Where DARPA Is Going, They Don’t Need Passwords

In the world of network cyber security, the weak link is often not the hardware or the software, but the user.

Passwords are often easily guessed or possibly written down, leaving entire networks vulnerable to attack. Mobile devices containing sensitive information are often lost or stolen, leaving a password as the single layer of defense.

DARPA’s Active Authentication program is addressing this problem by adding additional ways to validate a user’s identity beyond the password based on user behavior.

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