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LifeLock and Identity Theft

2008-06-17 06:51:25 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...identity-theft protection in the United States, has been taking quite a beating recently. They're being sued by credit bureaus, competitors and lawyers in several states that are launching class action lawsuits. And the stories in the media ... it's like a piranha feeding frenzy There are also a lot of errors and misconceptions. With its...
 
Tags: identity theft, credit reports, credit, identity, credit card, fraud alerts permanent, fraud, credit industry, experian credit bureau
 
 
 
 
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EIC 2008: Takeaways from Europe's biggest identity event

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2008-06-13 08:19:15 by Bill Nagel in Security & Risk Management
...identity conference in Munich, organized by Kuppinger Cole. Five days chock-full of content (7 am to 7 pm every day!), 50 exhibitors, 130 speakers, four workshop tracks, five theme tracks, and 25 best-practice sessions. Hundreds of delegates showed up from all over, even though Infosecurity 2008 was raging in London the same week. EIC 2008...
 
Tags: identity, information, information risk management, user-centric identity, iam, iam implementation, effective information security, implement iam, holistic iam context
 
 
 
 
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Ping Identity acquires Sxip Identity

2008-03-11 12:31:57 by Andras Cser in Security & Risk Management
 
...Identity announced that it acquired Sxip Identity for an undisclosed sum. The rationale of the acquisition is to allow Ping Identity's products to meet enterprise-wide, typically SSO challenges. This is important to be able to further extend Ping's market share with software-as-a-service providers. Is it a breakthrough? Hardly. Questions...
 
Tags: identity, sxip identity, identity management, iam, iam arena, vendors, role vendors, forge strategic partnerships, iam suite
 
 
 
 
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Certificates - secure a. identity b. encryption c. both d. neither

2008-07-09 07:55:45 by HASH0x8b4ef88 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...identity . In fact they are called identity certificates The underlying reason for certificates is to ensure that the identity of the person or entity sending it is in fact genuine. It enables the the encryption function. In Weinstein's rant, somehow he has this bass akwards. Identity is secondary to encryption. He says, "Firefox is now...
 
Tags: identity, prove identity, identity confirmation, encryption, identity certs, certs, firefox, encryption function, step backward
 
 
 
 
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Certificates - secure a. identity b. encryption c. both d. neither

2008-07-09 08:44:01 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...identity . In fact they are called identity certificates The underlying reason for certificates is to ensure that the identity of the person or entity sending it is in fact genuine. It enables the the encryption function. In Weinstein's rant, somehow he has this bass akwards. Identity is secondary to encryption. He says, "Firefox is now...
 
Tags: identity, prove identity, identity confirmation, encryption, identity certs, certs, firefox, encryption function, step backward
 
 
 
 
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The Venn of Identity: Options and Issues in Federated Identity Management

2008-05-22 06:22:46 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
...identity management addresses scenarios in both enterprise and consumer contexts by defining how to dynamically distribute identity information and delegate identity tasks across security domains. This article explains federated identity's components, discusses security and privacy risks and architectural challenges, surveys the SAML, OpenID,...
 
Tags: identity, identity management, identity tasks, human digital identities, digital identities, privacy risks, distribute identity information, software applications, applications
 
 
 
 
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OpenID family grows How it can transform Identity Federation between enteprises

2008-02-07 14:06:33 by Andras Cser in Security & Risk Management
 
...identity federations proliferation. When payment-grade, commercial, and trusted identity provider service becomes a reality VeriSigns joining the OpenID camp clearly points in that direction and software-as-a-service companies (like salesforce.com), accept OpenID authentication from these trusted identity providers, then enterprises can truly...
 
Tags: openid, openid foundation, openid camp, accept openid authentication, integration, strong authentication integration, identity federations proliferation, simple technology, technology
 
 
 
 
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Illinois Eye Center warns patients of identity theft

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2008-04-04 12:40:39 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...identity theft Reference URL Peoria Journal Star WEEK NBC News Report Credit Tom McIntyre, WEEK NBC News Response From the online sources cited above Peoria's Illinois Eye Center has warned its clients that a former employee allegedly accessed confidential patient records A former Illinois Eye Center employee could have used confidential...
 
Tags: eye center, center, illinois eye center, illinois, identity theft, confidential information, information, confidential patient information, occasional
 
 
 
 
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Portable Identity and the BBC

2008-04-29 14:30:00 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...identity." It seems that the BBC have seen the potential and joined the OpenID foundation. Jem Stone , on his blog, makes the bold statement that "getting identity right is key to our future plans." I couldn't agree more. Managing identity is central to the future and long term success of everything from social networking to eCommerce. For...
 
Tags: portable identity, identity, user-centric digital identity, bbc, mobile phone, future plans, future, openid, openid foundation
 
 
 
 
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Use Cases for Identity Management in E-Government

2008-05-22 06:22:47 by