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Full marks for good behaviour with nationwide’s biometrics

Editorial Type: News     Date: 05-2016    Views: 1331      







The announcement from Nationwide that it plans to roll out behavioural biometrics has prompted strong comment from one industry leader

The announcement from Nationwide that it plans to roll out behavioural biometrics has prompted Barry Scott, CTO, EMEA, Centrify, to declare how this further highlights the demise of the solitary password.

"Although passwords are not dead, they are quickly losing their value as a secure means of data protection," he affirmed. "Many of today's security breaches are a direct result of someone either stealing credentials for privileged accounts or someone using credentials internally to gain access to somewhere they shouldn't have access to. Organisations such as Nationwide are finally recognising the need for alternatives to the password, and the benefits of introducing multi-factor authentication and biometrics across all their services."

Scott said it was crucial that capabilities such as multi-factor authentication are supported across entire networks, users, devices and resources, such as mobile apps. "Whilst these new methods are still in their infancy, they are certainly taking us one step closer to preventing the increasingly frequent data breach."

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