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Reporters' phone records hacked in HP hunt
News Pretexting is a sometimes-illegal method of obtaining personal records through misrepresentation of someone's identity. The article, which quoted an unnamed source at length, prompted HP chairman Patricia Dunn to authorise an investigation into HP...
[September 8, 2006, 8:45]
Investigator charged in HP spy case
News One of the private investigators hired to ferret out the source of a news leak at HP has been charged with federal identity theft and conspiracy. Wagner, along with Patricia Dunn, the former chairman of HP, and three others have already been...
[January 11, 2007, 7:56]
Home Office proclaims security of ID cards scheme
News The government will also create an "identity custodian", to whom members of the public could apply about any accesses to their ID records. The National Identity Register will have tight access controls, stringent security and no risk of "discs...
[February 27, 2008, 13:34]
Government changes tack on ID card tech
News The Identity and Passport Service has changed its plans for storing ID card data, following the failure of a centralised government database to meet security requirements. An Identity and Passport Service (IPS) spokesperson told ZDNet UK on...
[October 8, 2009, 13:50]
ID-cards scheme will 'drown' in mismatches
News The ID-card scheme will guard against one person having multiple identities by checking the two fingerprints and facial scan held on a chip on the ID card against biometrics in a central database — the National Identity Register.
[September 29, 2008, 8:16]
Gov't faces backlash over e-Borders travel database
News Booth said the National Identity Register (the database behind the National Identity Scheme), the ContactPoint child database, the NHS central care records system, the e-Borders database, automatic number-plate recognition systems and the DNA...
[February 9, 2009, 15:21]
Row over £30bn cost of ID cards
News Whitley said that would raise the total cost of the scheme dramatically because all departments would need to update their IT systems and databases to incorporate the new ID number from the card and link with the national identity register and ID...
[November 4, 2005, 9:15]
Memo reveals multiple breaches of ID card database
News These are: staff cannot access their own records or the records of friends, relatives, partners or acquaintances; they cannot make enquiries on behalf of colleagues in respect of their friends, relatives, partners or acquaintances; they cannot...
[February 25, 2009, 15:59]
HP faces crisis after mole hunt
News CNET News.com has a policy of not commenting on the identity of sources who ask for and are granted anonymity. That investigation allegedly revealed the identity of the source, whose name was disclosed to the directors.
[September 6, 2006, 16:10]
Security experts criticise government database plans
News The Home Office announced in December that the National Identity Register — the planned database behind the controversial ID cards scheme — would comprise three existing databases. The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), the Identity and...
[January 19, 2007, 11:28]
UK, US, Russia, China - surveillance blackspots
Blog Meanwhile, the Washington Post is reporting that US federal government will soon offer its citizens an RFID enabled identity card that can be read at a distance of 20 feet, for those who frequently cross borders.
[January 2, 2008, 17:32]
Hacking scandal blamed on broken rules
News However, the information did not include social security numbers, addresses or birth dates, which would be needed for identity theft. The CardSystems breach follows several high-profile data loss incidents that potentially exposed American...
[June 21, 2005, 8:55]
Identity theft remains a growing problem
News Identity thefts have almost doubled in the US over the last year, according to a survey published on Monday by research firm Gartner. Avivah Litan, vice president and research director for Gartner, said in a statement: "More than half of all...
[July 21, 2003, 17:59]
Metadata holds key to future of storage
News For example, we hear a lot about metadata in discussions about identity management. In that context, metadata often refers to other attributes that are associated with someone's identity besides their username and password.
[October 21, 2003, 14:55]
Identity Locker Pro
Downloads User friendly Graphical User Interface Track an unlimited number of records Landscape Rotating Screen supported (Windows Mobile only) Desktop version (Professional Version only) Identity Lock is the only Windows Mobile program that you will ever...
[April 14, 2009, 8:00]
Criminal charges filed in HP case
News The five face four felony charges: fraudulent wire communications, wrongful use of computer data, identity theft, and conspiracy to commit those three crimes. As for the count of identity theft, Lockyer alleges that Dunn and the others accused...
[October 5, 2006, 8:50]
Identity minister moots ID cards on driving licences
News Speaking today at the Biometrics Conference 2008, identity minister Meg Hillier said there was "nothing to stop" drivers' licences or other documents from being designated to work as ID cards. Under the Identity Card Act 2006, the Home Secretary...
[October 21, 2008, 17:18]
Indian outsourcing 'saves US jobs'
Talkback Not even to speak of identity theft. Any outsourcing company can invade our privacy in financial and health records. Any terrorist group can retrieve any of this infomation to be used against us the US.
[December 30, 2003, 22:39]
Initiate Systems, Inc., and IBM Help Hospitals Improve Patient and Provider Satisfaction
White Papers This was solved by IBM and Initiate Identity Hub software into a healthcare organization by bringing its healthcare infrastructure expertise and leadership in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for healthcare environments.
[March 15, 2007, 0:00]
Digital Signatures for Open Text eDOCS DM
White Papers This Portable Signature Format (CoSign PSF) allows anyone to seamlessly verify and retain proof of identity, intent, and document integrity without costly, complicated, or proprietary software. CoSign makes it easy to digitally sign transactions...
[October 2, 2009, 1:23]
