If businesses want an ultra-secure network, he notes, they should use encryption, authentication and access control.
When it comes to the cloud, authentication and access controls for service providers and enterprises can ensure that only authorized users gain access to cloud-based resources.
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By requiring authentication to access live programming on new media devices, ESPN and its distribution partners are extending their lucrative pay-TV business model onto the Web as the Internet becomes a more mainstream place for consumers to watch video content and a potential replacement to traditional TV.
The government has set rules that include encryption, access controls, and user authentication.
It is within these that gaps of trust among different systems that could allow bad actors access to sensitive data without proper authentication.
Its trusted smart life solutions bring security and contactless performance to a wide range of applications such as eGovernment, banking, mobile transactions, transport ticketing, access management, infrastructure, device authentication, RFID tagging and gaming.
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If half an hour later she is working from Starbucks down the street, the tablet will require more authentication and provide view-only access to records.
It snaps into a USB port in the computer and acts as an authentication tool without which the user cannot access the files.
Will the taxi driver app providers be upgrading their apps to utilize some form of initial authentication to ensure that only drivers get access to passenger location information?
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He envisages an authentication system that could be used to restrict access to some online content to those who subscribe to multi-channel television.
With support of the integrated Adobe Pass authentication service, users will be able to gain access to over 3, 500 hours of Olympic live stream content.
Two-factor authentication works by requiring that anyone who wants to gain access to something possess not just a password or login, but also some physical object.
On top of these, there need to be hacker-proof layers of authentication and password protection so that only the right people get access.
Cablevision, for its part, doesn't have an affiliate agreement with Disney for authentication, and it's the only major broadband provider that doesn't provide access to ESPN3.com, ESPN's broadband network.
Then, after locking the device, attempting to unlock it will send you to the palm authentication screen, seen above, where (hopefully) only your mitts will be able to gain access.
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