{"id":153196,"date":"2022-12-19T11:23:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T17:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/why-our-digital-future-hinges-on-identity-and-rebuilding-trust"},"modified":"2022-12-19T11:23:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T17:23:39","slug":"why-our-digital-future-hinges-on-identity-and-rebuilding-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/why-our-digital-future-hinges-on-identity-and-rebuilding-trust","title":{"rendered":"Why our digital future hinges on identity and rebuilding trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/why-our-digital-future-hinges-on-identity-and-rebuilding-trust.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit <a href=\"https:\/\/avolio.swapcard.com\/intelligentsecuritysummit2022\/registrations\/Start?utm_source=vb&utm_medium=boiler&utm_content=ondemand&utm_campaign=IS22_BoilerPlates\">here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The adoption of a password-free future is hyped by some of the biggest tech companies, with Apple, Google, and Microsoft committing to support the FIDO standard this past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2022\/05\/apple-google-and-microsoft-commit-to-expanded-support-for-fido-standard\/\">May<\/a>. Along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/foster.house.gov\/media\/in-the-news\/us-congressmen-reintroduce-sweeping-digital-id-bill\">Digital ID Bill<\/a> reintroduced to Congress this past July, we\u2019re poised to take a giant leap away from the password to a seemingly more secure digital future. But as we approach a post-password world, we still have a long way to go in ensuring the security of our digital lives.<\/p>\n<p>As companies continue developing solutions to bridge us to a <a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/security\/passwordless-logins-boost-security-for-device-and-account-access\/\">passwordless<\/a> world, many have prioritized convenience over security. Methods of two-factor authentication (2FA) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) such as SMS or email verification \u2014 or even the use of biometrics \u2014 have emerged as leading alternatives to the traditional username\/password. But here\u2019s the catch: Most of these companies are validating devices alone and aren\u2019t properly leveraging this technology, leaving the door open for bad actors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. The adoption of a password-free future is hyped by some of the biggest tech companies, with Apple, Google, and Microsoft committing to support the FIDO standard this past May. Along with the Digital ID Bill reintroduced to Congress this past July, we\u2019re poised [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1490,1412,1492],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-privacy","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}