Monday, November 29, 2004

An Article on Why Identity Is Important Aspect of IT Security

It talks about IT Security, Authentication and Identity. See here more details.

11/29/2004 10:41:00 AM  

Sunday, November 28, 2004

Certicom Vice President awarded fellowship

The Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research (CACR)has recognized Certicom vice president Tony Rosati with the 2004 Distinguished Fellow. The award was presented at a ceremony at the University of Waterloo on Friday (November 19) evening. CACR is an internationally recognized center for research in applied cryptography and related areas of information security. More details can be found here.

11/28/2004 07:56:00 PM  

Saturday, November 27, 2004

IBM ThinkPad now comes with fingerprint reader

A Phillipines news site reports that IBM has unveiled their first ThinkPad with a fingerprint reader. Details can be found here. It is said that the losses due to the theft of laptops were about $7MM.

11/27/2004 06:15:00 PM  

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Swedish Payments House implements Thales SafeSign Authentication Server

The Swedish National Payments Clearing House chooses to implement Thales e-Security's SafeSign Authentication Server to validate digital credentials. More detail can be found here.

11/24/2004 09:50:00 AM  

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Camera phones threat to privacy

BBC reports how camera phones are threatening to privacy.

Simon Davies, UK-based Privacy International's (PI) director says, "Unless action is taken immediately there is a risk that social intimacy will disappear within a decade."

11/17/2004 09:55:00 AM  

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Gemplus Launches US Goverment Identity Management Initiative

Yahoo! reports that Gemplus has launched the Identity Management initiative for the US government. The focus will be on 'SafesITe Government' - a Homeland Security Presidential Directive. More details here.

11/16/2004 09:59:00 AM  

Monday, November 15, 2004

Tumbleweed and nCipher partner

Tumbleweed and nCipher announced a partnership to expand their respective PKI platforms. Both the companies will be presenting their products and services at the DoD Public Key Enabling Forum. More details available through BusinessWire.

11/15/2004 09:28:00 AM  

Sunday, November 14, 2004

EFF Files Brief in Support of Email Privacy

a reports that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a brief in support of Email Privacy. This is touted as something that could have profound effects on the privacy of Internet communications.

11/14/2004 03:34:00 PM