Symantec is one of the leading players in storage software, anti-virus software, online authentication software and online verification certificates.
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However, online identification and authentication are sticking points, Budhraja notes.
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In May 2011, the court ruled in favor of the bank, claiming that the bank followed Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council guidelines set in 2005 for multi-factor authentication for online banking, leaving PATCO unable to recover the hundreds of thousands of dollars lost.
But assuming we never see safe-authentication laws for online registrations, there is still a lot of awareness to be raised.
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Google announced last week, for instance, that it will offer two-factor authentication on many of its online services, and may make the service open source and available to other companies.
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We all know by now that two-factor authentication drastically increases the security of an online account.
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When a consumer signed up to the Vodafone system wants to pay for online goods, they will be directed to an authentication page that asks them for identification details.
He envisages an authentication system that could be used to restrict access to some online content to those who subscribe to multi-channel television.
As pointed out by WCET, a partner to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, student authentication is a complex and frequently misrepresented issue and one that is not unique to online education providers.
When it comes to your important online accounts, one of the most effective security measures you can take is turning on two-factor authentication.
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