Zimmermann originally invented encrypted email program PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), to help civil and human rights campaigners communicate in safety. Hushmail first came to Zimmermann's attention at a human rights conference in Washington where one...
AOL Time Warner is set to release an authentication device that will enable users to store personal information for performing online transactions. The device will see AOL go head-to-head with Microsoft's Passport service which is to come as part...
This isn't where it ends though. To provide a universal open standard for single sign-on with decentralised authentication and open authorisation from multiple providers. Authentication context - which will cover the range of authentication...
Two industry-based standards organisations have joined forces in a move they say will give users a reliable digital identity for downloaded and interactive telly. TV-Anytime and the Liberty Alliance have announced a programme to set DVR (digital...
An effective identity and access management system should ensure that the person logging on is who they say they are, and that their access rights are limited by their role in the organisation. This, and other trends such as service-oriented...
When all access controls - logical and physical - and authentication to all types of assets is tied together in one identity management system, organisations can manage all authentication events through one centralised management system.