Thursday, April 28, 2005

Taxi payphones hit the road

... To prevent syndicated fraud on vouchers, the public key infrastructure is used to securely encrypt the voucher. See details here.

4/28/2005 11:53:00 AM  

Monday, April 25, 2005

TRUSTe Issues Data Security Guidelines to Help Companies Build or Update Practices for Protecting Consumer Privacy

A copy of the full guidelines is available on TRUSTe's Web site http://www.truste.org/about/securityguidelines.php. More details.

4/25/2005 10:13:00 AM  

Sun adds ID manager to Java Enterprise System

Sun Microsystems has enhanced its main business management system, Java Enterprise System, with release 3.

4/25/2005 10:11:00 AM  

VeriSign Introduces Three-Year SSL Certificates

Longer Term SSL Certificates Provide Significant Cost Savings; Highest Levels of Encryption Possible. See details here.

4/25/2005 10:10:00 AM  

Veridicom Launches VKI-V, the Next Generation Personal Identity Device

Veridicom's Secure fingerprint authentication within a UBS enabled device ensures true portable data security.

4/25/2005 10:09:00 AM  

Web server attacks 'growing fast'

More than 2,500 web servers every day are being hacked, reveals a report.

4/25/2005 10:07:00 AM  

Thursday, April 21, 2005

Diversinet Launches MobiSecure Suite Of Mobile Tokens And Two-Factor Authentication Services

Diversinet Corp. (OTCBB:DVNTF), a leading provider of mobile device security and authentication solutions for the mobile data ecosystem, has launched its MobiSecure suite of mobile tokens and MobiSecure Authentication Service Center designed to protect individuals, companies and enterprises from security threats such as identity theft, online fraud and identity misrepresentation - better known as smorphing.

4/21/2005 10:54:00 AM  

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

SAFLINK Delivers New Functionality for Department of Defense's Common Access Card Program

SAFLINK(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: SFLK), a leading provider of biometric and smart card security solutions, today announced the release and shipment of the latest version of its NetSign(R) CAC smart card middleware for the Department of Defense's Common Access Card (CAC) program.

4/19/2005 02:12:00 PM  

Tumbleweed Establishes Federal Team in Response to Increasing Demand for Secure Communications Solutions

Tumbleweed(R) Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:TMWD), a leading provider of secure messaging, secure file transfer and identity validation products, today announced the launch of the Tumbleweed Federal Team aimed at providing secure Internet communications solutions to the Federal market.

4/19/2005 02:11:00 PM  

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Security scare hits HSBC's cards

A security scare in the US has prompted global banking giant HSBC to send out warning letters to 180,000 customers.

4/14/2005 03:20:00 PM  

Privacy Solutions: Do They Fall Short?

Everybody's got it. Most people treasure it. And it's in danger. For some it's already been compromised. And everyone's pretty sure their turn is coming. See here for details.

4/14/2005 11:05:00 AM  

Thursday, April 07, 2005

Is single sign-on ready for prime time?

Discussion on benefits and problems with SSO.

4/07/2005 07:37:00 AM  

Gemplus and NEC win e-Passport bid - Computer Business Review

Smart card vendor Gemplus International and the security solutions arm of NEC are part of the winning consortium behind one of the world's first commercial deployments of e-passports.

4/07/2005 07:35:00 AM  

Indian State of Gujarat and e-Governance

The state, which maintains low-profile in terms of ICT initiatives and is a front-runner among the industrialized states, quickly identified the potential of IT in the state's development.

4/07/2005 07:33:00 AM  

Monday, April 04, 2005

ImageWare Announces IWS Desktop Security; Authentication Management Infrastructure to Address Optimized Security Solutions

ImageWare(R) Systems, Inc. (AMEX:IW), a global leader in identity management solutions, today announced the launch of IWS(TM) Desktop Security, a comprehensive authentication management infrastructure specifically designed to provide enterprise networks with the most advanced authentication mechanisms including biometrics, RFID technology, USB flash memory modules, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), and smart cards.

4/04/2005 06:32:00 AM