TriNet, a provider of human resources outsourcing solutions, has renewed its relationship with Entrust Certificate Services to use the company’s subscription to Entrust’s Certificate Management Service as well as a pool of SSL certificates. TriNet uses the Entrust Certificate Management Services to monitor, renew, re-issue and manage Entrust Standard, Advantage and Multi-Domain EV SSL certificates. […]

How will we be identified in the future? By Tim Moses, director of advanced security, Entrust Inc. The world of information is currently undergoing convulsions on a tectonic scale. There is a growing expectation that everyone will soon be able to access all their information resources, including communications, with anyone they wish–from anywhere and at […]

CertiPath has received additional cross-certification to the U.S. Federal Bridge for PIV-I level of assurance. PIV-I credentials enable non-Executive Branch federal employees and others to obtain a credential based on the same standards as the federally issued credentials. CertiPath is the only commercial bridge certificate authority to be cross-certified to PIV-I. With cross-certification to PIV-I […]

AuthenWare has announced a reseller agreement with 2Keys Security Solutions, an information technology security company, allowing 2Keys to resell AuthenWare’s behavioral biometrics software. The software from AuthenWare is their keystroke authentication software which determines a user’s identity based off the unique patterns he types with. Among the reasons that 2Keys pursued the ability to offer […]

VASCO Data Security International Inc. announced its acquisition of the Internet trust services specialist DigiNotar B.V. of Beverwijk, The Netherlands. VASCO acquired DigiNotar in stock and asset purchase for aggregated cash consideration of $12.9 million. The acquisition was financed from VASCO’s cash balances and is expected to have a slightly dilutive impact on earnings in […]

By Salvatore D’Agostino, CSCIP, IDmachines LLC The recent announcement by the Obama administration to advance the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) focuses a conversation on a critical topic. Digital identities are used by an increasing percentage of the United States’ and global population as part of our daily routines in conducting modern […]

By Gordon Hannah, Principal, Deloitte & Touche LLP I think that we’ll see significant progress made on a couple of key fronts in 2011 – specifically the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) and the Federal Identity, Credential and Access Management (FICAM) initiatives. These efforts will drive new ways of thinking, innovation in […]

Nuance, a speech recognition technology developer, has acquired Israel-based voice biometrics technology developer PerSay, according to a TMCNet article. As both companies have been operating in very similar fields, the resulting boost in research and deployment assets is expected to help the new company drive the voice biometrics marketplace. Read the full story here.   

By Salvatore D’Agostino, IDmachines LLC, CSCIP Identity will continue to occupy a prime position in the minds of entrepreneurs, the C-suite, IT and security professionals, regulators, Jane and General Doe. And while some people are waiting for the next revision of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace and the Federal Identity, Credentialing and […]

DigitalPersona has announced it will be providing its U.are.U line of fingerprint scanners to merchandising and store-execution software developer Tomax for integration into one of its software solutions. The Tomax offering slated to get U.are.U readers integrated into it is the Web-based Retail.net Point of Sale and Workforce Optimization offering. The addition of biometric login […]