identity

Facebook, Instagram To Get Paid Verification

Facebook, Instagram to offer paid 'blue tick' verification starting in Australia and New Zealand this week, following similar move by…

2 years ago

Microsoft Previews Blockchain-Based Decentralised ID System

The ION network would use Bitcoin's blockchain for identity assurance, while creating a secondary network to vastly speed up processing…

6 years ago

European Parliament Approves ‘Big Brother’ Database

Critics say plans to link together existing identity databases across the EU may break Europe's own data protection laws

6 years ago

Accenture, Microsoft Collaborate On Blockchain-Based ID For Refugees

The two companies demonstrated a prototype that could help provide officially recognised identification for 7 million refugees worldwide

7 years ago

Spain’s Biggest Banks Back Red Lyra Blockchain Initiative

Companies will be able to use the network to securely validate services and identities

7 years ago

Government Misses Gov.uk Verify Go-Live Deadline

The scheme has taken longer than expected to get up to speed as 'no-one's built anything like Gov.uk Verify before'

9 years ago

Royal Mail Launches Digital Identity Verification Service

Royal Mail identity service that connects to GOV.UK Verify has gone live

9 years ago

How Will Identity And Privacy Drive Digital Transformation?

Daniel Raskin, VP of strategy at ForgeRock, thinks companies must change their approach to customer identity and privacy to achieve…

9 years ago

Biometrics – Where Technology And Storytelling Meet

Matthew Maxwell, associate creative director at marketing firm SapientNitro, discusses the art of identity technology

9 years ago

7 Ways To Keep Your Business As Secure As MI6

Ryan Barrett, VP of privacy and security, Intermedia, shares top security tips that even James Bond could do with

9 years ago

IT Life: No Identity Crisis For ID Expert

Richard Parris built Meccano models. Now he makes identity and credential management systems

10 years ago

Yahoo To Ditch Third Party Login ID Option

Yahoo is to insist that users login via a dedicated a Yahoo ID, and not by using Google or Facebook…

11 years ago

After Target, Retailers Need Better Security

The Target breach exposed how weak security is at shops. Wayne Rash wants to see biometrics

11 years ago

EMC Bolsters RSA Identity Management With Aveksa Purchase

RSA pushing ahead with its intelligence-led approach to security

11 years ago

Microsoft Sued Over PhoneFactor Authentication

Microsoft and its PhoneFactor unit have been hit with a patent-infringement lawsuit from a little-known company

12 years ago

Security: Passwords Are Still the Problem

Despite an endless series of breaches, the problems with passwords are really very basic, says Fahmida Y Rashid

13 years ago

ID Theft Declines But Losses Increase

Identity fraud experienced a sharp drop in 2010 after a two year rise, according to new research

14 years ago

European Project Keeps Personal Details Private

The EU-backed ABC4Trust scheme stops users over-sharing on websites

14 years ago

US Government Calls For Identity Ecosystem

The Obama administration has outlined plans for a private sector-led identity system intended to reduce fraud

14 years ago

Symantec Reports Two-Thirds Of Users Hit By Cybercrime

Cybercrime is more prevalent than previously thought... and users are not happy

14 years ago

Gartner: Security Software Market Set For Growth

Security is to remain one of the fastest-growing areas within the enterprise software market, driven by factors such as compliance…

14 years ago

Authorisation: Why Social Media Needs OAuth

The cloud needs safe information sharing, not old-fashioned identity management - and that's where the OAuth protocol comes in

15 years ago

US Tackles P2P Data Breach Risk With New Legislation

P2P Cyber Protection and Informed User Act would prohibit peer-to-peer file sharing programs from being installed without the informed consent…

15 years ago