Source: SecureIDNews
The internet has certainly made our world smaller and allowed for a faster and more efficient means of sharing information and making transactions, no matter where we are. This great dependence on a cyberspace that is safe and secure will influence some significant changes in cyber security trends in the coming year.
Gordon Hannah summarizes five such trends to come in 2012 in his article Securing cyberspace top priority for 2012:
- Federal initiatives changing the way agencies secure their IT infrastructures
- Technology innovation changing the devices we use and ways we connect and share information
- Shift from creating identities to managing identities across domains
- Cyber Intelligence that improves the ability to assess risks beyond an agency’s network
- Fiscal restraint to ensure initiatives yield greater efficiency and effectiveness
Click here to read more about each of these upcoming trends in cyber security.
Source: SecureIDNews
One of the next key identity credential upgrades to look for in the near future, in the U.S. at least, is switching to an electronic driver license.
Transitioning to an electronic driver license could greatly increase the security of the identity holder’s personal information, reducing the likelihood of theft, as well as provide a better method of storing and updating drivers’ records.
Many countries are already using the electronic driver license with great success, even combining the ID with various innovative applications. The number of these standardized, secure electronic IDs is expected to grow by 54% by 2015.
For a more in depth look at the benefits of this new, electronically enhanced driver license, click here to read Neville Pattinson’s article Evolution of the Identity Credential: The Electronic Driver License.
Source: SecureIDNews
The Smart Card Alliance has issued their first e-Yearbook, discussing the highlights in the smart card industry for 2011, including: EMV payments, development of mobile payments, the use of Smart Cards for secure access and storage of electronic health records, and more.
The 70-page ebook is available to all.
Click here to download your copy from the Smart Card Alliance.
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Source: SecureIDNews
In the first quarter of 2012, the next draft of the FIPS 201-2 is expected to be released. Will the use of PIV on mobile devices or even using a mobile device as a credential be included in the new standard? US government smart card officials are watching closely.
Computer scientists at the NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology, are working on a solution for PIV enabled smart phones and tablets, focusing on advanced PIV and derived credentials.
The challenge is coming up with a solution that is practical and user friendly. Click here for an update on their progress.
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Source: Campus Safety
Are you looking for someone to help you with your organization’s security plans and considering using a security consultant? Here are a few tips to find the right consultant for your needs:
- Before you hire a consultant, develop knowledge in-house.
- Outline your organizations security needs.
- Write a Request for Proposal.
- Do your research. Knowing how consultants developed their specialty and the clients they have worked with will help you decide if their experiences match your needs.
- A true consultant works for their clients not for a vendor or integrator, keeping the clients interest in mind at all times.
- If your security concerns are varied and too much for an individual consultant, consider hiring a consulting firm with a team of specialist to ensure there will not be any gaps in your security plan.
- You may decide to use a consultant with a broad knowledge base to help you with your overall security plans and then work with specialists on the details needed to specify your requirements.
- If a consultant uses partners to outsource some of their tasks, it is important that you research their partners as if you were going to hire them yourself.
Click here to learn more about the hiring the right security consultant.
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FIPS 201 Revision Calls for Higher Security Match-on-card Biometrics Technology
Source: ContactlessNews.com
Use of biometric identification may still seem futuristic, but it actually already has every day uses. Whether its application is accessing the gym or clocking in and out, users are becoming more familiar with the technology.
For Governmental use, where greater security is required, biometric authentication is making a move toward more secure forms of the technology. In fact, the latest revision to FIPS 201 specifically refers to match-on-card biometric ID for physical access control.
Match-on-card is more secure than other biometric architectures in that the enrolled biometric template never leaves the card. Other systems match with a backend database, leaving a possibility for compromise. The match-on-card identification process involves the individual placing a finger on a sensor to create a template. The template is transferred to the card and matched against the enrolled template that is stored on the card.
Click here to read more about the uses of match-on-card biometric technology.
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