Update 5/20: Microsoft now considers these authentication problems to be resolved, having released “out-of-band” updates on May 19, as described here. Microsoft this week acknowledged possible ...

Microsoft is once again emphasizing that passwords are a thing of the past, while passkeys represent the future of secure, ...

Microsoft announced that passwordless authentication is now easier on Windows 11 through native support for third-party ...

Intel is readying multifactor authentication that stores and processes encrypted credentials on its CPUs, aiming to change the way commercial users access Windows using a combination of biometrics, ...

Microsoft issued an out-of-band security update Tuesday, repairing a critical Windows vulnerability being actively targeted that enables an attacker to gain administrative privileges on a Windows ...

Windows Identity Foundation turns authentication over to token servers, reducing demands on developers while preparing the way for a service-oriented world. It also integrates with the authorization ...

Companies relying on Microsoft BitLocker to encrypt the drives of their employees’ computers should install the latest Windows patches immediately. A researcher disclosed a trivial Windows ...

Our minor departmental ASP.NET app works great in DEV on a web server without SSL. It relies on getting the User's Windows identity from HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name<BR><BR>When we move the ...

Microsoft's plan for authentication technology in Windows 10 has been widely mis-characterized this week in the media as limited to biometrics when in fact the company is lining up a standards effort ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. SYSS tested Microsoft’s own Surface Pro 4 device running last year’s Windows 10 ...