Real ID Act: Smart Card ID Requirements Questioned
Senators and privacy advocates on Monday questioned a U.S. government plan to move ahead with smart card drivers license requirements, saying the cost will run into the billions of dollars and the cards could allow the government to track residents.
Liberty Alliance Publishes New Specs Aimed at Securing Internet Transactions
The Advanced Client specifications are platform independent and could be used in devices such as cameras, laptops and TVs.
SAML and Single Sign-On
How Security Assertion Markup Language can provide inter-organization single sign on.
Strong Authentication for Online Banking: Success Factors
Banks are finally moving past user name and password, but the new strong authentication is not what anyone expected
Thinking of Doing Federated Identity Management?
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The Truth About Federated Identity Management
When it comes to setting up federated identity management, the security benefits (and potential drawbacks) are not what you might expect
FIPS 201: ID Cards Unleashed
What FIPS 201 federal smart cards could mean for corporate America
HSPD 12 Compliance Causes In-Depth Security Strategy Examination
U.S. officials are looking beyond existing access control and employee identification systems for HSPD 12.
HSPD-12: United States of Access Control
A fast-approaching smart card deadline for federal agencies could be the seminal moment for bringing together physical and logical access control. But is the government trying to do too much too soon?
How HSPD-12 Works
The goal of HSPD-12 is to give federal employees and contractors a standardized, tamperproof smart card that they can use for both physical and logical access. Here's how it would work:
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