London Grid signs identity management deal with Atos
London Grid Ltd, a London Grid for Learning subsidiary, has signed a framework contract with Atos for identity management services.
Anh Nguyen | 13 Jul | Read more
Identity & Access — News
David Beckham's website defaced with image of dog
Former Manchester United and Real Madrid football player David Beckham has become the latest celebrity to find himself on the receiving end of a website defacement.
John E Dunn | 12 Jul | Read more
Free ID Theft Protection Offers Grow: Are They Any Good?
If you use the Internet or own a credit card, the threat of having your identity stolen is omnipresent. Now, leading Internet service providers, financial institutions, and companies such as Sony are offering customers peace of mind with free <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/221595/ftc_id_theft_again_tops_consumer_complaints.html">identity theft</a> protection. Other companies such as Debix are offering a free bare-bones version of ID theft protection to anyone online.
Investment management firm RJIS targets identity and access management
Raymond James Investment Services is targeting improved identity and access management for its trading platform for independent investment practices.
Antony Savvas | 12 Jul | Read more
Voluntary filtering removes the controversy
After nearly four chaotic years, Australia's internet filtering scheme is finally coming together in a way that makes sense technically and politically, if not necessarily for effective child protection.
Stilgherrian | 30 Jun | Read more
Senators push for privacy, data security legislation
Democratic members of a Senate committee promised Wednesday to push hard for new online privacy protections and for legislation that would require companies to put security monitoring tools on their networks.
Grant Gross | 30 Jun | Read more
Inventor of SecurID token has new authentication system
The inventor of the two-factor authentication SecurID token says the latest technology he's come up with is better because it can be used with a voiceprint biometric, plus it can be deployed for purposes of secure authentication in mobile phones, payments and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2009/ndc3/051809-cloud-faq.html">cloud computing</a>.
Ellen Messmer | 30 Jun | Read more
Groupon India data published on Internet, said researcher
The user database of Groupon's Indian subsidiary, SoSasta, was published on the Internet and indexed by Google, according to an Australian security consultant.
John Ribeiro | 28 Jun | Read more
5 free ways to use crowdsourcing for investigations
We have all heard the phrase, "When all else fails, try, try again." But in an investigation, when your own skills aren't enough, your professional network can't support you, and your leads go cold, what is next? You need to try again, yes, but try a new approach. One new approach is to turn to the 'wisdom of crowds' for answers.
Brandon Gregg | 28 Jun | Read more
LulzSec calls it quits after 50 days of 'mayhem'
The computer hacking group LulzSec said Saturday it had ended its campaign of cyberassaults on government and corporate websites and that it was time for it to "sail into the distance."
James Niccolai | 26 Jun | Read more
WordPress warns server admins of Trojans
Companies and bloggers that run their own WordPress installations should make sure that they have not downloaded any of three popular plugins that were, for about 24 hours, playing host to <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/topic/43400/malware-cybercrime">malicious code</a>, WordPress creator Auttomatic warned.
Robert Lemos | 25 Jun | Read more
India has issued 9.5 million digital identity numbers
India has issued digital identities to about 9.5 million people so far, and plans to step up enrollment to 1 million a day from October, the head of the agency issuing the biometric identities said on Thursday at a conference in Bangalore.
John Ribeiro | 23 Jun | Read more
Dropbox left document storage accounts open for four hours
Online storage service Dropbox accidentally turned off password authentication for its 25 million users for four hours on Monday -- although "much less than 1 percent" of those accounts were accessed during the period, the company said. It is still investigating whether any of those accounts were improperly accessed.
Jeremy Kirk | 21 Jun | Read more
Identity theft begins in the home
The quality of printing and design software available to the consumer is now so high that criminals are using the technology to start up their own document forging businesses, a parliamentary joint committee on Law Enforcement has heard.
Tim Lohman | 17 Jun | Read more
Cisco backs embattled RSA SecurID in new security architecture
With all of the recent <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/052911-lockheed-martin-acknowledges-significant.html">security problems</a> around <a href="http://www.rsa.com/node.aspx?id=3891">RSA's SecurID</a> two-factor authentication technology as a backdrop, Cisco today made it clear that it's still a major supporter of SecurID by including the two-factor authentication token as a main security component in what Cisco calls its "PCI 2.0 Architecture" of assembled <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/cisco/">Cisco</a>, EMC, RSA, VMware and HyTrust products.
Ellen Messmer | 16 Jun | Read more
5 possible reasons U.S. users are ditching Facebook
Have we finally grown tired of Facebook? According to Inside Facebook, more than five per cent of U.S. users abandoned Facebook in May -- that's about six million people who have stopped "liking" the world's largest social network. Six million people jumping ship sounds like a lot, but when you consider that Facebook is on track to hit 700 million users any day now, it's not such a big deal.
Brennon Slattery | 15 Jun | Read more
LulzSec's Sony hack shows rampant password re-use
An analysis of nearly 40,000 passwords stolen from Sony Pictures by the hyperactive LulzSec crew shows that people persist in re-using passwords, a dangerous practice in light of frequent Web site break-ins, a researcher said today.
Gregg Keizer | 16 Jun | Read more
Cellcrypt releases voice encryption app for Android
The company Cellcrypt released an application on Tuesday for mobile phones running Android that encrypts voice calls, addressing increasing concern that voice traffic over cellular networks could be intercepted with off-the-shelf equipment.
Jeremy Kirk | 15 Jun | Read more
Sony hacker arrests: 5 questions
Arrests in Spain related to the Sony Playstation Network hacking case have computer users wondering whether the loosely organized Anonymous hacker coalition is weakened -- or merely irritated by being busted.
Lisa Greim | 14 Jun | Read more
In wake of breach, RSA names chief security officer
Eddie Schwartz, former chief security officer at Netwitness Corp., a company recently acquired by EMC, has been named chief security officer of the storage vendor's RSA security division.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 10 Jun | Read more