Everyone is aware that passwords are not completely secure in the present world. Merely having a password for security does little to minimize the risks. Moreover, with brute force attacking tactics, login credentials can be easily hacked. A while ago, My Fitness Pal application became a victim to data breach when hackers stole passwords of over 150 million clients.
Events like these keep happening and reminding us that we
need something stronger than a password, something that is more secure. What might that be? Zero login. It is an idea
which will revolutionize authentication in coming time. A number of people have
started using multi-factor authentication with biometrics which uses
fingerprint, iris, and face recognition. Zero login is more advanced and takes
technology up ten notches.
What is Zero Login?
Zero login technology needs a thorough reconsideration and
restructuring of the identity system. One can no longer rely on the old-school
authentication method- password.
Zero login basically ascribes to the concept that one will
not need to enter passwords or produce documentation to authenticate
themselves. The gadgets will be advanced and safe enough to immediately
validate users by their characteristics, sound, and their movements and
different unique identifiable attributes.
The pros of Zero Login
Moving ahead of facial recognition and fingerprint scanning,
online retail giant Amazon is already coming up with new technologies for its
consumer's authentication based on their typewriting pace, their phone tapping
patterns, etc.
With the help of such zero login technology, the gadget will
be capable of identifying the user's individual and elaborate behavioral
patterns that no cyber criminal can steal.
The gadget will also be able to recognize the user with the
help of interconnected devices.
It could be a bit surprising to find out that zero login
technology has been adopted in a few places. For example, when a user logs into
their internet banking account using a phone they have not used to access their
bank account before, they will get notified by a text from the bank asking them
to authenticate and verify whether the user made the latest login attempt. Such
a feature has been available for a long while, and it might have lead the
inception of this upcoming authentication revolution.
New iPhone versions
let users modify the pressure of the home button. They are also capable of
identifying and retaining signals from interconnected devices. Even if a hacker
tries to compromise one device, it will be hard for the hacker to penetrate all
the inter-connected devices. Unity is strength maxim could not be any less apt
here.
The Obstacles faced
Even though zero login has many advantages, it also is laced
with an array of flaws and defects. For example, is there a way for the user to
know when they have signed out of an account? Also, how securely will the
behavioral patterns be stored? Also, how will a user get to know when and if
they are being discreetly observed?
Lastly, the right approach regarding controlling any
authentication method is to have the application run on the device locally, and
the risk score should be transferred to the cloud.
James Thomas is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cybersecurity, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes for Norton security products at www.norton.com/setup
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