Moving Beyond 2-Factor Authentication With ‘Context’

  • 5 December 2014
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A good article and well explained making it easy to understand.
 
12/5/2014  Keith Graham
 
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What do I mean by context? Well, context can include information such as:
 
Device registration and fingerprinting

Device fingerprinting is typically a two-stage process: On first-time authentication, the solution registers an endpoint, and on subsequent authentications it validates the endpoint against the stored device fingerprint. The device fingerprint comprises a set of characteristics about that endpoint, such as:
  • Web browser configuration
  • Language
  • Installed fonts
  • Browser plug-ins
  • Device IP address
  • Screen resolution
  • Browser cookie settings
  • Time zone
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