Intelligent CISO Issue 38 | Page 30

We have not yet created a better solution , one strong and convenient enough to keep consumers safe and attackers out .
An integral part of the user experience should be advising us how to make the strongest passwords possible – and having the backend technology to enable it .
editor ’ s question

?

We have not yet created a better solution , one strong and convenient enough to keep consumers safe and attackers out .

he problem with

T passwords isn ’ t that consumers like them , or that many of us have just a handful of passwords granting access to hundreds of accounts . Yes , passwords are one of our biggest vulnerabilities – but this is not the consumer ’ s fault . The fault lies with the technology industry . We have not yet created a better solution , one strong and convenient enough to keep consumers safe and attackers out .

In the last 10 years , our shift to a digital economy has created the perfect automation infrastructure for attackers to abuse . It ’ s easier than ever for
attackers to go on the Dark Web , pay for a database of breached passwords , and then have their software do its work , thousands of login attempts at a time . Put simply , no matter what we do , the numbers game won ’ t be in our favour .
This is a problem that the technology industry has created – so it ’ s up to us to find the solution . Moving away from passwords to biometrics is a great idea , but it will be a while before that happens at scale . In the meantime , we can improve security significantly by encouraging the use of easier to remember ‘ passphrases ’,
STEPHEN RITTER , CTO , MITEK over arbitrarily complex passwords . Combining passphrases with the use of a password manager can significantly increase security and usability at the same time .
The onus , therefore , is on technology providers , retailers , marketplaces and anywhere we log in online to change the way they prompt and advise us to create passwords . An integral part of the user experience should be advising us how to make the strongest passwords possible – and having the back-end technology to enable it . u

An integral part of the user experience should be advising us how to make the strongest passwords possible – and having the backend technology to enable it .

30 www . intelligentciso . com