Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Solution Provider Needs to Know About Apple’s

When Apple announced it would require two-factor authentication earlier this year, experts like Dr. Thad Phillips predicted that the move would have a major impact on the industry. Phillips, an IT information security professional and CISO at a healthcare organization in Pensacola, Fla., believes that because we may be seeing more Apple tech in once-dominated Windows environments, there’s plenty for IT pros and solutin providers to navigate, especially when it comes to cybersecurity.

With more than 20 years of experience in IT, Phillips has answered some of the most important questions about what two-factor authentication really means, and what solutions could help bridge the Microsoft/Apple gap in many increasingly mobile workplaces.

What makes Apple’s new security protocol so different?

It offers a centralized ability to log in to applications through face ID and touch ID with biometrics. Biometrics is a step ahead of Facebook and Google, but the big difference is the privacy push that Apple is doing. They are limiting the data sharing that they are giving out to other parties. Because they have integration going for them, they can play an interesting role as a middleman. They don’t want other vendors to know your email address, for example, and [access your] contact information. It’s a huge privacy push.

What are some ways this new protocol could have an impact on overall data security?

From a cybersecurity perspective, Apple is limiting the amount of data it’s storing from users. That’s a really good thing. This will force other companies over time to use stronger security measures, but they will have to be careful from a business model approach – they don’t want to limit data they are collecting like Apple is doing. They will need to go about it in a different way because they don’t want to disrupt the business model.
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