The Great Identity/Authentication Confusion

At this year’s PYMNTS Innovation Project, Admiral James Stavridis, NATO’s former Supreme Commander, said that one of the biggest points of compromise that cybercrooks exploit is the login.

And that for far too long, more focus has been placed on password security and management — accessing information — rather than on the effective protection of digital identities — making sure that only the people who should have access to data or systems, get it.

Blake Hall, founder and CEO at ID.me, who was part of this discussion, observes that further compounding that problem is the sheer number of “logins” enterprises are managing, particularly as transactions become digital and more services go online.

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