With the release of the new Microsoft Windows 7 operating system it’s security capabilities are being compared with Vista, according to an E Week article. When looking at the security features it may not be perfectly clear as of yet, however, that Windows 7 appears to have a much larger number of security features than […]

A new workshop report from the Identity Theft Prevention and Identity Management Standards Panel (IDSP) addresses various facets of how research companies measure identity theft. The report finds that disparities exist in the way that terms are defined in statute versus in practice—terms such as identity theft, identity fraud and data breach. This potentially causes […]

For the fourth straight year, U.S. Bank has ranked first in a privacy study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, a Traverse City, Mich.-based information management research firm. In addition, the institute’s Privacy Trust Study for Retail Banking has ranked the Minneapolis-based bank in the top five since it began the study six years ago. The […]

UPEK, a developer of biometric solutions, has announced the release of their Protector Software Suite 2009, a biometric security software suite that utilizes a fingerprint sensor for authentication and now supports the Windows 7 operating system. Further, in their designing the software as Windows 7 compliant, their software is now also compliant with any fingerprint […]

Futronic Technology Company Limited, a developer of biometric software and hardware, has announced that their Windows Biometric Framework Driver designed for Windows 7 to utilize their USB fingerprint scanner has passed tests for both the 32 bit and 64 bit version of the operating system. The driver has been digitally signed by Microsoft and will […]

A new survey has revealed that roughly 93% of businesses are utilizing some form of data leak prevention tools with 70% planning further investments in the technology in the near future, according to a Computer Weekly article. The figures, taken from the Launchpad Europe IT Security Index 2009, further show where businesses are concentrating on […]

MXI Security announced the availability of USB drive authentication technology leveraging Common Access Card and Personal Identity Verification cards. Used in conjunction with secure portable storage devices from the two companies, the new technology provides the U.S. government protection for portable data. MXI Security’s new technology, available as a module for McAfee’s ePolicy Orchestrator, enables […]