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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Identity and Authentication: Learn All About It
by Sally Ewalt, Anakam Identity Services

Focus on user identity and security of sensitive data has never been higher. Enterprise is turning to cloud based services to create consistency across their footprint. Identity in the cloud is the latest in that trend. Sharing trusted identities across enterprises improves access for users and can increase trust through more detailed identity proofing. At the same time, federal regulations and business standards for identity are developing rapidly. The multiple data breaches and hacks this spring point towards need for strong authentication along with improved identity proofing, but not all methods are reliable. The user's situation and sensitivity of data being protected also dictate the level of security needed. 

Anakam Identity Services is sponsoring two free webinars this summer discussing these issues. Join us to learn about best practice ways of meeting standards and ensuring security by always recognizing your users; and learn ways of achieving strong authentication with multiple vectors, risk-based changes, and system redundancy.

Register for July 20 "On Demand Identity" webinar. 

Register for August 3 "Comprehensive Strong Authentication" webinar. 

If you aren't available those days, sign up anyway. We'll send you a link to the recorded event to view at your convenience.





Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Talking to Customers about Identity
by Sally Ewalt, Anakam Identity Services
We recently gathered with representatives from eight of our top customers across government and commercial organizations to spend the day discussing the direction of identity assurance in currently developing federal standards and in practice at their various agencies and companies. One specific issue highlighted was the establishment of trust between the credentialing provider and the relying party in a federated identity framework.

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Monday, June 20, 2011

Identifying the organization, not just the people – Entity ID
by Sally Ewalt, Anakam Identity Services
Tracking who has access to organizational networks, systems and data—and being able to prove this in a way that is difficult or impossible to repudiate—is an important component of operating a secure computing environment. For many business processes you need to know not just the individual person, but that the organization you are doing business with is the correct legal entity.

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Monday, June 13, 2011

Needed: A Comprehensive Authentication Platform in the Cloud
by Sally Ewalt, Anakam Identity Services
To combine system security and usability, CISO’s are looking for comprehensive array of authentication vectors. They are also looking for authentication and proofing systems that are immediately available with both on-premise and cloud-based solutions.

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Friday, June 10, 2011

Data Breaches in the News
by Sally Ewalt, Anakam Identity Services
It seems that every day lately there are reports of a new hack against a major company, but getting useful information means filtering the signal from the noise. We will do our best to keep updating this post with relevant stories.

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

No More Wait and See
by Sally Ewalt, Anakam Identity Services
When faced with a disruption in enterprise security, businesses cannot wait weeks for a solution or be forced to upgrade services to correct the problem. Instead of getting the newest version of more of the same, ensure that system access is protected with a multifactor solution that isn’t susceptible to the same risks.

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Voice: Authentication You Can’t Lose
by Sally Ewalt, Anakam Identity Services
Biometric two factor authentication, the “something you are”, cannot be shared, lost, or stolen in the same way “something you have” can be. Voice biometrics technology has an advantage over other forms of biometrics such as fingerprints or eye scans, because there is no need for expensive specialized hardware or equipment. Users instinctively know how to use the system and are usually much more comfortable with voice biometrics than other technique.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Federal Standards for the Identity Ecosystem
by Sally Ewalt, Anakam Identity Services
A month ago, the federal government issued its long awaited National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). The basic idea of the NSTIC is a federated identity framework founded on strong proofing of the electronic identities to ensure the trustworthiness of claims behind them. We have been following the development of NSTIC since the idea was first announced. In fact, Equifax executives participate in many of the standards groups whose work is foundational to the successful execution of NSTIC.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Safeguarding Electronic Prescriptions for all Medications
by Sally Ewalt, Anakam Identity Services
Ensuring that each doctor is correctly licensed before they prescribe electronically is critically important, but how do you prove the identity and verify the credentials of every provider in the network? Is it feasible to have every doctor come into a central location to show paper copies of their IDs and certifications?

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Recent Disasters: Helping Hand without the Red Tape
by Sally Ewalt, Anakam Identity Services
Proving an identity in a situation where a person potentially cannot look in their wallet for driver’s license numbers or other previously issued IDs means that government agencies and businesses need to rely on other methods of identification. Identity proofing is an integral aspect of handling the threat of fraud, hacking, data breaches and loss.

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