The password is dead -- long live the password!

As long ago as 2004 no less a figure than Bill Gates was predicting the death of the password. But here we are almost 20 years on and passwords are still the primary authentication method. So passwords look set to be with us for a while yet, however, 90 percent of internet users are worried about getting their passwords hacked. Cybersecurity company Ping Identity has been looking at passwords and how to use them safely for both businesses and consumers. Passwords do have some advantages; they're easy to implement, cheap to administer, require no special hardware or software to maintain,… [Continue Reading]