The weekly podcast covers relevant issues and breaking news from AVISIAN's suite of ID technology publications: ContactlessNews.com, CR80News.com, DigitalIDNews.com, NFCNews.com, RFIDNews.org and SecureIDNews.com.
Body recognition biometrics may be the most accurate form of authentication, based on theoretical research conducted at the University of Adelaide. PhD student Teghan Lucas – working with supervisors…
The Minutiae Interoperability Exchange Test (MINEX) is nearly a decade old, born out of Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12, which calls for interoperable credentials for federal employees. T…
Health care systems have been slow to embrace biometric identification technology for patients, but business is growing. Hospitals are starting to notice the potential value of using biometrics for p…
Microsoft is seizing the opportunity to hook up with Internet-connected devices and turning to the cloud to provide enterprises with more identity authentication options, while also helping organizat…
Barely two-years-old, Confyrm is making a big impact with a $2.4 million two years pilot project that will demonstrate ways to minimize loss when criminals create fake accounts or take over online ac…
MorphoTrust is among the latest round of pilot winners for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. The company is working with North Carolina and about half a dozen partners to cr…
It’s been two years since Internet2 was awarded a $1.8 million grant from the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. Among other things, the money is being used to encourage the use …
The FBI started rolling out the Next-Generation Identification system in 2010, with new increments coming about every 18 months, and completion expected in about 2020. In about a year, the FBI will s…
It’s estimated that’s security breaches cost companies $100 billion a year yet the IT security market as a whole is worth $50 billion. There’s a disconnect between those two numbers but Patrick Hardi…
When it comers to ways to improve online authentication, the discussion quickly turns to two-factor. And while two-authentication is an improvement over user names and passwords it can still be hacke…
In David Birch’s book “Identity is the New Money,” cash is passé. Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan spoke with Birch, director and global ambassador for Consult Hyperion, about his book which focuses on the…
Authentication on mobile devices isn’t easy. Extra hardware or lengthy passwords adds friction to the authentication process and nobody wants to do that. Researchers at Rutgers University found that …
The Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China has been issuing contact smart cards since 2002. The agency decided to make the switch to contactless this year, says Erik We…
While large-scale password breaches are almost common occurrences these days, the Heartbleed bug caught everybody by surprise. "The Heartbleed breach has demonstrated that everything we thought was s…
A bill banning biometric in Florida school is awaiting Gov. Rick Scott's signature, and he is expected to sign it. Florida legislators weren't willing to speak with Regarding ID's Gina Jordan but aud…
The idea of issuing smart cards to patients in health care isn’t new but has yet to take off. Federal legislation has been proposed to issue smart cards to all Medicare recipients to reduce fraud. Bu…
Rounding out the last pilot winner for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace is the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan spoke with Frank Morrow, program mana…
Exponent is doing something a little different than the other pilot winners for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. The company’s pilot has a significant hardware component to…
Identity theft is a problem in Michigan and with more application for government services going online; the Department of Human Services wants to make sure identities are accurately vetted. The state…
TSCP was born out of a challenge: the need to securely collaborate with suppliers, teammates and government customers. Since its inception the organization has created rules for issuing and using cre…
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