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Why Healthcare Can't Afford to Ignore Digital Identity
Investing in digital identity can improve security, increase clinical productivity, and boost healthcare's bottom line. — b y Gus Malezis, CEO of Imprivata Digitalization has created immeasurable opportunities for businesses over the past two decades. But the growth of hybrid work and expansion o...
5 ways to connect with Microsoft Security at Identiverse 2022
Identiverse is where the industry gathers to discuss all things identity. The 2022 conference will take place June 21 to 24 in Denver, Colorado, and I’m absolutely thrilled that Microsoft will be there. At Identiverse, we’ll share how we help customers secure access in a hybrid, multicloud, and...
5 ways to connect with Microsoft Security at Identiverse 2022
Identiverse is where the industry gathers to discuss all things identity. The 2022 conference will take place June 21 to 24 in Denver, Colorado, and I’m absolutely thrilled that Microsoft will be there. At Identiverse, we’ll share how we help customers secure access in a hybrid, multicloud, and...
Why identity management matters
Today is Identity Management Day, which aims to inform the public about the dangers of casually or improperly managing and securing digital identities. The day was started in 2021 and is hosted by the Identity Defined Security Alliance IDSA and National Cybersecurity Alliance. Digital identity A...
Why decentralization is the future of digital identities
Our identity is increasingly becoming digitized—more of our hard copy credentials are converting into digital formats. We use these digital credentials to work, learn, play, socialize, shop, and consume services online and offline every day. It’s so convenient and expected now to be able to have...
Why decentralization is the future of digital identities
Our identity is increasingly becoming digitized—more of our hard copy credentials are converting into digital formats. We use these digital credentials to work, learn, play, socialize, shop, and consume services online and offline every day. It’s so convenient and expected now to be able to have...
Microsoft’s 5 guiding principles for decentralized identities
Three years ago, as part of Microsoft’s mission to empower people and organizations to achieve more, we announced that we were incubating a new set of decentralized identity technologies based on a simple vision: Each of us needs a digital identity we own, one which securely and privately stores...
Microsoft’s 5 guiding principles for decentralized identities
Three years ago, as part of Microsoft’s mission to empower people and organizations to achieve more, we announced that we were incubating a new set of decentralized identity technologies based on a simple vision: Each of us needs a digital identity we own, one which securely and privately stores...
Spoofing Bug Highlights Cybersecurity for Digital Vaccine Passports
Three weeks after an independent researcher found a critical bug in the Services Australia COVID-19 digital vaccine certificate that would allow an attacker to falsify someone’s vaccine status, it still hasn’t been fixed. Researcher Richard Nelson looked into the security behind a new digital...
SQL Injection Vulnerability in Digital Identity Management System of Zhaoxin Products of Beijing Zhaoxin Information Technology Co.
Zhaoxin Product Digital Identity Management System is the anti-counterfeiting query website of Beijing Zhaoxin Information Technology Co. A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the Zhaoxin Products Digital Identity Management System of Beijing Zhaoxin Information Technology Company Limited, whic...
11 security tips to help stay safe in the COVID-19 era
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our daily routines, the ways we work, and our reliance on technology. Many of us are now working remotely, students are attending classes virtually, and we’re relying more on social media and social networks to stay connected as we define what our new normal look...
Pairing Privacy and Security with Digital Identities in Retail
As today’s customer expectations for digital shopping continue to escalate, many online retailers are leveraging consumers’ unique digital identities to provide a seamless and secure account registration and login process. However, it’s important to recognize the security and privacy implications...
Healthcare Slow to Adopt NIST Digital Identity and Authentication Guidance
The National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST published an updated guide Special Publication 800-63b for Digital Identity Guidance in June 2017. This is a comprehensive and holistic guide to authentication processes, which includes choices of authenticators that may be used at various...
Digital Doppelgangers
Carding exists for over 20 years. And it is not dead yet. It is alive, and even more – it is being actively developed by cybercriminals. The "good" old method of entering stolen credit card information into online store forms to buy goods and services or using online payment system accounts for t...
Digital Identity, Digital Trust, Janrain and Akamai
Authentication on the World Wide Web is badly broken. We all know it, or at least sense it. Every web site or mobile app that we want to use asks us to register and set up yet another account with yet another username and password. With the typical end user having tens of online accounts, this...
Hey there! How much are you worth?
Have you ever stopped to think just how much your life is worth? I mean really think about it. For instance, let's say you wanted to sell everything you have – your house, your car, your job, your private life, photos and home movies from your childhood, your accounts on various social media, you...
Most Threatening DNS Security Risks And How To Avoid Them
By Zehra Ali The DNS or Domain Name System is one of the most necessary components for the internet functionality. Most often, the internet businesses are negligent to the security of their digital identity that is the DNS. This poor security of DNS makes it vulnerable to many cyber attacks which...
Microsoft launches Identity Bounty program
Modern security depends today on collaborative communication of identities and identity data within and across domains. A customer’s digital identity is often the key to accessing services and interacting across the internet. Microsoft has invested heavily in the security and privacy of both our...
Lessons Learned from the Estonian National ID Security Flaw
Estonia recently suffered a major flaw in the security of their national ID card. This article discusses the fix and the lessons learned from the incident: In the future, the infrastructure dependency on one digital identity platform must be decreased, the use of several alternatives must be...
Security Flaw in Estonian National ID Card
We have no idea how bad this really is: On 30 August, an international team of researchers informed the Estonian Information System Authority RIA of a vulnerability potentially affecting the digital use of Estonian ID cards. The possible vulnerability affects a total of almost 750,000 ID-cards...