Digital ID: How are you managing?
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Cyber threats, chiefly viruses like NetSky and Sasser, make security an ongoing concern as it holds steady over software infrastructure as the third top priority.
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Trust and inclusion foregrounded in desperate rescue plan Teachers and 16 year olds are the favoured 'soft targets' for the redesigned ID card scheme rollout, according to an Identity &amp; Passport Service planning document seen by The Register. As suggested in leaks last weekend, IPS now plans to soft-pedal fingerprints and - astoundingly - it seems on the point of abandoning the notion of forcing ID cards onto the public via passport renewals.â¦
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Plus: Are you having an identity crisis? [News.com Extra]
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Digital technology changes from workhorse to entertainer.
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As RFID-chipped passports gain adoption around the world, successful attempts to crack them are on the rise as well. Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have already reported compromised data, while countries such as New Zealand remain sure it can't happen there. But what if the goal wasn't data theft but detonation?
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Secure transactions for the disabled I am not a security expert but I recognise that security is fundamental to the successful implementation of ICT solutions. Different security solutions are used in different environments; simple user-id and password solutions are still popular, because they are inexpensive to implement, but they are not very secure.â¦
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New projects seek to develop tools to manage digital identities across multiple Web sites and platforms.
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Will keep your data for 18 months Google is cutting back the time it holds user-identifying data - a little. But will this be enough to placate privacy advocates?â¦
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Is Open ID the glue we need? Microsoft isn't the only one taking an interest in Open ID. AOL, Yahoo! and Digg have all announced they'll accept Open ID credentials as a way of identifying users online.â¦
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One great way to determine whether your digital product is destined for greatness is how many people want to steal it. The same goes for open source.
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(Source: Symantec)  One common mistake that organizations make is by using Identity management solutions in isolation. Doing so risks access inflation, workarounds and coverage gaps. This white paper shows how comprehensive access management deploys identity management within a framework that includes disciplines for data protection, integration with hiring and promotion, and especially monitoring.
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Blog: Apple and AT&T are demanding subscribers to reveal their social security numbers.  How safe is that?
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In a comment yesterday on Marc Canter's blog, discussing the race to be the default identity system for the Internet.. "I wouldn&#185;t count out Google, they've got a lot of users, and a lot of money. I think they could probably buy Yahoo, but someone else would have to do the math." Ashkan Karbasfrooshan did the math.
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Leaving personal information on cell phones and computers before you sell, donate or recycle them can expose you to identity thieves. Here's how to protect yourself.
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The UK could "sleepwalk into a surveillance society" as a result of ID cards, the Information commissioner has warned. Send us your views.
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Prints might just be needed for 'special' groups a key component of the UK ID card scheme, the central database of fingerprints, may be abandoned, according to a leaked Home Office document obtained by the Observer. The document doesn't suggest entirely scrapping fingerprints, but instead suggests that their value should be assessed for each group of the population enrolled.â¦
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roundupThere's no question retailers love RFID. But will problems of privacy and unreliability prove to be too great?