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Latest NIST Digital Authentication Guideline Draft Nixes Some Two-Factor Authentication, Restricts Biometric Authentication

Wednesday, July 27th, 2016

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The latest draft Digital Authentication Guideline (SP 800-63-3) released July 26 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) greatly devalues the popular SMS/text messaging-based form of two-factor authentication and places limits on biometric authentication, the document said.NIST calls out of band (OOB) authenticators using SMS as depreciated and “may no longer be allowed in future releases of this guidance.” The agency defines an OOB authenticator as a uniquely addressable physical device that can receive a verifier-selected secret for one-time use.…

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