easy to mess it up. In this tip, contributor Tony Bradley shares best practices for effective ...  Continue Reading

• Pros and cons of multifactor authentication technology for consumers

  Multifactor consumer authentication is a must-have for financial services firms, but there are a number of different types of multifactor authentication technology from which to choose. In this tip, contributor Judith M. Myerson addresses the pros ...  Continue Reading

• Out-of-band authentication: Methods for preventing fraud

  Out-of-band authentication can add another layer of data security as customers seek enhanced online banking security. There's also an added cost benefit. This tip delves into various methods and how they can benefit financial firms.  Continue Reading

• Global authentication policies made easy

  The challenge of implementing global authentication policies can be alleviated. Joel Dubin lays out best practices for overcoming language, culture and architecture problems.  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