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Account Security

Verify and secure users in your application. Implement in a single sprint.

Ebook

Implementing PSD2-Compliant Strong Customer Authentication

In 2019, payment service providers in the EU will be required to implement strong customer authentication (SCA) as part of PSD2. This e-book covers critical factors that financial organizations need to understand before these 2FA rules go into effect.

Nabeel Saeed Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Account Security
Article

5 Key Considerations When Securing Online Customer Accounts

Securing your customers’ accounts with a only password is no longer good enough. The answers to the following five questions will help you choose the best approach to keeping your customers’ accounts, and their data, protected.

Simon Thorpe, Director of Product Marketing, Account Security
Infographic

Infographic: Account Takeovers Wreaking Havoc In Financial Services

Learn how banks, money transfer companies, and P2P payment apps can protect themselves from digital account takeovers in this account security infographic.

Simon Thorpe, Director, Product Marketing - Account Security
Article

Authentication in Financial Services: Improving on the Password

Financial Services are among the biggest targets when it comes to online security. Discover the critical user events that demand two-factor authentication protection and get tips on integrating the right type of 2FA into your services offerings.

Simon Thorpe, Director Product Marketing, Account Security
Infographic

[Infographic] Is the Internet Getting Safer?

Turns out, it’s not getting any safer. The numbers don’t lie, and the threats your business and your users face are changing faster than ever.

Simon Thorpe, Director Product Marketing Account Security
Article

Why Use Phone Verification?

Explore five reasons to prevent fraudulent account creation by verifying user phone numbers instead of email addresses.

Severine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Article

Authy Now Supports Google Authenticator

Developers implementing two-factor authentication security should note that the Twilio Authy 2FA API now supports users of the Google Authenticator app.

Simon Thorpe, Director of Product Marketing
Ebook

What is PSD2 and why does it matter?

Payment service providers in the European Union must implement stronger customer authentication as part of PSD2, the second Payment Services Directive.

David Esber, Growth Operations Specialist
Report

Ovum Report - On the Radar: Twilio Account Security Solutions

Ovum, a leading analyst and consultancy firm, takes an in-depth look at Twilio’s Account Security solutions in their latest On The Radar report.

Severine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Ebook

[Whitepaper] Account Security Best Practices Guide

Each interaction with your users is an opportunity to instill trust. Ensure proper verification & authentication in your app with these best practices.

Simon Thorpe, Director Product Marketing - Account Security
Article

Phone Verification: Because Email Verification is No Longer Enough

Phone verification is the most secure and simple way to verify a user's identity and protect your app or service from data loss, fraud, and malicious attacks.

Simon Thorpe, Director of Account Security Product
Customer Story

Exostar Uses Twilio 2FA to Secure 600K Monthly ePrescriptions

“We always look at things from a security perspective. It's critical.”

Severine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Video

How TransferWise Uses Twilio 2FA to Move Money Securely

Every month, TransferWise moves over £1.2 billion around the world for hundreds of thousands of people. Learn how they keep all that money safe and secure.

Edward Dowling, Product Manager, Transferwise
Video

Webinar: Fighting Fake Account Signups with Twilio and Google

Prevent fraudulent account creation by verifying a new user’s phone number instead of an email address. Learn more in this on-demand webinar.

Severine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Customer Story

DVELP’s Remote-First Team is a FinTech Entrepreneur's Dream

In the heavily regulated world of finance, Twilio 2FA allows DVELP to make sign-on seamless and secure.

Severine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Ebook

Strengthen Security and Reduce Risk With Phone Verification

Download this ebook to learn how to verify your users and protect your app or service from data loss, fraud, and malicious attacks.

Severine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Video

Webinar: Owning Your 2FA With the New Twilio Authenticator SDK

Go beyond the password. Embed two-factor authentication directly into your own mobile apps. Learn about customized 2FA security in this on-demand webinar.

Severine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Customer Story

MercadoLibre Protects 90% of Sellers With Twilio Authentication

Phone Verification and 2FA secure Latin America's largest e-commerce infrastructure.

Severine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Customer Story

Go-Jek Helps Customers Go Cash-free With Twilio Verification

Indonesia’s fastest growing on-demand services player brilliantly leverages Phone Verification to grow their powerful payments platform

Severine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Customer Story

Wunderman securely delivers music show tickets to Movistar Customers

2FA ensures event tickets aren’t delivered to the general public or scalpers, but are awarded to actual Movistar customers.

Severine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Video

Twilio’s B. Byrne On Why Eliminating SMS for 2FA Is A Bad Idea

After SS7 vulnerabilities allowed attackers to intercept authentication codes and rob a bank, is there still a need for SMS-based 2FA?

Severine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Video

Twilio’s Dan Killmer Swears By His CyberSecurity Development Checklist

As the lead solutions architect with Twilio’s Account Security team, Dan has seen (and solved for) nearly every authentication challenge there is.

Severine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Video

Google’s Steven Soneff On Invisible Verification

Twilio Verification SDK for Android combines the best from Google and Twilio to deliver a superior global phone verification solution for mobile apps.

Severine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Customer Story

Datto uses Twilio 2FA to secure 60,000 SMBs worldwide

“If we had known how easy it was to implement, we would have done it years ago.”

Severine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Customer Story

A logical progression: adding 2FA to SSO for extra protection

LogicMonitor pulls in more than a billion data points of customer performance data every day. Integrating 2FA into their security layers was a no-brainer.

Séverine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Video

Everybody Should 2FA

Learn why everyone should change their passwords, not reuse passwords across sites, and turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) wherever it's available.

Severine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Customer Story

Gemini Builds a Secure Platform for Digital Assets with Twilio

Twilio 2FA Ensures High-Stakes Security for Next Generation Exchange.

Severine Griziaux, Marketing Manager
Video

Twilio's Talents

Building Authentication products in Bogotá, Colombia

Séverine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Video

Gartner’s Anne Robins on 3 Ways to Approach Cybersecurity

On-Demand Webinar: Considering the pros and cons of DIY authentication, there are clear indicators to when it’s time to call in the experts.

Severine Griziaux, Sr Marketing Manager
Customer Story

Gaming Forum Uses Twilio To Pwn Scammers And Rogues

EpicNPC, leading online game marketplace home to 495,000 members, uses Twilio Phone Verification to protect site and members from unwanted visitors.

Severine Griziaux, Marketing Manager
Customer Story

Security Ain't No Game For Twitch.tv

Sage advice from the leading social video platform: There’s no excuse not to safeguard your users.

Severine Griziaux, Marketing Manager
Video

How to Set Up 2FA in Under Five Minutes

Keeping data safe is hard when users insist on using awful passwords.

Phil Nash, Developer Evangelist
Customer Story

Settrax Tracks Hospital Equipment And Keeps Patients Safe With Twilio

Safeguarding and modernizing the logistical ballet of millions of dollars of medical equipment delivered to hospitals and surgery centers every day with 2FA.

Severine Griziaux, Marketing Manager
Customer Story

Zesty.io Delivers a Security-First Approach With Twilio

Content management leader Zesty.io seamlessly integrates 2FA and OneTouch authentication into enterprise CMS platform.

Severine Griziaux, Marketing Manager
Video

2FA...WTF? Watch Twilio in Action!

Not just for logging in, two-factor authentication can also secure high value transactions.

Phil Nash, Developer Evangelist
Customer Story

Twilio Helps VMware Pave The Way For True Digital Enterprise Mobility

VMware’s end user computing organization partnered with Twilio to embed authentication security into their enterprise mobility management solution Workspace One

Severine Griziaux, Marketing Manager
Customer Story

IS Goes Places With Phone Verification From Twilio’s Service

Cross-platform location-based IS app uses Twilio verification for trust and privacy, so friends and family can easily meet up and keep up.

Severine Griziaux, Marketing Manager
Article

Protecting The Front Door To Your Application: The Login

App Security: To Build or To Buy? - Part 1: Why trying to build your own 2FA solution from scratch is expensive, time consuming and very risky.

Simon Thorpe, Director of Product
Article

The Pitfalls Of Developing Your Own 2FA

App Security: To Build or To Buy? - Part 2: The challenges of development through maintaining, operating and supporting two-factor authentication in your application.

Simon Thorpe, Director of Product
Article

Get Total Control Over Your 2FA Implementation

App Security: To Build or To Buy? - Part 3: Building a 2FA solution yourself requires security development expertise. Or you could try Twilio 2FA.

Simon Thorpe, Director of Product
Video

Strong Security In The Cryptocurrency Space

A frictionless fintech security experience offering more than a one-time password.

Dan Killmer, Lead Solutions Architect
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