HFA integrates FIDO2 passwordless authentication certified by the FIDO Alliance with cloud biometrics to authorize the human behind the device.

"When MFA is implemented using weaker factors, attackers can try to bypass MFA," Okta's Sumit Bahl said.

Google IoT Core customers are on the clock; Gartner on global public cloud services spending; and Northstate, Lumos Networks unify under Lumos.

The Netskope report found that 20% of users upload an “unusually high” amount of data to personal apps and instances in the 30 days before they leave an organization.

Only 18% of the surveyed companies enforced multi-factor authentication and restricted remote access to operational technology networks, Barracuda's research showed.

FIDO argues that password-only authentication is one of the biggest security issues on the web.

A Dell Technologies’ survey found 64% of organizations using the public cloud or hybrid architectures lack confidence that they can protect all data across these environments.

“There has been a significant uptick in ransomware over the last year and a half, two years,” Chris Inglis said. “It's been a long time in the making.”

"Security is a really fragmented industry but we have decided that there is an opportunity for us and a need for us to play in security for fixed and

Black Kite raised $22 million in funding; analysts call GlobalFoundries' IPO a call for help; and Dell execs frame hybrid cloud as a tired architecture.

A report found multi-factor and biometric authentication methods surged during the pandemic as enterprises adopted new security measures to support their hybrid workers.

Marvell released its first 5-nm switch silicon and DPUS; VMware said it's a critical partner for 5G operators; and AT&T's CSO emphasized the value of effective authentication.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said his company will spend $20 billion over the next five years to advance its own security products and services.

“If I had to make a choice between a firewall and an MFA solution I would take the MFA solution,” noted Cisco's Matt Olney.

Building security into the software design process will save “thousands of dollars,” White House advisor Anne Neuberger said during an RSA Conference keynote.

Biden’s directive requires federal agencies and software suppliers to report breach information, and it establishes a Cybersecurity Safety Review Board to analyze major hacks.

Microsoft VP charts zero-trust Course; VMware names a new CEO; and Salt shifts API security posture left.

“One of the most important first steps in a zero-trust journey is to establish strong authentication,” Microsoft's Vasu Jakkal said.

The three new products, Device ID, Shape Recognize, and Shape AI Fraud Engine (SAFE), use Shape Security’s core technologies.

Cisco Duo offers passwordless security; Innovium certified its switch silicon; and Cisco, Huawei dominated a down enterprise network market.

“Everyone hates the password,” Cisco Duo’s Wolfgang Goerlich said. “Finally the technology is good enough to replace that factor and radically increase the authentication workflow.”

In addition to its phish-proof MFA product, Akamai also recently made available a free tier for its client-side edge security service.

AWS' Jassy was tapped to lead Amazon; Biden bolstered open source recruiting coders; and ex Microsoft exec was tapped to lead CloudSphere.

Microsoft liberally sprinkled references to the recent SolarWinds breach on its most recent updates, and also provided more insight into the wide-ranging attack.