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Identity and access management products

• May 30, 2019 30 May'19

  2.3 billion business and consumer data files exposed online

  In the year since the GDPR compliance deadline, the number of data files exposed online without adequate protection is up more than 50% due to misconfigured security controls, report reveals

• May 21, 2019 21 May'19

  Planned UK age verification checks risky for internet users

  Proposed controversial online age verification checks could increase the risk of identity theft and other cyber crimes, warn security experts, who advise parents to set technological boundaries and ensure their families are aware of risks

• May 16, 2019 16 May'19

  Self-sovereign ID key to data privacy

  Coupling self-sovereign identity with insights from research on consumer identity management may be the key to personalising products and services without putting people at risk, says industry analyst

• May 15, 2019 15 May'19

  Implement multifactor authentication, urges expert panel

  Multifactor authentication should be a top priority for organisations to defend users from cyber attacks, coupled with zero-trust architecture and artificial intelligence-based technologies, says expert panel

• May 14, 2019 14 May'19

  Digital business is connected business, says KuppingerCole

  Businesses need to unlock data, rethink identity and access management, and capitalise on artificial intelligence in the digital era, says KuppingerCole

• May 14, 2019 14 May'19

  Electronic ID in the Nordics – a model for other countries?

  Use of electronic identity schemes in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark is far ahead of other countries – but why?

• May 10, 2019 10 May'19

  Key lessons from an ethical hacker

  Understanding hacker techniques and processes is the best way to defend against cyber attacks, and focusing on business risks is the best way to get security budget, according to an ethical hacker

• May 10, 2019 10 May'19

  Dutch businesses not yet implementing NIS Directive

  Little urgency to comply with the Network and Information Systems Security Act, which seeks to protect the Netherlands’ vital infrastructure and digital services from cyber attack

• May 08, 2019 08 May'19

  Gov.uk Verify has 'failed users' and its leaders lack accountability, say MPs

  Public Accounts Committee slams government's flagship digital identity service after a ‘catalogue of problems’

• May 07, 2019 07 May'19

  Privileged access management moving to cloud

  Survey shows nearly half of information security professionals are either planning to move privileged access management to the cloud or are exploring the possibility

• May 02, 2019 02 May'19

  Singapore rolls out blockchain platform for verifying educational certificates

  Employers in the city-state can now use the OpenCerts platform to verify the qualifications of employees and new hires

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  GDPR cases drive bigger budgets for Nordic regulators

  High-profile General Data Protection Regulation cases in Finland and Sweden have increased the workload for regulators, which are to receive an increase in funding

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  European Union to create central biometrics database

  New rules will see the introduction of a repository of personal data from hundreds of millions of citizens to support law enforcement across member states

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  UK government to introduce online porn age checks

  World-first regulations will see age verification introduced in July and enforced by the British Board of Film Classification. Non-compliant sites risk withdrawal of payment services or being blocked

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  Singtel and NUS claim quantum breakthrough

  Researchers from Singtel and the National University of Singapore have succeeded in coordinating the paths of photons across a fibre network to drive wider adoption of quantum key distribution

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  NatWest eases business payments with biometric authentication on mobile

  NatWest is making it easier and safer for businesses to make payments of any size via a mobile app using biometric authentication technology

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  How Palo Alto Networks fends off its cyber adversaries

  Palo Alto Networks CIO Naveen Zutshi talks up the company’s approach in keeping threat actors at bay

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Enhanced Wi-Fi cuts costs to maximise efficiency at Dorset school

  The need for cost-effective, manageable wireless infrastructure without additional annual licence fees drove Lytchett Minster School’s decision to upgrade its on-site network with TP-Link

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Black Hat Asia 2019: Get ready for the cyber arms race

  The arms race is now squarely in the cyber realm as defence teams and threat actors arm themselves with AI tools

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Singapore government to review data security in public sector

  A high-level committee comprising ministers and private sector security experts will review data security practices and recommend measures to better protect citizens’ data

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Web inventor wants a web built on solid data principles

  Tim Berners-Lee has urged app developers to be courteous to users’ data privacy, saying users should own their own data and apps need to interoperate

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  IT complexity raises concerns of certificate-related outages

  Company executives are concerned that increased IT complexity will result in more security certificate-related outages, with nearly two-thirds of organisations affected in the past year

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  IT Priorities 2019: ANZ organisations focus on fundamentals

  Organisations in Australia and New Zealand will spend more on modernising legacy applications and breaking down data silos this year

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  How aid workers are using encrypted communications to stay safe in conflict zones

  Often operating in volatile conflict zones, aid workers are frequently turning to encrypted communication services to protect each other

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  Cyber espionage group behind SingHealth attack

  A cyber espionage group dubbed Whitefly has been identified as the perpetrators behind Singapore’s largest data breach to date

• March 05, 2019 05 Mar'19

  Singapore can now certify security products based on Common Criteria

  The city-state is has attained the status of a Certificate Authorising Nation, enabling it to evaluate and certify security products under the Common Criteria standard

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  GDS cut expected benefits of troubled Gov.uk Verify system by 75%

  In a highly critical report, the National Audit Office says it is 'difficult to conclude' that past decisions to continue with the flagship digital identity system have been justified

• February 25, 2019 25 Feb'19

  Android now Fido2 certified

  Mobile operating system’s certification accelerates global migration beyond passwords, says Fido Alliance, which seeks to eliminate the world’s dependence on password-based security

• February 19, 2019 19 Feb'19

  Finding security in the cloud

  When choosing a cloud security provider, enterprises will need to consider the level of data privacy and data security risk involved

• February 15, 2019 15 Feb'19

  CaixaBank customers can use their faces to withdraw money at ATMs

  Spanish bank begins roll-out of ATMs equipped with facial recognition technology, but customers can still use card and PIN

• February 08, 2019 08 Feb'19

  NHS extends trials of digital identity system

  The NHS in England is working with external organisations in new pilots to test its secure online login system for healthcare

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  Tech sector tells government that digital identity policy is 'urgently required'

  The UK tech sector has urged the government to publish policy to support the creation of a “fully functioning” digital identity market, to boost the digital economy

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  Met Police deploys live facial recognition technology for ninth time

  Police say technology is helping to prevent and detect crime by identifying wanted criminals, but privacy groups have voiced their opposition

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  Innocent people arrested following surveillance blunders, IPCO reveals

  Interception of communications commissioner Adrian Fulford warns of “grave” repercussions for people wrongly identified as suspects due to errors made when government bodies access email, phone and telephone data

• January 28, 2019 28 Jan'19

  Personal records of HIV-positive individuals in Singapore leaked online

  The personal information of 14,200 people with the human immunodeficiency virus was leaked by an American who lived in Singapore

• January 24, 2019 24 Jan'19

  Poor practices expose 24 million financial records

  Failure to maintain appropriate security controls has again led to the exposure of millions of sensitive data records, this time from the banking world

• January 15, 2019 15 Jan'19

  SingHealth and IT supplier fined S$1m for data breach

  Singapore’s data protection commission considered the fact that both SingHealth and its IT supplier fell prey to sophisticated threat actors, among other factors, when meting out the fine

• January 07, 2019 07 Jan'19

  UK contactless card fraud surges

  Fraudsters stole £1.18m from contactless users in 2018, with the average theft size also increasing

• January 06, 2019 06 Jan'19

  Singapore Airlines’ software glitch exposed customer data

  More than 280 members of the Krisflyer frequent flyer programme had their personal information compromised by a one-off software bug

• January 04, 2019 04 Jan'19

  Modern IT underlines need for zero-trust security

  The increasing complexity of supply chains and interconnectivity of IT systems means the attack surface is widening and security has to evolve accordingly, warns British computer scientist

• January 02, 2019 02 Jan'19

  How e-signatures fix broken digitisation

  A big barrier to the end-to-end digitisation of business processes is that certain steps require paper – but DocuSign plans to fix this

• December 20, 2018 20 Dec'18

  Marriott data breach losses could be over half a billion dollars

  Direct losses related to a huge data breach at US hotel group could reach $600m

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  APAC cyber security landscape to be more tumultuous in 2019

  Amid growing cyber threats, the Asia-Pacific cyber security landscape will not get any rosier in 2019 unless organisations start shoring up their cyber hygiene

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  Mobile security needs a rethink for the 5G era

  A report released through the government’s 5G Testbeds and Trials programme has recommended the UK rethink its mobile security strategy

• December 14, 2018 14 Dec'18

  Australia passes controversial encryption law

  Arguments continue over law that requires companies to work with government agencies to ensure that encrypted communications can be read if a crime is suspected

• December 13, 2018 13 Dec'18

  Machine identity protection development gets funding boost

  Cyber security firm Venafi has launched a development fund aimed at accelerating the delivery of protection for machine identities

• December 07, 2018 07 Dec'18

  O2 outage highlights importance of software certificate audits

  A major outage on the O2 4G mobile network was caused by an expired certificate and could easily have been avoided, it has emerged

• December 03, 2018 03 Dec'18

  Liberty heads for judicial review over Investigatory Powers Act

  The UK's powers to conduct supsicionless bulk surveillance on individuals and organisations face a legal challenge in the high court next year

• December 03, 2018 03 Dec'18

  Digital identity market welcomes plan to hand Gov.uk Verify to private sector

  Players in the UK digital identity community welcome the clarity over the future of Verify, but question marks remain over prospects for government ID system

• November 23, 2018 23 Nov'18

  Interview: Roger Taylor, chair, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation

  Chair of the new Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation says collaboration is vital for developing effective frameworks to manage the proliferation of AI and data-driven technologies