diff --git a/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/SecurityComponent.php b/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/SecurityComponent.php
index 1ed1c0eb1..31a61f20d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/SecurityComponent.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/SecurityComponent.php
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ class SecurityComponent extends Component {
 			}
 			return false;
 		}
-		$authKey = Security::generateAuthKey();
+		$authKey = hash('sha512', Security::randomBytes(16), false);
 		$token = array(
 			'key' => $authKey,
 			'allowedControllers' => $this->allowedControllers,
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngineTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngineTest.php
index 2e915c4ef..babdf9779 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngineTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngineTest.php
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ class MemcachedEngineTest extends CakeTestCase {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testSaslAuthException() {
+		$this->skipIf(version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.0.0', '>='));
 		$Memcached = new TestMemcachedEngine();
 		$settings = array(
 			'engine' => 'Memcached',
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/SecurityTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/SecurityTest.php
index 90ea96c86..18378725a 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/SecurityTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/SecurityTest.php
@@ -424,4 +424,16 @@ class SecurityTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		Security::decrypt($txt, $key);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test the random method.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testRandomBytes() {
+		$value = Security::randomBytes(16);
+		$this->assertSame(16, strlen($value));
+
+		$value = Security::randomBytes(64);
+		$this->assertSame(64, strlen($value));
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/Security.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/Security.php
index 511cf5efc..d7fcb00eb 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/Security.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/Security.php
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class Security {
  * Generate authorization hash.
  *
  * @return string Hash
+ * @deprecated 2.8.1 This method was removed in 3.0.0
  */
 	public static function generateAuthKey() {
 		return Security::hash(CakeText::uuid());
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ class Security {
  *
  * @param string $authKey Authorization hash
  * @return bool Success
+ * @deprecated 2.8.1 This method was removed in 3.0.0
  */
 	public static function validateAuthKey($authKey) {
 		return true;
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ class Security {
  * Creating a blowfish/bcrypt hash:
  *
  * ```
- * 	$hash = Security::hash($password, 'blowfish');
+ * $hash = Security::hash($password, 'blowfish');
  * ```
  *
  * @param string $string String to hash
@@ -166,6 +168,35 @@ class Security {
 		static::$hashCost = $cost;
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Get random bytes from a secure source.
+ *
+ * This method will fall back to an insecure source an trigger a warning
+ * if it cannot find a secure source of random data.
+ *
+ * @param int $length The number of bytes you want.
+ * @return string Random bytes in binary.
+ */
+	public static function randomBytes($length) {
+		if (function_exists('random_bytes')) {
+			return random_bytes($length);
+		}
+		if (function_exists('openssl_random_pseudo_bytes')) {
+			return openssl_random_pseudo_bytes($length);
+		}
+		trigger_error(
+			'You do not have a safe source of random data available. ' .
+			'Install either the openssl extension, or paragonie/random_compat. ' .
+			'Falling back to an insecure random source.',
+			E_USER_WARNING
+		);
+		$bytes = '';
+		while ($bytes < $length) {
+			$bytes .= static::hash(CakeText::uuid() . uniqid(mt_rand(), true), 'sha512', true);
+		}
+		return substr($bytes, 0, $length);
+	}
+
 /**
  * Runs $text through a XOR cipher.
  *