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“The fact that SMS-based authentication is no longer secure according to NIST highlights once again how capable hackers are in getting what they want. Attackers are constantly looking at different ways to exploit businesses and consumers, and will always take advantage of the weakest link – in this case SMS authentication.

“One powerful solution is biometrics. With the growing use of Apple products, consumers are now more comfortable with fingerprint scanner and biometrics techniques are quickly gaining traction as a two factor authentication alternatives. One example that stands out is palm vein, which looks at characteristics of the vein itself as these are unique to every individual. It’s a technology that is already proven; it is used for access in secure environments (such as hospitals) and is touch free. It is currently being used for financial transactions at ATM’s and kiosk terminals at several banks around the globe and there are ongoing deployments to use the palm vein prints of every individual for Government and welfare accreditation. The palm vein solution is also used in many critical infrastructure areas for access control such as data centers or airports.

“While we don’t expect biometric adoption to happen overnight, biometric verification of identity on a personal device will, in one way or another, become a standard identification process.”