TeleSign has launched a new technology that enables web and mobile applications to use behavioral biometrics as an additional layer of security. TeleSign Behavior ID is designed to provide frictionless and continuous user authentication.

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the Spring 2016 Regarding ID magazine. Highlights include: physical access control goes to the cloud, DOD web site kills the password and states speeding toward mobile driver licenses.

Banks wants to make it easy for consumers to open new accounts online but they have to comply with Know Your Customer and anti-money laundering regulations making online identity vetting crucial. These requirements are at odds as a European consumer survey revealed that 40% abandoned banking application because they were too time consuming and required too much personal information.

eBay announced its membership in the FIDO Alliance and deployment of a FIDO Certified open source authentication server; Gemalto is offering private sector enterprises, such as banks and mobile operators, a new ID verification solution; NEC Corporation of America and Government Acquisitions Inc. announced delivery of the NeoScan45 mobile identification technology to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; HID Global announced the availability of its latest Direct-to-Card Printer/Encoder.

With concerns surrounding how to authenticate an identity online there are few options. This is changing and Confirm.io has built functionality that enables companies to build driver license verification into a mobile application.

The identity and security industry has a marketing problem and it needs to be fixed. Clearer messaging needs to focus on results and not technology.

Researchers on the International Space Station are using PKI and digital certificates to secure research with earthbound scientists; in news that may not be surprising to IT security professionals, passwords are failing; ABI Research forecasts the global biometrics market will reach more than $30 billion by 2021; FIDO Alliance hosting financial services seminar.

A staple on High Streets across the UK is Timpson, a shoe repair chain that also does watch repairs, dry cleaning and key cutting. But the company is taking the digital leap launching ArkHive, a brick and mortar store that one day will offer online identities.

Gemalto was selected by Jordan’s Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology for the country’s new citizen ID program; The FIDO Alliance announced that NTT DOCOMO, INC. has extended its deployment of FIDO Certified strong authentication to its customers with Apple iOS devices; Crossmatch announced the addition of contextual security features to its DigitalPersona Altus multi-factor authentication platform.

Automobile manufacturers are taking advantage of technology more and more to connect card to the Internet but missing from the equation is authentication and security. Paul Madsen with Ping Identity talks with Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan about the risks for drivers – and what automakers and owners can do to ward off these kinds of attacks.