A look at the recently released YubiKey 5 hardware authenticator series and how web authentication with the new WebAuthn API leverages devices like the YubiKey for painless website registration and ...

Authentication confirms the identity of users accessing the system while authorization further restricts user actions based on their roles, minimizing potential vulnerabilities within the application.

Leading cybersecurity firm, Penta Security, recognized across web application security, data security, passwordless ...

Federation is a model of identity management that distributes the various individual components of an identity operation amongst different actors. The presumption being that the jobs can be ...

A web application firewall (WAF) is a critical component of an enterprise security infrastructure, providing a key security layer for web-facing applications and APIs. As web applications mature and ...

A more scalable approach is to decouple authorization from identity. Instead of embedding all role logic inside Keycloak, we ...

Acegi Security has been generating some serious positive buzz among Java enterprise developers, so you might be wondering how it works. In this article, ShriKant Vashishtha walks you through all the ...

[Excerpted from "Protecting Databases From Web Applications," a new report published today in Dark Reading's Database Security Tech Center.] Web applications are rich targets for attackers. Available ...

Do-it-yourself is a great way to learn coding, but it's a risky way to tackle complex application problems that have scant room for error, such as authentication and encryption. A new vulnerability ...