Mobile Connect - A Better and Secure User Experience for Online Authentication

Explore the world of mobile authentication in this 42-minute LASCON conference talk. Delve into the challenges of securing online services in an increasingly mobile-centric world. Learn about existing authentication methods, from simple passwords to complex PKI-based hardware tokens, and their trade-offs between security and usability. Discover Mobile Connect, a solution designed to balance security and user experience while leveraging existing standards like OpenID Connect and ETSI Mobile Signature Service. Understand its deployment architecture, application use cases, and potential to work alongside FIDO authentication. Examine the technical and business challenges affecting Mobile Connect's adoption, and gain insights into how it can enhance online authentication for both service providers and end-users across various mobile devices.