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Identity and access management products

• March 01, 2012 01 Mar'12

  RSA 2012: IT security experts urge enterprises to ban smartphone BYOD schemes

  Enterprises should ban employees from using their own smartphones for work, a panel of IT security practitioners told the RSA Conference 2012

• March 01, 2012 01 Mar'12

  DWP tenders for £25m IDA services

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has tendered for a £25m identity assurance (IDA) framework to create a marketplace of providers across the public sector.

• February 29, 2012 29 Feb'12

  IT departments risk losing responsibility for IT security

  IT security professionals can no longer take it for granted that IT security will continue as part of the IT function

• February 27, 2012 27 Feb'12

  Post Office reveals plans for identity assurance services

  The Post Office is tendering for hardware and software which will enable it to be a provider of the government's Identity Assurance (IDA) services.   

• February 24, 2012 24 Feb'12

  Windows security case study: Controlling Windows 7 user privileges

  After migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7, Oxford University Press used Avecto’s Privilege Guard to control Windows 7 user privileges.

• February 23, 2012 23 Feb'12

  OSSIM update enables cyber threat intelligence sharing

  The latest update to the Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM) base system includes a mechanism for sharing cyber threat intelligence.

• February 01, 2012 01 Feb'12

  Fewer than a third of UK organisations plan mobile security projects

  Despite the media hype around the adoption of mobile technologies and the need to secure them, relatively few UK organisations are planning mobile security projects, a survey has revealed

• December 29, 2011 29 Dec'11

  Is it the end of the line for antivirus signatures?

  Traditional antimalware can't keep up with the threat landscape. Are antivirus signatures destined for the rubbish bin?

• December 29, 2011 29 Dec'11

  Emerging 2012 security trends demand information security policy changes

  2012 security trends involving cookies, fines, devices and threats will demand more skills -- and a little finesse -- from security professionals.

• December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11

  Concerned about tablet security issues? Some are, others not so much

  Users love their tablets, but security pros are concerned about tablet security issues. However, though tablets bring new threats, not everyone is ringing the alarm.

• December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11

  One in four IT security staff abuse admin rights, survey shows

  At least one in four IT security staff use their privileged login rights to look at confidential information, a survey has revealed.

• November 17, 2011 17 Nov'11

  IT security not always part of cloud decision, says IDC

  Cloud adoption is outstripping security concerns, says Eric Domage, programme manager for IDC in Europe.

• October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11

  Japan may be facing sustained cyber attack

  Japan's mapping agency is the latest in a series of government agencies to be targeted by hackers, raising fears that the breaches are part of a series of sustained attacks.

• October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11

  Facebook admits to 600,000 cyber attacks a day

  Facebook has revealed that every 24 hours it receives around 600,000 logins to the social networking website from impostors attempting to access users' messages, photos and other personal information.

• April 08, 2011 08 Apr'11

  After breach at RSA, two-factor authentication options abound

  Companies specialising in two-factor authentication hope to boost business following the breach of RSA's SecurID, and many plan to capitalise with new products at Infosecurity Europe.

• March 22, 2011 22 Mar'11

  What is OpenID? How to use OpenID SSO in your organisation

  An OpenID SSO system allows organisations to simplify website user authentication management. But is OpenID security an issue? Expert Michael Cobb explains.

• January 14, 2011 14 Jan'11

  Biometric authentication technology curbs microfinance org’s losses

  Growing Opportunity implements biometric authentication technology to overcome financial losses resulting from duplicate loan applications.

• March 08, 2007 08 Mar'07

  Review: Sun Java System Identity Manager 7.0 'impressive'

  Hot Pick: Sun Java System Identity Manager 7.0 excels with agentless connectors, scalability and amazing auditing.

• February 19, 2007 19 Feb'07

  Sourcefire fixes Snort flaw

  Attackers could exploit a flaw in the popular open source Snort IDS tool to cause a denial of service or launch malicious code.

• January 30, 2007 30 Jan'07

  Symantec unveils 'universal ID system'

  Symantec said the goal is to create a universally accepted identity system across all Web sites -- from online financial institutions to retailers -- for millions of consumers.

• January 23, 2007 23 Jan'07

  McAfee: Malware all about ID theft

  The use of keylogger technology is surging and there's been a 100-fold rise in phishing attacks, according to a new report from McAfee.

• January 18, 2007 18 Jan'07

  ID theft victim to TJX customers: Mind your data

  Customers should guard their own data, says one ID theft victim. Meanwhile, some in the banking industry say TJX may have stored more data than necessary.

• July 06, 2006 06 Jul'06

  Strong authentication for businesses large and small

  Product review: Customer service could return calls more quickly when there's a problem. But overall, RSA SecurID Appliance 2.0 delivers robust, scalable protection.

• April 14, 2005 14 Apr'05

  Who should be on (and off) the hook for ID theft?

  An influential cryptographer and a panel of technologists today debate how best to fight false authentication and fraudulent transactions.

• April 03, 2005 03 Apr'05

  Are identities safer on laptops than central databases?

  Microsoft pledges better ID security. Given the theft of a laptop storing 100,000 Social Security numbers, Redmond's approach could prove controversial.

• March 15, 2005 15 Mar'05

  ID theft and national security

  Check out what some ITKnowledge Exchange members had to say about this controversial issue.

• January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05

  ID theft remains No. 1 worry

  For the fifth straight year, the FTC said most complaints came from identity theft victims. And that's a problem for enterprises.