identity

Cheat Sheet: WCIT

Cheat Sheet It's even got a coat of arms - granted in 1989 - to symbolise its identity. So what does that stand for? You'll never guess. It's. Worshipful Company of Information Technologists Worshipful IT? So these are the sort of guys that start praying when...

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[04 Sep 2006]

Cheat Sheet: Two-factor authentication

Cheat Sheet But there are some fierce critics out there when the debate moves on to the banking industry where this is being presented as a bit of a 'silver bullet' for identity theft. However, Schneier argues that this is merely addressing a problem of at...

Tags: two-factor, lloydstsb, passwords, rsa

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[24 Oct 2005]

Cheat Sheet: Federated identity

Cheat Sheet What on earth is federated identity? In the most basic 'in a nutshell' terms, it is an agreed standard for sharing identity with multiple parties with multiple privileges. So, ditching the similes, if that central company, let's say the travel...

Tags: federated, rsa, identity, ca

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[20 Sep 2005]

Cheat Sheet: Virus names and alerts

Cheat Sheet However, other vendors only have a signature that's capable of detecting the previous variant, so they need another identity file - and therefore another virus name. OK, well I know what computer viruses are so this should be straightforward - the...

Tags: alert, virus, cheat sheet, netsky

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[08 Nov 2004]

Cheat Sheet: Biometrics

Cheat Sheet Not really, though there are some concerns about whether biometrics may create serious problems relating to identity theft. The financial sector is looking at biometrics as a way of verifying your identity and adding a further layer of security...

Tags: biometrics, cards, print, fingerprint

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[20 Apr 2004]

Cheat sheet: Mobile and wireless security

Cheat Sheet WTLS resembles SSL because they both rely on certificates on the client and server to verify the identity of participants involved. OK, let's start with mobile security. Why should I care? I mean there's very little I can do with my phone at the...

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[14 Feb 2002]

Cheat Sheet: Microsoft Passport

Cheat Sheet Microsoft will control everyone's identity. Gates will be more powerful than governments, holding them to ransom for the gift of electronic (and therefore physical) identity. You'll probably have experienced it in its current guise as the...

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[09 Nov 2001]