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Techzine News Security Microsoft secures businesses with facial recognition
2 min Security

Microsoft secures businesses with facial recognition

Face Check widely available

Laura HerijgersAugust 14, 2024 3:59 pmAugust 14, 2024
Microsoft secures businesses with facial recognition

Microsoft’s Entra Verified ID will now offer facial recognition as a login method. This becomes possible now that the company makes Face Check technology generally available to business users. It can also be purchased as a separate solution.

Face Check should offer businesses a secure and simple login method. The authentication capability has recently been available as a separate solution and as part of the Microsoft Entra Suite.

The technology compares an employee’s uploaded photo in Verified ID with the person sitting behind the work laptop. Verification costs companies $0.25 per verification. It is also part of the Verified ID suite for premium users.

Source: Microsoft

Companies know who is logging in

Facial recognition is a solution to hacks that occur with stolen login credentials. According to Microsoft, this is a common problem: “Attackers use insecure login credentials in 66% of attack paths.” Most recently, Ticketmaster fell victim to a data breach in this manner.

Also read: Ticketmaster incident shows: attackers no longer break in, but log in

It also gives more security to companies that remotely onboard employees. For this method of work, deepfakes are a growing challenge. This is because it is increasingly difficult to verify through digital channels whether a person is who he or she claims to be. Even for tech companies, this is not always clear, as the North Korean infiltration at KnowBe4 showed.

Tip! Scammers abuse AI to acquire IT jobs in key companies

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