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Bypassing 2FA

By Amit Rahav|November 4th, 2019|Categories: Articles|Tags: FIDO, Man in the middle attacks, Passwordless, Single Sign On|

Two factor authentication is all the rage right now. Consumers and business users alike are encouraged to use 2FA. It is often heralded as the ultimate solution to protect us against the dangers of identity theft and corporate data breaches. Don’t get me wrong, 2FA is immensely better than a primitive login, but it is still not all that it is made out to be. Here is the deal: passwords are fundamentally unsafe. As long as passwords stay in the mix, defending accounts with additional layers of security (no matter how robust ) is a band-aid solution at best.

Secret Double Octopus Brings FIDO2 Passwordless Security to the Enterprise

By Secret Double Octopus Staff|October 28th, 2019|Categories: Press Release|

Company joins FIDO Alliance, receives FIDO2 certification for industry-leading enterprise authentication solution TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 24, 2019 / Secret Double Octopus, the pioneer of Passwordless Enterprise Authentication, announced today that it has received FIDO2 certification for its Octopus Authentication Server v4.0, including support for Active Directory on-premises. FIDO2 is a set of standards that enables easy and secure logins to websites [...]

True Cost of Password Based Authentication

By Amit Rahav|October 3rd, 2019|Categories: Articles|Tags: Identity Security, Multi Factor Authentication, Password Vulnerabilities, Passwordless|

Just because you don’t have to pay anything extra to buy this common form of authentication, it doesn’t mean that passwords are free. Far from it, quite often passwords end up costing enterprises much more than what they have bargained for. Although the cost of passwords rarely comes up in management meetings, authenticating identity using passwords is a significant expense for [...]

Secret Double Octopus Appoints Ryder Gaston as EVP Sales America

By Secret Double Octopus Staff|September 24th, 2019|Categories: Press Release|

Tel Aviv, Israel, Sept. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Secret Double Octopus, the pioneer of Passwordless Enterprise Authentication, today announced the appointment of Ryder Gaston as Executive Vice President of Sales America. Gaston's appointment coincides with a period of rapid growth and continued customer acquisition at Secret Double Octopus, including some of the world's largest multi-nationals, such as United Technologies Corporation. Earlier this year, the company announced [...]

The Ultimate Solution For Credential Stuffing Attacks

By Inbal Voitiz|September 19th, 2019|Categories: Articles|Tags: Man in the middle attacks, Password Vulnerabilities, Passwordless|

At the recent Usenix Security Conference, researchers at Google and Stanford revealed new statistics and insights that show the poor state of password security, and how credential stuffing remains an ever-present threat to the current account security landscape. While the researches provide good information on password insecurity, their guidelines fall short of providing a permanent solution to protect individuals and organizations [...]

Your Complete Guide to FIDO, FIDO2 and WebAuthn

By Shimrit Tzur-David|September 11th, 2019|Categories: Articles|Tags: FIDO, Password Alternatives|

In the past years, advances in technology, a growing number of horrifying data breaches, and increasing awareness on the need to protect online personal and corporate accounts have led to growing efforts in creating multi-factor authentication (MFA) technologies. But while the dream of creating authentication mechanisms that don’t rely on just memorizing and typing passwords dates back to many years, never [...]

On-Premise Plus Cloud = The Hybrid Approach

By Inbal Voitiz|August 26th, 2019|Categories: Articles|Tags: Cloud Security, GDPR, Multi Factor Authentication, Passwordless, Single Sign On|

A quick look at the headlines of tech blogs and publications will give the impression that all companies and organizations are transferring their IT infrastructure and digital assets to public cloud services. The transition to the cloud is happening at a gradually accelerating pace. The future of online businesses, small and large, resides in the cloud. It sounds like a fair [...]

Air Gap Network Multi Factor Authentication

By Shimrit Tzur-David|August 20th, 2019|Categories: Articles|Tags: FIDO, Identity Security, Single Sign On|

Air gaping. It’s the ‘nuclear option’ of network security. By separating a machine from any other computer, managers can all but guarantee that it cannot be penetrated remotely. Air gaping, or network separation as it is often known, is the step taken by the serious neurotics among users or because the regulatory body you report to insist on it, those whom [...]

In Passwords We Trust! But Why?

By Amit Rahav|August 15th, 2019|Categories: Articles|Tags: Active Directory, Authentication, Identity Security, Multi Factor Authentication, Password Vulnerabilities, Remote Access Protocols|

The most recent security baseline report from Microsoft has been making waves in the world of digital security. Experts at Microsoft asset that password-based authentication represents a basic risk to networks. “There’s no question that the state of password security is problematic and has been for a long time,” reads the post. “When humans pick their own passwords, too often they [...]

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Secret Double Octopus liberates users and organizations from the pain of passwords. For the first time, users no longer need to reset and remember a password, and can enjoy a consistent login experience throughout their work day. Organizations gain the benefits of high assurance and credential control across domain accounts, VPN, cloud applications and virtually all legacy apps, and the significant cost savings that comes from eliminating passwords.

The technology offers a superior level of assurance due to unique use of unbreakable algorithms for key exchange, preventing known vulnerabilities in traditional authenticator architectures.
Founded in 2015, the company delivers its zero-password MFA solutions to fortune 100 companies worldwide.