Authentication: What's Coming Next?

Question

There's advice that IT managers can take to improve their security habits and system security, but password tips might completely ignore the fact that even the best password can be defeated by a hacker with the right set of skills, so authentication is going to have to get a lot smarter. So here's what we think the future of authentication looks like:
Two-factor authentication becomes the norm
Many companies have already implemented two-factor authentication, so that they're not solely relying on passwords, but also might need to enter additional pieces of info to log into their account. Unfortunately, because there are so many flaws (employees losing key fobs, inconsistent access to secondary method), it isn't a long-term solution.Risk-based authentication practices pick up steam
With risk-based authentication, the level of security...

Answer 1

So we have a wrap-up of Survey 2 and 3, and at the end you can follow a link to take Survey 4, where you'll be able to give more of your feedback on what you want to see out of our newer ThinkPads.Here are some of our findings from 2 and 3:The keyboard illumination preference always seems to be nearly tied. One consideration is that a classic key shape keyboard is harder to illuminate using backlighting since margins between keys are quite small. The best answer might be to include them, but give an easy way to disable them or repurpose them. A blue enter key is also highly preferred as are dedicated volume and microphone controls.14.1" seems to be the most highly sought after display size, as well as a 16:10 aspect ratio.
High performance processor speed is greatly appreciated with a split preference between dual and quad core. HDD...