In our first post in this series, we talked about authentication: verifying whether someone is who he or she claims to be. In many instances, this is where system administrators call it a day, by ...

Passwordless authentication company Descope Inc. today announced the availability of Fine-Grained Authorization, a new service designed to help customers easily create granular authorization models ...

Authenticating and authorizing the personnel who operate, update and maintain manufacturing systems in industrial automation applications is typically accomplished using magnetic stripe cards, smart ...

In previous posts I have discussed in depth the importance of authorization, specifically dynamic authorization, to control access to critical information assets. However, authorization is only a ...

A seasoned small business and technology writer and educator with more than 20 years of experience, Shweta excels in demystifying complex tech tools and concepts for small businesses. Her work has ...

Radio frequency identification is being widely used across multiple industries for physical access control, print security and single sign-on access to computer systems and files. It’s easy to see why ...

Relationship-based access control offers a flexible way to add fine-grained authorization to applications and resources. Here’s why, and how. Authentication and authorization rank among the top ...

Since the beginning of distributed personal computer networks, one of the toughest computer security nuts to crack has been to provide a seamless, single sign-on (SSO) access experience among multiple ...

“Access” is an increasingly major part of day-to-day life. By the time I sit down at my desk to start the workday, I’ve already gone through a dozen points of access control — including disarming and ...

We’ve been exploring the key concepts of identity management as promulgated by the Open Group in a recent white paper (link below). Today our topic is authorization and permission management. The ...