NTT DOCOMO is implementing the Qualcomm Snapdragon Sense ID biometrics platform and Nok Nok Labs S3 Authentication Suite to deliver strong authentication to the mobile carrier’s customers and devices.

When a relying party wants to add multi-factor authentication, it traditionally involves downloading a third-party app or receiving a one-time password via SMS. LaunchKey wants to change this recipe with its white label product that bakes the authentication directly into a relying party’s application.

The surge in the use of adaptive authentication has many ramifications for general authentication, but perhaps the most interesting is its impact on elevated authentication. This is where elevated will see its second act.

GlobalPlatform has created an Identity Task Force to help inform enterprises of some of the specification that enable identity. A goal of the Task Force will be the advancement of GlobalPlatform specifications to encourage developers to capitalize on the ability of the Trusted Execution Environment and Secure Element to host secure identity services on mobile devices.

LastPass is enabling its users with the Apple watch to have access to their passwords and secure notes through the new device; Encap Security announced support for Samsung’s fingerprint scanner as part the 3.0 version release of its Smarter Authentication platform; Meditab Inc. has chosen Exostar’s ProviderPass to extend delivery of electronic prescription for controlled substances functionality.

The OpenID Foundation wants to enable easy interoperability of OpenID Connect and has announced a self-certification program for the standard that ensures that those deploying it are adhering to the spec. The Open Identity Exchange also launched OIXnet, an online registry of trust frameworks and identity systems.

Taking a pill that would be an online identity technology? That’s what a PayPal exec details along with other bleeding edge authentication systems.

Social logins are just about de rigueur. Consumers don’t want to create new accounts, so sharing or piggy backing on existing credentials they already use can be a great solution. That is the key to social login, extending a user’s existing social media credential to enable access to other web sites and services.

Two-factor authentication isn’t good enough for the Internet of Things. So says HYPR, a three-factor biometric security platform that’s offering an extra layer of protection.

HID Global introduced the ActivID Tap Authentication platform; Suprema announced the launch of BioStation 2, a new fingerprint terminal; Janrain announced the launch of its Customer Identity Management platform within China; AMAG Technology announced that its Symmetry security management system has been approved by the GSA.