On the Internet, authentication, the process of positively identifying the parties in a transaction, is weak and sometimes non-existent.
Passwords are the weakest form of authentication, and can be manipulated all too easily.
There are, in fact, many vendors who offer a mixture of these approaches, depending on the needs of the organization. Click here for information on viewing and purchasing the entire program. Debra Cameron, president of Cameron Consulting, has more than 12 years of experience advising IT managers and CIOs about shaping their technology strategies. Cameron also writes about Internet security and electronic commerce.