March 25, 2008:
Corestreet in the money again
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Authentication ,
Global Security ,
Identity & Access Management ,
Manufacturers
CoreStreet is one of the really cool young technology companies in the security industry, and now In-Q-Tel knows it, too. The beltway-based investment vehicle for the US intelligence community made a strategic investment in CoreStreet. This is the most recent...
December 3, 2007:
Hacker at the door (I hope HID does slap me with a restraining order for reprinting this)
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Authentication ,
Identity & Access Management
Joel Rakow has a fun newsletter. He authorized me to reprint this story. If you want to get on his mailing list, drop him a note at joelrakow@olliviercorp.com Many security professionals are concerned about IP access control readers being a...
October 17, 2007:
Primer on the four basic categories of security
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Audit ,
Authentication ,
Peak Performance
Here is a refresher on the four fundamental categories of security – authentication, authorization, administration and audit. Each poses a basic question. And each must be addressed before the next becomes fully effective. AuthenticationAre you who you say you are?...
September 11, 2007:
First Look: n-Tegrity Pro secure USB thumb drive appliance
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Authentication ,
First Look ,
Identity & Access Management ,
TechReviews
What it is:USB stick with fingerprint authentication, AES or Blowfish file encryption, secure partition and platform for hosting and launching applications. Plug this little baby in and launch apps, store files, send emails, and sign documents all without leaving a...
September 10, 2007:
Dog House: Aladdin aims low...and hits its target
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Authentication ,
Dog House ,
Identity & Access Management ,
InfoSec
Is Aladdin suffering from a lack of confidence? You look at Aladdin and you see a company with a lot of potential. But if you’ve looked and seen that potential for so many years, so often unfulfilled, you may start...
August 7, 2007:
Honeywell Plugs Into A Converged Identity Management Solution
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Authentication ,
Identity & Access Management ,
Manufacturers ,
TechNews
Imprivata bridges the IT side of authentication and credential management with physical security. The company's flagship product, OneSign version 3.6, now integrates with Honeywell ProWatch Access Control Systems and can support National ID cards built on the Dutch UZI card...
August 6, 2007:
PCI Security Standard Ain't Just For IT Geeks
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Authentication ,
Compliance ,
Identity & Access Management ,
Identity Theft ,
Trends
Last year we were all concerned about Sarbanes Oxley. This year it’s PCI. PCI is shorthand for the Payment Card Industry security standards that apply to any company engaged in processing credit card information. The VISA Cardholder Information Security Program...
July 26, 2007:
Featured Post - Security Is Not the Point
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Audit ,
Authentication ,
Compliance ,
Identity & Access Management ,
Peak Performance ,
Security Management / Operations
[This popular post first appeared on SecurityDreamer in November 2006] Articulating the Value of Security...It’s an uphill battle to convince the decision-makers in any business that they need to invest in security. Why? Because deep down, all professional businesspeople think...
June 12, 2007:
New, clear-headed research on the biometric industry
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Authentication ,
Identity & Access Management ,
Manufacturers ,
TechNews ,
Trends
Finding some confident-sounding source of biometric blather on the Internet is easy. Everyone and their brother, it sometimes seems, has a half-baked opinion about the return on investment of biometric technologies, the value proposition of biometric readers, or that the...
May 23, 2007:
They Talk About "Encryption." They Must Be Smart!
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Authentication ,
Dog House ,
Identity & Access Management ,
Manufacturers
from our Geeks Who Love To Poke Fun At Marketing People department Schlage sent out this mailing recently. Can you guess why Locksmith Mike was so annoyed? Problem #1 (simple math) 26 bit standard card format: pnnnnnnnnxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxp p=parity bits n=facility...
