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    Biometrics techniques and concepts for authentication

    We talked about how biometrics can be used for multifactor authentication in order to verify someone’s identity. Biometric authentication refers to something you are (as…

    Christophe September 27, 2022
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    Key stretching concepts and algorithms

    One of the best ways to make a password strong is to make it long. The longer the password is, the harder it is to…

    Christophe July 31, 2022
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    Hashing use cases

    In practice, what is hashing used for? How is it being used in the real world? Let’s take a look at a few common hashing…

    Christophe July 18, 2022
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    Hash Tables, Rainbow Table Attacks, and Salts

    As we talked about, applications that properly handle passwords don’t actually store the passwords themselves in databases, but instead, store hashes of passwords. That’s why…

    Christophe July 11, 2022
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    Multifactor authentication (MFA) factors and attributes

    Password-based authentication has been proven time and time again to be a vulnerable form of authentication. One of the best defenses is using Multifactor Authentication,…

    Christophe July 3, 2022
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    What is Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)?

    Passwords are hard. Most of us use passwords of varying length and complexity. That’s mainly to fulfill the requirements offered by every single site that…

    Amandeep June 30, 2022
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    Password managers: should you use them?

    What’s the point of password managers anyway? Let’s take a look at a scenario that we’re all familiar with… The scenario: We all have this…

    Agnidhra June 28, 2022
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    Encrypted versus hashed passwords. What’s the difference?

    As you study for the CompTIA Security+ exam, it’s important that you understand the differences between plaintext, encrypted, and hashed passwords. It’s common to hear…

    Christophe June 25, 2022
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    Are your passwords strong enough?

    In this digital day and age, most of us know what a password is. If you’ve found this article or any other like it, you…

    Amandeep May 20, 2022
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    Software updates and the role they play in cybersecurity

    Software updates and the role they play in cybersecurity

    We often see pop-ups on our screens telling us about “Software Updates” or “Operating System updates.” But we usually tend to click “Cancel” or “Remind…

    Amandeep March 4, 2022
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