identity management in news
Over 18? Equifax card lets you prove it online
News Steve Ely, president of Equifax Personal Information Solutions, in a statement: "With fraud and identity theft on the rise, companies need better, more secure ways to conduct transactions online and take their... [14 Nov 2008]
Microsoft announces Live Mesh developer Framework
News Microsoft is also opening up the identity component for the Live Framework, meaning developers won't necessarily have to use Microsoft's Live ID to take advantage of other mesh components. The Live Framework is itself... [03 Nov 2008]
Protecting the Beijing Olympics from hackers
News F is for Federated identity Faced with 12 million alerts per day the team at the Games' worldwide IT partner Atos Origin used in-house risk management technology to reduce this to just 90 critical... [30 Oct 2008]
Google offers limited support for OpenID
News Google's Eric Sachs notes that the company is working to try and combine OpenID and identity management service OAuth, which means there's still work to be done on the personal information front. On... [30 Oct 2008]
HP-EDS job cuts: "It's business as normal"
News Along with CSC, Fujitsu, IBM and Thales, EDS is also one of five strategic suppliers for the Identity and Passport Service's (IPS) National Identity Scheme, signing a framework agreement with the IPS... [09 Oct 2008]
$695m MessageLabs deal launches Symantec into cloud
News F is for Federated identity Speaking at the Symantec Vision + ManageFusion EMEA 08 conference, Thompson said Symantec also wants to offer data loss protection, compliance and endpoint management security... [08 Oct 2008]
Second Life sets techies on stability
News Emerging technology specialist at IBM, Robert Smart, added there are also challenges around accessibility and identity management that need to be addressed. Linden Lab has revealed its tech group is... [15 Sep 2008]
Data loss consultants sacked by Home Office
News Since 2004 the company had been contracted as a development partner for the government's national identity cards scheme - to help with design, feasibility testing, business and procurement elements of the project. [10 Sep 2008]
Prisoner data breach firm paid £100m
News Since 2004 the company has been contracted as a development partner for the government's national identity cards scheme - to help with design, feasibility testing, business and procurement elements of the project. [22 Aug 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News F is for Federated identity Cloud-based proxy computers could provide security services traditionally performed locally, such as enforcing authentication, data loss prevention, intrusion prevention, network access... [17 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News F is for Federated identity Microsoft issued a security advisory on Monday warning about targeted attacks that exploit a hole in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer in the Microsoft Access... [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft launches into virtualisation
News With survey respondents asked to rank operating-system features in order of importance, virtualisation came last, in 11th place, with scalability, high reliability and identity management taking the top... [27 Jun 2008]
Time to bin ID cards?
News Opponents questioned whether the complex £2bn system has any chance of being run effectively or competitively when the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has just five companies left to choose from and five parts of the... [23 May 2008]
Royal Mail on target to save £300m with SAP
News The Naked CIO: Identity crisis Central to the project is SAP supplier relationship management (SRM) software and its E-Procurement module. Royal Mail is on course to save £300m over three years through... [22 May 2008]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News Notable cyber crime success include Operation Ajowan, where Soca broke up a website where criminals traded stolen bank, credit and identity information that could have cost the UK finance sector at least £6m. [15 May 2008]
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