A proposed National Trusted Identities Framework (NTIF) appears to provide few benefits and “a number of risks” for consumers, according to the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).
International experts in Wellington for a conference on identity last week expressed admiration for the New Zealand government’s igovt identity information management scheme and the policy behind it.
The State Services Commission's authentication programme has collected a global Identity Deployment of the Year award.
A lack of trust both in government and internet security has been identified as a barrier to the adoption of the Department of Internal Affairs’ proposed Identity Verification Service (IVS).
There’s a common nightmare haunting CISOs (computer information security officers) that features a glance at the morning paper, and 72-point banner headline with the name of their employer and the words “LOST” and “CUSTOMER DATA”.
Identity management shouldn’t be seen as a simple solution to comply with laws such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, says Andy Woodfield, director of the IT security team at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the UK.