The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has\u00a0launched the USB Type-C Authentication Program, which aims to stop security risks in USB chargers and devices.<\/p>\n
According to Engadget<\/strong><\/a>, the programme will define\u00a0cryptographic-based authentication for USB-C devices and chargers.<\/p>\n “Any host system using this protocol will be able to confirm the authenticity of a device or charger, including descriptors and capabilities, right at the moment a connection is made,” stated the report.<\/p>\n This means that users can charge a device at a terminal, knowing that it is a\u00a0certified charger.<\/p>\n Policies could also be set for PCs to only access certain USB drives.<\/p>\n The report added that the programme is not mandatory for companies at the moment.<\/p>\n The USB Implementers Forum has\u00a0launched the USB Type-C Authentication Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":263037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[8087,56428,51317],"class_list":["post-290578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-usb","tag-usb-implementers-forum","tag-usb-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290578"}],"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=290578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290580,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290578\/revisions\/290580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Now read:\u00a0Google gets approval for radar-based hand motion sensor<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"