The OpenID Foundation Wednesday blessed the final version of OpenID Connect, an authentication protocol that is being called a cornerstone for scalable, standardized identity-based access control ...

Identity standards aren’t sexy. Biometrics, encryption apps and systems that enable high-assurance authentication get much of the attention but standards that make all these technologies work across ...

The OpenID Foundation Wednesday unveiled a program to certify implementations of its OpenID Connect authentication mechanisms as a step toward ensuring an interoperable identity infrastructure that ...

As of yesterday afternoon, AOL has implemented Vidoop’s visual authentication system as part of its OpenID initiative, which was formally launched in February 2007. Vidoop, a startup that replaces ...

A thorny problem for many organisations running a website is the registration process for new users. The marketing department wants to capture as much information about each new user as possible, but ...

Choosing the wrong authentication protocol could undermine security and limit future expansion. These are the recommended protocols for common use cases. Whether you host your authentication system ...