Identity online is a vexed problem. The majority of Internet fraud today can be related to weaknesses in the way we authenticate people electronically. Internet identity is terribly awkward too. Unfortunately today we still use password techniques dating back to 1960s mainframes that were designed for technicians, by technicians.

Removing the palm vein biometrics from the Robcoin ATMs was not reflection on the technology but more of a business decision to make the user experience simpler.

Text-based two-factor authentication is better than just a user name and password but still not perfect. An international cyber attack known as Operation Emmental is a man-in-the-middle attack that enables hackers to gain access to bank accounts by skirting text-based two-factor authentication.

It’s been a busy year for the newly branded Entrust Datacard. The merger of the two companies was announced a year ago, with the new company and brand being revealed at the 2014 CARTES conference. The company followed that up by also announcing an extension of a partnership with Interpol and two new product announcements.

Could a digital identity infrastructure enable consumers to get rid of cash, dump passwords, and solve privacy problems? David Birch, author of Identity is the New Money, thinks it can go a long way. Birch had been talking a lot about the thing that makes commercial transactions possible has more to do with a reputation than an identity.

Apple isn’t the first company to do NFC payments in the U.S. but they have made it easy. Apple Pay has been around for almost a month and we take it for a test spin and tell you about it.

Datacard Group and Entrust announced a new company name, logo and corporate brand identity; HID Global released the results of its HID Trusted Tag Services pilot; VASCO Data Security announced two new DIGIPASS Authenticators with Bluetooth capabilities;
Authentify Inc. announced that Data Center Inc. has agreed to supply its nationwide community bank clients with phone-based authentication services; Datacard Group announced the addition of the SD160 card printer to its SD Series product suite.