Exponent is doing something a little different than the other pilot winners for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. The company’s pilot has a significant hardware component to its test and will look at using different secure elements in the identity ecosystem. “We will demonstrate two form factors,” says said Brad McGoran, a […]

Identity theft is a problem in Michigan and with more application for government services going online; the Department of Human Services wants to make sure identities are accurately vetted. The state was awarded a pilot from the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace that will focus on removing the need for a manual review […]

TSCP was born out of a challenge: the need to securely collaborate with suppliers, teammates and government customers. Since its inception the organization has created rules for issuing and using credentials. The group was awarded one of the latest pilots for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. The TSCP pilot will deploy trusted […]

The Georgia Tech Research Institute was awarded  $1.7 million to create a Trustmark Marketplace as part of the identity ecosystem for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. The institute is Georgia Tech University’s applied research arm and has played a role in the design, development and implementation of the national information exchange model. John Wandelt, […]

PRIVO – Privacy Vaults Online Inc. – was established to enable web sites to comply with COPPA – the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Denise Tayloe, co-founder and CEO of PRIVO, spoke with Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan about the pilot award for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. Tayloe says the company will […]

Troop ID is an identity service provided by ID.me, a group that’s created digital ID cards for members of the military community, first responders, students and other groups where individuals can tie attributes about themselves and share that in a privacy enhancing and user centric way across the web, says Matthew Thompson, cofounder and COO […]

Passwords are a common attack vector for fraudsters and making them stronger – mandating alphanumeric characters and capitalizations – is a common requirement. Joseph Bonneau, now an engineer at Google, has spent a lot of time studying passwords, and a paper he wrote after analyzing 70 million passwords took top prize in the National Security […]

Technical issues and a lack of end user acceptance are hindering the adoption of biometric technology. Cecilia Aragon, associate professor at the University of Washington Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering, studied the matter and spoke with Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan about the report and some possible solutions, including a biometric modality that tracks […]

Within two years the majority of mobile phones will come equipped with biometrics that will be used for many purposes, according to Denise Culver, a telecommunications researcher and a analyst with Heavy Reading. Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan spoke with Culver who says that smart phones already have the tools necessary to make biometrics work: best-in-market […]

San Jose State University wants to improve payment authentication on campus. So when it ran across Natural Security at a conference it decided to explore using the biometric and mobile security technology on campus to improve payment security. Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan spoke with Brian Mitchler, the services systems manager for Spartan Shops at the […]