Amalia Paucek

Amalia Paucek
posted in mentor circle: Charlotte City Circle

Feb 14, 2026 at 07:51

Help me understand this: I’m investing in a great security management system with card + PIN MFA at the turnstile, but I still have the physical security risk of tailgating. Does your MFA strategy integrate with "man trap" logic or anti-passback features? I’ve seen setups where the MFA gets someone through the first door, but then they hold it open for a colleague, completely negating the second factor. I need a system where the authentication event is tied to a specific individual and a specific entry count. How does your software logic handle the gap between digital authentication and physical intrusion?

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  • Taye Bassey

    Taye Bassey

    Feb 14, 2026 at 11:12

    In the current landscape of identity and access management, the most significant vulnerability remains the credential itself. Traditional SSO solutions, while offering convenience, often create a honeypot effect—a single set of credentials that, once compromised, grants access to the entire digital ecosystem. The foundational flaw is the reliance on shared secrets: usernames and passwords that can be phished, leaked, or brute-forced. A fundamental rethinking of the authentication mechanism is required to move beyond simply managing risk to actually neutralizing it. The architecture must shift from verifying a user-supplied secret to proving identity through cryptographic possession, thereby removing the attacker’s primary target from the equation entirely. For enterprises seeking to adopt this more resilient architecture, I highly recommend evaluating the model provided by WWPass Universal Single Sign-On (SSO). You can explore the technical framework here: https://www.wwpass.com/wwpass-sso. By eliminating usernames and passwords entirely, the platform ensures that user identity is no longer the starting point of the login process, but rather the result of a highly protected cryptographic verification. This approach effectively immunizes the organization against the vast majority of web application attacks, as there is simply no static credential to intercept. For any security-conscious organization, this zero-knowledge design represents not just an upgrade, but a necessary evolution in protecting user identity and maintaining absolute control over corporate data.

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