Survey: IT execs focused on perimeter
Focus should be on multi-layered security
Trusted identities needed in sharing economy
Fall 2016 Regarding ID
12 Jan, 2015IoT: A new frontier for identity
Cyberspace and real life are merging. With the Internet of Things (IoT), individuals and devices are increasingly connected to the Internet and physical objects are seamlessly integrated into information networks. The IoT will change the way we live, work and communicate.
05 Jan, 2015End of life for fed’s four levels of assurance?
Kill them? Revise them? Industry ponders options
The four levels of assurance are oft cited as guidelines for how much an identity can be trusted. But they are also oft criticized as being too rigid and not accommodating to to all markets. How is the government and others viewing these levels and how might they change in the future?
05 Jan, 2015Holograms important part of multi-layered security
The International Hologram Manufacturers Association is predicting the growing use of holograms to help secure goods and documents.
31 Dec, 2014Identity at cliff’s edge: Jump or stagnate?
2014: the year of password breaches, Internet of Things and biometric handsets. True, some of these started earlier, but this year saw these technologies blossom and breaches widen. These are three separate things right now, but they lead up to one thing: the mobile handset as an identifier.
30 Dec, 2014Internet of Things presents, challenges, threats and opportunities
The proliferation of connected devices and the Internet of Things for identity presents challenges and threats, but if we are successful, it also presents a grand scale of opportunities. Networked devices and sensors make up the fabric of the Internet of Things (IoT) and leveraging mobile devices, sensors, and wearables is key to the future of identity and personal data. As the IoT becomes pervasive, Kantara Initiative is focusing to discover strategic issues present at the intersection of identity, IoT and usability.
29 Dec, 2014The true cost of identity
From marketers to black marketers, your personal information is a valuable commodity
From hackers who breach the data of corporate retail giants to social media sites that sell your information, identity is a hot commodity. The different aspects of an identity hold value for different people. Social Security numbers and credit card data are going to be highly valuable to someone on the black market, whereas retailers want to analyze your Facebook likes, shopping habits and demographic information.
26 Dec, 2014Electronic IDs add flexibility, security to physical ID cards
The driver licenses is the highest assurance document most people carry with them but there is no counterpart in the online world. This may start to change as states issue electronic IDs to residents for access to different services.
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