If its a PIA (pain in the a**) no one is going to use it. I have one rule when it comes to security technology. Not only are we wearing masks with COVID19 but gloves, protective glasses etc. PPE creates for a number of biometric issues for veterinary hospitals. For example: If you’re wearing a mask, FaceID doesn’t work shared fingerprint readers aren’t sanitary these days. Covid has revealed some problems with biometrics. The problem with biometrics is that you can’t change your retinal patterns or fingerprints if the records of them are stolen. “Something you are” = “Something that aged” Generally speaking, if a user loses the “something you have,” the fallback is “something you know,” which we’ve just discussed above. The hacker is getting that code and can log in. Now when your bank account sends you a unique text message to allow you to enter your account. This is nefarious because once again, it can be stolen silently the victim still has the physical phone but may not realize that the number has been assigned to someone else until it’s too late. One of the biggest threats today is SIM theft, in which an attacker manages to steal an assigned mobile phone number so that they can receive texted authentication codes. “Something you have” = “Something you lost,” or “Something you broke.” But any of that information is increasingly available on the Internet, or can be tricked out of the user through phishing or social media “quizzes.” For example, favorite pet, street you grew up on, favorite food etc. If you ever forget your password in most cases you have to answer a series of questions that previously filled out when making the account. This method of password management is the easiest the cheapest factor, in the sense that it can be created, changed, expanded, distributed and used without having to buy any extra technology. To many practice managers and owners it’s one of the biggest surprises of our IT security assessment. When ever I walk into a new practice I always take notice of how many passwords I can gather without ever asking anyone for it. Worse yet, it can be silently stolen without anyone noticing. “Something you know” = “Something you forgot,” or “Something that someone tricked out of you.”Ī password that is guessed or derived … is not a secret any more. We now see the likes of Microsoft and Google following suite. We see these types of password methods becoming more and more popular when Apple released Face ID on the iPhone 10. “Something you are,” referring to an attribute that is physically unique to an individual, such as a fingerprint, a palmprint, a retinal pattern, a gait, a typing pattern, or even a heartbeat. This could be something that is too difficult to copy or generate independently, that is tied to storage and can’t be removed, or that exists as a unique physical item (such as a hard token or a key).ģ. “Something you have,” meaning something that can’t be possessed by more than one entity at a time. You ARE using unique passwords for every account, right? … Right? You’re not one of those hospitals that has your passwords written on sticky notes stuck to your monitors, right?Ģ. “Something you know,” This used to be something you memorized, but it turns out that this take on password management is terrible. The 3 Common Types of Authentication\Passwordsġ. There are key three types of authentication when using an application in your veterinary practice. As we debate the necessity of various authentication factors, particularly for issues faced with basic passwords, it’s good to take a step back and remember how we got here.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |