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Identity and access management products

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  HSBC online services hit by DDoS attack

  HSBC was hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, which targeted its online personal banking services.

• January 21, 2016 21 Jan'16

  Candy Crush maker King secures mobile access through cloud

  Candy Crush maker King.com uses cloud-based Duo Security authentication for access to cloud services, customised apps and remote VPNs

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Most Android devices running outdated versions

  Nearly a third of Android devices in enterprises today are running version 4.0 or older of the operating system, leaving them highly susceptible to vulnerabilities, a study shows

• December 24, 2015 24 Dec'15

  Top 10 IT security stories of 2015

  Computer Weekly looks back at the most significant stories on IT security in the past 12 months

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Word ‘smart’ being abused by IoT advocates

  Speakers at an event hosted by Cambridge Wireless say the term ‘smart’ is overused to describe connected devices on the internet of things

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  M&S data breach forces retailer to temporarily suspend service

  A glitch that allowed online customers to see each others' details forced retailer Mark & Spencer to take its website offline while it resolved the issue

• October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15

  Lack of trust for banks causes NHS rethink over government online identity scheme

  NHS trials of the Verify ID assurance system found patients concerned over using banks to allow access to medical data

• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

  Estonian government IT initiative increases virtual population

  Estonia is leading the way when it comes to providing easy and secure access to government services for citizens and foreigners alike

• September 14, 2015 14 Sep'15

  RSA Group flags ID theft risk to Lloyds Bank customers following datacentre storage theft

  International insurance group has seen 500 customers take up offer of identity theft protection in wake of datacentre theft

• September 09, 2015 09 Sep'15

  Conventional security measures hit productivity, study shows

  Most IT professionals say context-aware security would improve productivity without compromising security, a survey from Dell reveals

• August 16, 2015 16 Aug'15

  Mobile phone users at risk as hackers bug and track victims

  An investigation by Australian TV show 60 Minutes demonstrates how hackers based thousands of miles away in Germany were able to record the calls of an Australian senator and track his movements

• August 03, 2015 03 Aug'15

  Why the time is ripe for security behaviour analytics

  Recent months have seen an uptick in announcements by security suppliers around behavioural analytics, but what is driving this trend?

• July 24, 2015 24 Jul'15

  GDS targets three million new users of Gov.uk Verify service in next 12 months

  Roll-out of the system for logging in to digital public services is taking longer than expected, but user numbers are expected to grow significantly in 2015

• July 07, 2015 07 Jul'15

  Dashlane bullish about the future despite LastPass hack

  Password management firm Dashlane is confident its business model will evolve and continue to be relevant even if passwords eventually disappear

• June 23, 2015 23 Jun'15

  Pharmaceutical companies use BPM to cut cost of clinical trial drugs

  Pharmaceutical companies have developed an IT system to secure the supply of medicines they need for clinical studies, saving hundreds of thousands on their drugs bill in the process

• June 22, 2015 22 Jun'15

  Government Digital Service insists Verify safe despite claims of vulnerabilities

  An academic paper suggests the Gov.uk Verify system could be used as a spy network, but the Government Digital Service (GDS) insists this is not the case

• June 12, 2015 12 Jun'15

  Government preparing to let private sector companies use its Verify identity scheme

  The Cabinet Office is talking to banks, insurers and retailers to establish Gov.uk Verify identity assurance as a national scheme

• June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15

  VMware puts network virtualisation to work in McAfee environments

  VMware announces an integrated system to automate distribution and enforcement of McAfee’s network security platform using its NSX network virtualisation system

• May 29, 2015 29 May'15

  Data classification key to IP protection, says Titus

  Data classification can help organisations get more value out of encryption and data loss prevention systems

• May 29, 2015 29 May'15

  Google announces security features for Android

  Google announces better app permission controls and other Android security changes at its Google I/O developer conference

• May 18, 2015 18 May'15

  Wi-Fi Global Congress: Hotspot 2.0 standard addresses wireless security holes

  At Wi-Fi Global Congress, Ruckus Wireless announces it will be first to market with the second release of Hotspot 2.0

• May 11, 2015 11 May'15

  PSNGB rebrands to drive information sharing across PSN

  PSNGB, the trade association set up to promote the Public Services Network, rebrands itself as Innopsis and says its work is far from over

• May 07, 2015 07 May'15

  Future IAM will need to be broader, says Martin Kuppinger

  Identity and access management systems need to look at all forms of identity, not just employees or users, says KuppingerCole analyst

• April 29, 2015 29 Apr'15

  Time to embrace a new level of IAM, says Martin Kuppinger

  A new level of identity and access management is at hand, yet many businesses still rely on usernames and passwords

• April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15

  Exit checks system for UK borders finally goes live

  The Home Office launches a system for making exit checks of travellers at UK borders, following the scrapped e-Borders programme

• March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15

  UK government adds five authentication providers to Gov.uk Verify identity management system

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) adds five authentication providers to the Gov.uk Verify identity and access management scheme

• February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15

  Case study: Norwegian insurer invests in Darktrace machine-learning cyber defence

  Shipping insurance company DNK hopes to inspire the rest of the shipping industry to adopt Darktrace’s cyber defence system

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  BlackBerry 10.3.1 review: Access Android apps and Blend

  BlackBerry has finally released version 10.3.1 of its mobile operating system, which gives access to the Amazon Android app store

• February 02, 2015 02 Feb'15

  Former Capital One data analysts charged with mining customer data

  US financial services regulator SEC charges two former employees of financial services firm Capital One with insider trading

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  Cabinet Office begins procurement for next stage of Gov.uk Verify

  The Cabinet Office has submitted a tender notice for a £150m three-year framework for the provision of identity assurance services

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  US interception in the EU faces new legal challenges

  US government orders against Microsoft to hand over email data 'infringes privacy legislation' in other countries

• November 28, 2014 28 Nov'14

  CGI secures communications between pilots and air traffic control

  Satellite communications firm Inmarsat has outsourced the provision of security IT and services to CGI

• November 07, 2014 07 Nov'14

  Home Depot traces credit card data hack to supplier compromise

  US retailer Home Depot reveals its recent data breach was linked to a compromised supplier’s credentials

• October 30, 2014 30 Oct'14

  Half a million citizens to be using Gov.uk Verify by April 2015

  Government now expects to have nearly half a million people using its Gov.uk Verify service for online identity assurance by April 2015

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  Gov.uk Verify identity assurance service ready to go live

  Government expected to launch first service using digital identity assurance in "next couple of weeks"

• October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14

  Azure CTO Mark Russinovich's top ten public cloud security risks

  Microsoft Azure cloud CTO Mark Russinovich identified ten key security risks of public cloud services

• October 08, 2014 08 Oct'14

  Malware being used to steal cash from ATMs

  Criminals are using malware to steal cash from ATMs without debit and credit cards

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  GDS unveils 'Gov.UK Verify' public services identity assurance scheme

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) debuts a system to prove users’ identities when using public services online, branded as 'Gov.UK Verify'

• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  Google denies breach after hackers leak millions of user logins

  Google denies claims cyber criminals stole users' data and downplays the threat after a hacker purportedly leaked 4.9 million Gmail logins

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  Barclays bank launches biometric authentication

  Barclays bank plans to launch biometric readers that read users' finger veins to authenticate customers

• August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14

  Load balancing supports Kent County Council's VDI project

  Kent County Council picks Kemp Technologies load balancers to support a deployment of VMware Horizon View and Workspace across its estate

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  Fingerprint scanners most popular alternative to banking passwords

  Fingerprint scanning technology is the most favoured biometric security alternative to passwords for UK bank customers

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Paddy Power hit by data breach in 2010

  Gambling firm Paddy Power owns up to 2010 data breach after recovering a compromised dataset in Canada

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  Tackle IAM with a risk-based approach, says KPMG

  A risk-based approach is the best way to tackle identity and access management, says KPMG

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Why using voice biometrics is a good idea

  Banks and other organisations are turning to voice biometrics, but why do they believe the technology is good idea?

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Barclays passes government’s ‘internet-born threat’ test

  Barclays Bank has been awarded the government’s cyber security certificate for digital banking services after independent tests of services such as Pingit

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Most people keen to share biometric data for smoother travel

  A study has revealed that 89% of citizens agree with the use of biometric identification to aid travel

• June 24, 2014 24 Jun'14

  Benefits of accessing data outweigh privacy risks for chronically ill

  Over half of UK patients with chronic health conditions want access to their medical records and believe the benefits outweigh privacy risks

• April 17, 2014 17 Apr'14

  Datacentre lessons learnt from Heartbleed bug

  The Heartbleed bug, an OpenSSL flaw affecting millions of websites, has some lessons for datacentre providers and operators

• April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14

  Law Society advises legal industry's IT teams over cloud

  The Law Society has published best-practice advice for legal firms' IT teams that are considering using cloud computing, following increased use of the cloud to store data