Yes, this post’s title is a little dramatic. Chalk it up to my excitement for next month’s release of the latest Star Wars installment, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Revenge of the Rogues seemed way too dramatic and not at all accurate (little bit of trivia for you, Revenge of the Jedi was the original planned name for Star Wars Episode VI) and The Rogues Strikes Back is probably even worse. 

Adaptive authentication is a term that you may be hearing more and more within the industry. Analysts are talking about it and so are many vendors, but what is it exactly?

In our most recent blog post on RapidIdentity 3.5, we announced the new authentication methods available to our customers. Each of these authentication methods fall under the three standard types of authentication required of users: something the user knows, something they have, or something that they are. In announcing these new authentication methods, we’re supporting our larger multi-factor authentication vision and the ability for users to utilize the authentication methods that work best for them rather than simply having passwords forced on them.

Today we announced RapidIdentity 3.5, the latest generation of our identity and access management solution. In making that announcement, we’re also revealing our vision for multi-factor authentication.

In the first two installments of our Correlation Mini-Series, we talked about Identity Correlation and Event Correlation. In our final installment, today we address a new type of correlation called Behavioral Correlation.

Yesterday, we kicked off our Correlation Mini-Series by discussing Identity Correlation. Today, In the second installment of that mini-series, we’ll discuss what we see as the second most frequent type of correlation we run into, event correlation.

Correlation is a topic that’s increasingly becoming a larger part of our conversations with customers and prospects. It’s also a subject that we think will continue to get more attention in the future.

Remember when Apple introduced Touch ID for its devices? Rather than typing a numerical password, a user could program his or her fingerprint into the device to lock and unlock it. Many thought it was a very innovative approach to device security and at the time of its announcement, some believed it was a new era of device security.

You probably read about the MLB data breach from earlier this summer involving the Houston Astros reportedly being ‘hacked’ by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Last month I wrote an article for Entrepreneur.com titled Identify and Stop Rogue Employees Before They Become a Security Threat. The article focused on the rogue employees we detailed in our eBook, The 3 Types of Rogue Employees - and How to Stop Them - the innovative, the bad and the lazy.