Identity Management: News

IBM is aggressively expanding its security portfolio in hopes of becoming the de facto source of advice and technology for businesses looking to adopt high-level IT governance and risk management strategies -- a transformation among customers that officials at Big Blue cite as both ongoing and inevitable.

IBM upgraded its identity management capabilities with tools to help customers manage user access to sensitive information, the company said Wednesday.

The government has defended security measures for its £5.6 billion ID cards scheme in the wake of the data loss crisis at HM Revenue and Customs.

Microsoft is offering updates on the progress of interoperability initiatives, including the Interoperability Executive Customer Council (IEC) and the Interop Vendor Alliance (IVA).

Yahoo!7, eBay and PayPal have joined forces to protect customers against fraudulent e-mails and phishing attacks with the implementation of new authentication technology.

Victorian head-quartered software company, eB2Bcom, has just scored another two identity and access management deals in the Asean market.

Microsoft, EMC and Cisco Systems on Tuesday jointly unveiled plans to build a system for sharing sensitive government data called the Secure Information Sharing Architecture (SISA) that will let various government agencies and their vendors securely share sensitive information.

An Australian organization has developed an algorithm designed solely to detect identity fraud, or people who change their given names to commit fraud following a study into credit risk.

A unique demonstration showed user-centric identity software from major vendors, start-ups, one-woman projects and open source hackers all working in concert to replace passwords with validated identity-card access to Web-based resources.

Microsoft has thrown its weight behind OpenID, an emerging Web authentication standard.