Podcasts, Videos & Webcasts
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NewsRadio 1200 WOAI interviews George Skaff from DigitalPersona and Andy Hutyra from the San Antonio Tanfastic.
This podcast covers the pitfalls of using passwords to access your network and important applications and proposes fingerprint authentication as a way of solving the weakest link in network security - passwords.
Introduction
Passwords: The Weakest Link 1:00
The Costs to Organizations 3:42
- User Productivity and Support Costs 4:52
Alternative Authentication Solutions 5:50
- Stricter Password Policies 6:05
- Single Sign-On 7:16
- Password Self-Reset 8:28
- Tokens & Smart Cards 9:17
- Fingerprint Authentication 10:16
- Alternatives Reviewed 10:54
Using Fingerprint Authentication 11:46
- Workstation/Network Logon 11:56
- Server Logon 12:45
- Complete Authentication 13:08
- Fingerprint Authentication and Microsoft Active Directory 14:00
- Multifactor Authentication 14:30
ROI 15:34
Summary 16:37
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Experts at the FBI realized that the “insider threat” was the most dire one that we face as we work to protect law enforcement information systems. That’s why they created the CJIS standards, and why two-factor authentication is so important.
Listen to the Government Technology and the Center for Digital Government webinar to learn how to win grant applications and meet critical Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) requirements. Details include:
- New grant opportunities to help fund this and other IT projects
- The facts on what it takes to protect your systems and comply with CJIS requirements for two-factor authentication
- How to manage the insider threat so you can comply with the CJIS standards
- Why two-factor authentication is so easy to implement and yet so secure
The City of Winter Park, Florida saw “password creep” expand to a bewildering level. The reality of authentication is that we are using more and more passwords to protect a growing array of data assets. IT professionals are struggling to manage tighter security requirements in a way that satisfies management, employees and auditors. At the same time, we need to balance efficiency, ease of use and compliance with security mandates.
Listen to the Center for Digital Government and Government Technology webinar addressing the IT challenge of taking control in managing passwords and other access methods. You will learn how the City of Winter Park, Florida was able to:
- Control the hidden costs of password proliferation
- Better protect sensitive data with easy digital signing and encryption
- Implement advanced authentication to meet CJIS (Criminal Justice Information System) mandate requirements
- Deploy biometrics to facilitate quick access to encrypted documents from first responder vehicles
- Find ways to securely control access to networks without sacrificing ease-of-use
When considering identity and access management strategies, healthcare IT leaders are caught between the rock of security and the hard place of convenience.
The motivations for strong authentication are greater than ever. The HITECH Act enacts new requirements that experts call the most significant change to the healthcare privacy and security environment since the original HIPAA privacy rule. In addition, an expanding variety of other local, state and industry compliance measures are being implemented.
Meanwhile, system access needs to work better for clinicians to meaningfully adopt electronic records. Impediments to clinical workflow and security vulnerabilities are driving the adoption of two-factor authentication. Newer multi-factor approaches such as biometrics have long been considered, but are they ready for prime time?
This program features consultant Mike Wisz, who evaluates biometric options and shares considerations for successful adoption. Balancing security and convenience can result in a big win for IT departments in the rollout of EHRs.
Gary Moon of Saratoga Hospital in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., discusses how his 243-bed facility is quadrupling the size of its emergency department and handling the demands of 3,100 users. His team uses biometrics to access more than 200 clinical applications.
Hear Mike Reandeau, regional chief information officer of the Peninsula Coastal Region of Sutter Health, provide examples of how they are using fingerprint biometrics to improve caregiver ability to access information quickly while protecting patient data and privacy which is critical for HIPAA compliancy.
Learn how to solve the challenge of balancing healthcare's need for quick access to data with the need to maintain tighter security. Now caregivers can quickly access client data on shared workstations and desktops, switching users with just one simple touch. Biometrics eliminates the need to recall and type user IDs and passwords.
- Learn the strengths and weaknesses of different authentication methods.
- Manage identity security for compliance and business efficiency.
- Learn the operational costs of relying only on passwords for security.
- Implement "strong password" policies in a way that will not increase password reset calls.
- Learn the many ways biometrics is being used in the healthcare industry to cut costs and increase security and user satisfaction.
Retailers are challenged to improve loss prevention in the face of today's slowing sales, leaner margins and declining profits. Payroll fraud and shrink at POS terminals significantly affect revenue where operating margins are between 1-3%.
Fingerprint identification deters fraud and reduces shrink opportunities by irrefutably linking individuals to specific actions.
View this Web seminar to learn how major retailers like Meijer's are using biometrics to:
- Reduce shrink at the cash register.
- Eliminate payroll fraud by clocking in at the POS station with a fingerprint.
- Reduce HR paperwork.
- Enforce approval processes.
- Eliminate complicated password support and administration.
- Enhance regulatory compliance (PCI, SOX).
Relying on passwords, card swipes and override keys can create unnecessary expenses and potential losses in shrinkage, payroll fraud, reduced productivity and help desk costs. In an environment where operating margins are between 1-3%, all of these risks can have a big impact on your company's bottom line.
In this interactive web seminar, speakers will use real-world examples to demonstrate some of the challenges and costs of relying on outdated methods, as well as how major retail chains are effectively using biometrics to reduce costs and improve profitability.
Listen in to hear how your company can:
- Overcome the problems and costs of traditional access practices.
- Reduce losses from buddy punching, lollygagging and shrink.
- Improve customer service by reducing checkout times.
- Dramatically reduce help desk calls, increasing support of mission-critical IT Issues.
- Deploy solutions that integrate easily into existing networks and provide measurable ROI.
Learn from leading biometric financial analyst at Frost & Sullivan and the CIO at Mountain America Credit Union how the financial industry is embracing biometrics as a method for tightening security, improving service, and reducing data breaches.
This seminar discusses how biometrics safeguards account information and:
- Reduces Financial Liability and the risk of unauthorized access
- Prevents Member/Customer Data Breaches by eliminating the weaknesses of passwords and swipe cards.
- Increases Employee Efficiency by simplifying user access and authentication policies
Ensuring the security and privacy of digital assets is one of the key concerns facing financial institutions. This online seminar brings together industry and financial experts to help educate your company on developing viable strategies for digital asset protection. Of particular value is the case study presented by United Bankers' Bank (UBB. UBB has nearly eliminated calls to their help desk for forgotten passwords, while improving security and compliance.
This seminar discusses how biometrics can:
- Overcome the problems and costs of traditional password practices.
- Improve compliance and network security access by reducing dependence on vulnerable password-based systems.
- Simplify user authentication procedures to increase employee efficiencies.
- Dramatically reduce helpdesk calls and increase support of mission-critical IT issues.
- Deploy solutions that integrate easily into existing networks and provide measurable ROI.
The County of San Bernardino was required to launch a 15-character password policy to protect digital assets. The new policy resulted in forgotten passwords and a surge in password reset calls to their IT help desk.
Balancing the Human Factor with network security requirements and compliance is just one of the challenges San Bernardino's Auditor/Controller-Recorder's office resolved using fingerprint biometrics. Register to hear how they reduced help desk calls by 90% while improving security and regulatory compliance.
80% of security attacks are password-related, making password authentication often the weakest link in the security infrastructure - Computer Emergency Response Team
In this 60 minute webinar, learn about safeguarding digital assets through biometrics:
- Overcome the problems and costs of traditional password practices.
- Improve network security access by reducing dependence on vulnerable password-based systems.
- Simplify user authentication procedures to increase employee efficiencies.
- Dramatically reduce help desk calls and increase support of mission-critical IT issues.
- Deploy solutions that integrate easily into existing networks and provide measurable ROI.
"The strongest return on our investment came through a reduction in demand on our help desk, where help desk calls have dropped by 90 percent" - Patrick Honny, County of San Bernardino Department Information Services Manager