As technology advances and incidents of cybersecurity threats become common, authentication technologies constantly have to keep evolving. Many experts are now looking into password authentication alternatives such as biometrics, multi-factor authentication and behavioral analysis.
Generally, accounts get hacked because of poorly managed, weak or easy to guess passwords. Below, we discuss the most common misconceptions concerning passwords:
Myth: Biometrics Solve all Security Problems
Biometrics offer an easy way to remember passwords, by not having to. All you need is your finger for access. This is a secure authentication method when you have single-factor authentication. It also makes it hard for hackers to access your accounts as a fingerprint and retina scan is a set of 1s and 0s.
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