RSA and Verisign Partner for Cloud-Based Offering
RSA and VeriSign are working together to provide organizations with the mutual benefit of an expanded VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Service through the availability of RSA SecurID two-factor authentication technology for more choice in one-time password (OTP) authentication. VIP is a managed, shared authentication solution that provides its users with a single one-time password (OTP) authentication device to securely access multiple Web sites.
Social Networking a Tool for More Secure ID Management?
At Digital ID World 2009, a Facebook platform engineer says social networking sites can be used to actually improve identity and access management. Why wasn't he laughed off stage by the skeptical security crowd before him? Read on.
Data Debauchery That Happens in Vegas Doesn't Stay There
Organizations love to collect data on people, often in the name of identity and access control. But more often than not, the information gathering fails to improve security. In fact, it often makes matters worse.
Survey: IT pros are optimistic about bigger budgets next year
While most IT network professionals report modest cutbacks in spending this year vs. last year, they seem optimistic that will change for the better next year, according to an early look at an ongoing study from The Info Pro consultancy.
5 Mergers for a Less Aggravating IT Security Industry
There's a school of thought that says that consolidation is actually making the security industry a less aggravating place. After all, most IT shops would rather see security baked into the larger IT infrastructure provided by the likes of Microsoft, Cisco and others than spend money on a growing array of bolt-on devices.
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Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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