In the quest for universal secure digital verification, Symantec Corp. has announced it’s issued over a quarter-billion digital certificates to verify user and device identity. In a press release, Adam Geller, senior director, User Authentication, said that the volume of certificates issued reflects the company’s efforts in getting commercial and government organizations to understand how […]

Infineon Technologies announced it’s shipping Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chips that are compatible with devices running the Google Chrome OS. The security architecture of Google Chromebooks relies on the TPM chip to provide substantial protection against malware. TPM chips also support built-in functions that build on the security architecture in the hardware-backed features. The Infineon […]

CertiPath announced that HID Global has completed cross-certification to the PIV-I standard via the CertiPath Bridge. With the certification for PIV-I, HID Global plans to launch its PIV-I Service – an online offering that aims to reduce the time and complexity required for contractors to obtain employee credentials, which comply with PIV-I requirements. The certified […]

Virtual directory solutions provider Radiant Logic is releasing two cloud-based identity products at this week’s Gartner Catalyst Conference in San Diego. The new offerings are the RadiantOne Cloud Federation Service (CFS) and the RadiantOne Virtual Directory Server Plus (VDS+). The products are intended to be deployed together to virtualize enterprise-wide identity service that supports cloud […]

In response to customer demand for an alternative to authentication product, Lieberman Software Corporation has teamed with Yubico to offer an enhanced multi-factor authentication token. Lieberman, an identity management and security management provider for government and commercial enterprises, added native support for Yubico’s YubiKey token in its Enterprise Random Password Manager and Random Password Manager […]

Computerworld US reporter Jonathan Hassell has published a review of Microsoft’s Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 on Techworld. Microsoft’s FIM product automates the identification lifecycle process. Its features that make it stand out from its competitors are a self-service Web portal and a compatibility with existing Web standards that allows it to function with many […]

California-based Confident Technologies has released a new two-factor authentication platform for mobile phone out-of band authentication. The patent-pending product called Confident Multifactor Authentication offers a smart phone-based secure image-based second factor in the authentication process that is not connected to or stored on the device. When users register with Web sites or online services, the […]