With titles like the Indigent Mole and Acumulus Datum, the 2017 Verizon Data Breach Digest reads more like a compilation of short crime novels than an IT report. The authors take this serious subject matter and make it an entertaining read, which should help ensure that the underlying IT security messages are more readily consumed by non-IT decision makers.

Transitioning the service and experience gained from years of securing vendor access to military bases, SureID is now offering a secure vendor management solution for private companies. Ultimately the company plans to launch a nationwide network of enrollment centers to put the onus on the vendor organizations to obtain credentials for their staff.

Ultra-violet (UV) inks let passport and card issuers embed strong security features into the identity document itself. UV printing is considered a Level 2 – or covert security feature — because the images are not visible to the naked eye. A new embedded security feature from ITW enables layering of multiple UV images to deter counterfeiting of passports, ID cards and …

An important court decision impacting the biometric industry was reached as an Illinois judge found that a video game publisher would not be penalized for storing player face likenesses for in-game display. Two players sued the game maker citing that they were not informed that their biometric likeness would be available for others …

A leading Apple analyst predicted that future iPhone models would replace the Touch ID fingerprint biometric sensor first with an optical sensor and later with face recognition in future models. The goal is to recapture lost handset real estate required for the dedicated capacitive fingerprint sensor hardware enabling a larger screen and “zero bezel” solution that …

Unlike prior tests that were conducted every few years to evaluate face recognition system performance, the newly announced NIST Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) will be ongoing. Vendors can submit at any point and have the quality of their algorithm measured against a massive database of …

As we enter 2017, the problems that plague self-selected passwords continue coming from all levels. Despite many years of education, end users still choose weak passwords, site owners still haven’t mandated strong authentication, and public email providers are not taking the basic steps to limit fraudulent account creation. The sad state of affairs continues despite …

Embedding security features into cards containing advanced card materials goes a long way toward confounding counterfeiters. Building features into layered, composite cards adds strong security compared to the surface printed security of PVC …