What have we accomplished with passwords in the last fifty years? Embarrassingly little. We are on the brink of an explosion of authentication technologies, but so far much of what we see is the same flawed ideas repeated over and over. It is time for the community to step up and start leading the world to better authentication security. This presentation will look at where we are with passwords, biometrics, tokens, and other authentication solutions, and will also look at the big problems we still haven't solved.
Mark, aka m8urnett, is an independent security analyst with over 15 years of industry experience. He is author of several security books--including Perfect Passwords--and has written for many web sites, newsletters, and print magazines. While much of his day job involves application and OS security, he has a particular passion for passwords and authentication technologies.