{"id":234472,"date":"2017-10-25T09:28:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T07:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=234472"},"modified":"2017-10-25T09:31:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T07:31:02","slug":"lenovo-and-intel-make-online-authentication-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/234472-lenovo-and-intel-make-online-authentication-safer.html","title":{"rendered":"Lenovo and Intel make online authentication safer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lenovo and Intel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20171024005571\/en\/Lenovo%E2%84%A2-Intel%C2%AE-Deliver-Simpler-Safer-Online-Authentication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>have revealed<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0the first PC-ready built-in authentication measures to support users\u2019 online browsing, working, and shopping.<\/p>\n<p>Using Intel Online Connect on 7th and 8th-gen Core processors, Lenovo\u2019s latest PCs integrate FIDO-certified authenticators into the core of the PCs.<\/p>\n<p>This brings safer online authentication when logging into websites like PayPal, Google, and Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of depending on passwords as the sole credential for logging in, users now have a safer way to sign in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>UAF fingerprint authentication\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0An encrypted fingerprint reader embedded on the PC is used.<\/li>\n<li><strong>U2F with built-in 2nd-factor authentication\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0An additional security factor is incorporated into the authentication process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWith these integrated FIDO authenticators, websites use security keys that are protected and rooted deeply in the PC\u2019s hardware, ultimately increasing user protection and reducing fraud,\u201d said Lenovo.<\/p>\n<p>Intel Online Connect can be downloaded and will be available via Lenovo System Update and Lenovo App Explorer on all Lenovo laptops with 7th and 8th-gen Core processors that have enabled Intel SGX.3.<\/p>\n<p>This includes the Yoga 920, IdeaPad 720S, ThinkPad X1 Tablet (2nd generation), ThinkPad T570, and more.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/234038-krack-vulnerability-what-you-need-to-know.html\">KRACK vulnerability \u2013 What you need to know<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lenovo and Intel have revealed PC-ready built-in authentication measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":232227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[131,1525,3676],"class_list":["post-234472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-intel","tag-lenovo","tag-passwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234520,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234472\/revisions\/234520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}