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Authentication: The Next Frontier
Authentication is the process of verifying someone’s identity. (Not to be confused with authorization the process of verifying what a user is allowed to do). Although these terms have been used interchangeably there are slight differences.Authentication has been a process that has challenged IT professionals for decades. Passwords have always been the de facto standard when authenticating users to almost any environment. Passwords are used to keep our systems safe and on many occasions are the only control standing between unauthorized access and access to highly sensitive data. When the correct passwords are typed in, the right of entry to the system in question is granted.
Over the past few years a consensus has been reached that more needs to be done to keep systems and data more secure. Security professionals are finding that passwords are easily cracked and if they are too complex users write them down and then it’s a matter of reading them and retyping them to gain access. (continue at source)