The threat of password reuse is growing, despite warnings, with consumers rampantly reusing them across multiple accounts. The habit exposes individuals to identity theft and corporate networks to attack.
10 Dec, 2014The dangers of reusing passwords
10 Dec, 2014FIDO Alliance releases implementation spec
The FIDO Alliance released its implementation specification for deployment of secure authentication.The final 1.0 drafts of its two specifications – Universal Authentication Framework and Universal 2nd Factor — will enable members to create products and systems that enable strong authentication across a range of products.
09 Dec, 2014Whither cards? Secure identities move to smart devices
Part of the future of identity series
Within the next five years, consumers will be carrying multiple secure identities on smart devices and not plastic cards – a move that could replace all previous mechanical keys and dedicated one-time password hardware for physical and logical access control. This single card or device will be part of an access control ecosystem that provides a seamless user experience and can flexibly scale and adapt, while also delivering growing value to the organization.
09 Dec, 2014Forecasting the Internet of Things
Cisco, Gartner, Morgan Stanley predict future of IoT
The number of Internet-connected devices exceeded the number of people on Earth in 2008 and in the intervening years, the number of internet-connected devices has exploded, with Cisco forecasting 50 billion devices on the global Internet of Things by 2020. Equally impressive to the breadth of the Internet of Things, is the vast array of devices that now comprise it. Everything from wireless cardiac monitors to sensors on cattle that tell when a cow is sick or pregnant, are now connected to the Internet.
08 Dec, 2014Identity, security and the Internet of Things
On the Internet, nobody knows you're a toaster
More devices are becoming Internet enabled and this poses both challenges and risks. The data these devices produce needs to be secured but this same data could also be used as attributes for authentication to computers and networks.
04 Dec, 2014Keys to ensuring a federated identity future
Part of the future of identity series
Federated identity is a concept that has been around for some years, but are we close to realizing its impact or still waiting for it to be realized? Today’s development efforts focus primarily on the specifications and policy issues that must be addressed to build so-called “trustworthy” identity systems. But these efforts may ignore a critical prerequisite to success – finding a business model that will provide incentives for businesses and users to participate in a trustworthy system in the first place.
03 Dec, 2014Episode 133: The evolution of MINEX
Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan talks with NIST researcher Patrick Grother about the evolution of the MINEX fingerprint evaluation.