IDENTITY & ACCESS Articles
Securing Volly: A Pitney Bowes challenge
Ensuring the strongest possible security is one of Pitney Bowes main priorities -- and challenges -- in implementing Volly and planning the infrastructure that will support it.
Putting a Finger on Compliance Control
Last year, administrators in the City of Winter Park, Fla., realized they had a serious compliance risk in their police department. The FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division has regulations that call for tight access controls for records. However, many officers share workstations and, therefore, also share passwords. The solution, they realized, was to deploy fingerprint scanners that would enable individual authentication.
Experts: Pressure SCADA developers on security as you would software vendors
The stakes are higher with the security of factories, power plants and other industrial systems, so the issue must be raised: What should the rules of disclosure for SCADA vulnerabilities be?
Sony BMG Greece site hacked
Another Sony attack, this time on the company's record label web site in Greece
Facebook tightens log-in verification
To help its hundreds of millions of users prevent unauthorized access to their accounts, Facebook has added an optional verification step to its log-in process.
The 3 types of insider threat
While the motivations are usually the same, there are three distinct, but different, types of insiders that can pose a threat to your organization's security. Jeffrey Jones and Ryan Averbeck detail what to look for to avoid unpleasant surprises
How DTCC achieved ID management
A look at why DTCC deployed identity and access management software from Hitachi ID Systems to automate its password management processes.
FTC settles data breach charges against two firms
The FTC proposes settlements with two companies with data breaches in 2009.
How to disappear completely
Almost everyone has a digital footprint these days. Think you could remove your tracks? Former skip tracer Frank Ahearn helps folks drop off the face of the Earth.
Selling technology to cops, part 3: Get dad involved, keep it simple
Nick Selby and Dave Henderson on the power of simplicity when it's time to sell cops new technology.
