STORK and NSTIC sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g … In the U.S. there is the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace and in the European Union there is similarly unfortunate moniker STORK 2.0, which stands for Secure idenTity acrOss boRders linKed 2.0. Both are government initiatives dealing with digital identities but they have different […]

Fingerprints, facial recognition and iris scans have long dominated the biometric landscape, but Canada-based Bionym has developed an authentication device that moves to a different beat. The company is marketing a wristband called Nymi – pronounced Nim-Me – that leverages the wearer’s electro cardiogram (ECG) as a unique identifier. ECG-enabled authentication is relatively unknown, but as Bionym […]

Gone are the days when securing sensitive business information meant locking up documents in the company filing cabinet. Modern organizations are rapidly recognizing that even user names and passwords aren’t enough to limit access to networks and applications. Businesses and government agencies are struggling to figure out the best way to adapt to these changes […]

By Joni Brennan, executive director, Kantara Initiative Identity and Access Management services were traditionally built for a company’s internal use to assist with manual on and off boarding or to establish access privileges to company data and systems behind the firewall. Today, however, a company must implement a dynamic Identity and Access Management solution that […]

HID Global released its projections for trends that will have the greatest impact on the secure identity industry in 2014. The predictions encompass a range of solutions and technologies, including anticipated advances in physical and logical access control, secure issuance, identity assurance, visitor management, electronic ID (eID) and secure asset tracking. Selva Selvaratnam, CTO at […]

To kick off its National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace pilot, PRIVO (Privacy Vaults Online) has teamed with Verizon. Part of the NSTIC pilot involves PRIVO establishing the Minors Trust Framework. It consists of a collection of policies and online tools that provide parents control over the online activities of their children. It also […]

A camera and microphone is what consumers will need for online access using Facebanx authentication technology. The technology is being trialed by a telecommunications firm freeing its customers from the need to remember their passwords and saving money by eliminating password reset calls. Other trials due later this month include multi-national banks that are seeking […]

When discussing different identification or authentication technology, the term “friction” is often heard. This doesn’t refer to the act of physically rubbing a token on to laptop or smart phone, but rather how much more difficult authentication technology is going to make it to gain access to a web site or service. User names and […]

By Tim Moses, Senior Director of Advanced Security Technology, Entrust 2013 confirmed for us what many had long suspected about government surveillance — there’s not just surveillance by repressive regimes around the world, but also by of extremely well-resourced and well-positioned intelligence organizations in the “free world.” Other revelations have taken even the most cynical by […]

“Password” is no longer the worst password with “123456,” the traditional runner up, taking the top spot, according to SplashData, provider of password management systems. The 2013 list was influenced by the large number of passwords from Adobe users posted online by security consulting firm Stricture Consulting Group following Adobe’s security breach. The list of […]