identity cards
Digital Identities and the Promise of the Technology Trio: PKI, Smart Cards, and Biometrics
White Paper It argues and explains that if three key technologies were implemented together namely biometrics, smart cards, and PKI, then they can deliver a robust and trusted identification and authentication infrastructure. [02 Oct 2009]
VeriSign Identity Protection Authentication Services Helps a Top Document Management Services Provider Lead the Way With Two-Factor Authentication for Clients
White Paper Morgan Street deployed VeriSign Identity Protection Authentication Services and VeriSign Identity Protection Security Cards. The challenge was to maintain client confidence while... [19 Sep 2009]
A Leading Registrar Offers VeriSign Identity Protection Authentication Services to Avoid Fraudulent Domain Name Transfer
White Paper Name.com deployed VeriSign Identity Protection Authentication Services and VeriSign Identity Protection Security Cards. In 2003, Name.com was launched as a unique, independent, and fully... [19 Sep 2009]
First ID card watchdog named
News The government has appointed its first identity commissioner to keep tabs on the UK's ID cards scheme. Sir Joseph Pilling will take up the watchdog role from next month, where he will be responsible for... [14 Sep 2009]
Credit card hacker pleads guilty to fraud worth millions
News Gonzalez and his alleged co-conspirators sold the numbers to others and encoded the data onto magnetic stripes of blank cards and used the new cards to withdraw tens of thousands of dollars at a time... [14 Sep 2009]
Largest hack and ID theft in US: Three suspects charged
News Two Russians and a Florida man were charged on Monday with hacking into Heartland Payment Systems, 7-Eleven, and the Hannaford Brothers supermarket chain, and stealing data related to more than 130 million credit and debit... [18 Aug 2009]
Internet Trust Marks: Building Confidence and Profit Online
White Paper The fear of fraud, spoofing, phishing, identity theft, and lax Web site security still have a sizeable percentage of consumers wary of using credit cards online. This paper examines how recent trends in... [31 Jul 2009]
Photos: UK's ID card revealed
Photo ID cards will be able to be used to verify a person's identity via the cards' embedded microchip, which will store the cardholder's biographic information, their photograph and a scan of... [30 Jul 2009]
India's social ills soothed by outsourcing leaders?
Comment Urban, educated Indians have a multitude of identification cards provided by the government such as passport, driver's licence, income tax payee card and voter's card. The authority is tasked with providing a unique,... [27 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.07.09
Round-Up The plan had been to make the cards compulsory but following a rather embarrassing climbdown the cards for airport staff are now voluntary. And considering that pretty much nobody wanted them when they... [24 Jul 2009]
Revealed: £12.4m cost of pilots' ID cards project
News Spending on the wider ID cards project was revealed in the IPS accounts, which showed the IPS spent £85.1m on developing tech for the National Identity Scheme, which includes tech to support both ID... [23 Jul 2009]
IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News The NBIS is used for biometric passports and for the National Identity Register (NIR), which will be used in issuing ID cards under the government scheme. IBM's contract to supply technology for ID... [13 Jul 2009]
A Solution to Auditor's Dilemma for the Payment Card Industry?: How to Ensure PCI DSS Compliancy in the Organization
White Paper Achieving compliance to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) should be high on the agenda of organizations; in particular those that carry out business transactions involving the use of credit cards. [12 Jul 2009]
The Credit Industry Fights Back Against Identity Thieves With Tough Compliance Standards for Merchants
White Paper Using credit cards has become a part of daily life. It is estimated that the average American family has approximately nineteen payment cards, including bank credit cards, retail... [12 Jul 2009]
Home Office CIO on taming tech and why ID cards are good news
Comment The Home Office CIO speaks to silicon.com's Nick Heath on ID cards, protecting data, and how tech can make a difference The Home Office's role in safeguarding national security means Vernon has oversight of the most high... [10 Jul 2009]