Authentication or Identity Management

18F offers specs on gov-wide login

In a public notice, the innovation group 18F offered a glimpse into the data a planned governmentwide login site would collect.

  • By Adam Mazmanian

EDITORIAL: Technology meets cultural resistance on ID cards

In the United States, cultural and political opposition to a national identity card is all but insurmountable. Yet the need for a workable solution grows more pressing by the day.

  • By Anne Armstrong

ID management: A matter of trust

People have countless reasons to support good digital identity management. When the federal government is involved, however, a complex challenge gets even trickier.

  • By John Zyskowski

Was the EPA data breach a failure of cybersecurity 101?

A malicious e-mail attachment broke through security at the EPA, exposing private information of 8,000 people. Are other agencies any more secure?

  • By Amber Corrin

Government at high risk of economic espionage

With cyber theft and other crime on the rise, agencies must get aggressive in defense, according to the GAO.

  • By Amber Corrin

FBI plans iris scan database

The FBI is expanding its old fingerprint database to include additional physical recognition factors.

  • By FCW Staff

TSA reporting on security breaches has gaps, IG says

The Transportation Security Administration is not consistently documenting its security breaches at airports, according to a new audit.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

NIST tests accuracy in iris recognition for identification

Report quantifies accuracy, speed in iris-recognition algorithms.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Bring your device, but don't forget security

A new survey finds that BYOD can expose agencies to security risks in a big way.

  • By FCW Staff

DHS travel authorization system allows thousands to slip through cracks

The Homeland Security Department electronic system for registering foreign visitors from visa waiver program countries allows thousands of noncompliant visitors each year, according to a GAO official.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

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  • By Amber Corrin

DARPA's advice on passwords: Dump 'em.

The agency's Active Authentication program would use behaviorial traits rather than passwords.

  • By FCW Staff

FISMA continues to challenge

Ten years after it first passed, FISMA continues to frustrate agencies trying to comply with its requirements.

  • By Camille Tuutti

IG faults Energy Department for not fully implementing HSPD-12

The Energy Department has not fully met the requirements for physical and access control credentials, according to a new report from the OIG.

  • By Alice Lipowicz
Featured eBooks

A better approach to biometrics

Reusing proven SOA-based biometric solutions can reduce costs and delivery time, write two Unisys executives.

  • By Troy Potter and Terry Hartmann

Seven states lag on death reporting

Electronic systems at the state level could make the SSA's death records could be more accurate and timely.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Feds encourage tech companies to create ID management 'ecosystem'

The federal government wants to be a facilitator and eventual customer of ID management solutions created by the private sector, according to Howard Schmidt, cybersecurity coordinator for the Obama administration.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Step up Social Security number protection, OIG says

While the number of replacement Social Security cards has decreased, the number of less-secure printouts SSA distributes has increased, auditors find.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Cybersecurity expert Richard Clarke lands new gig

Former presidential adviser Richard A. Clarke joins security firm Identive Group.

  • By FCW Staff

Cybersecurity expert Richard Clarke lands new gig

Former presidential adviser Richard A. Clarke joins security firm Identive Group.

  • By FCW Staff

SSA has gaps in e-authentication of identities, auditors say

The Social Security Administration is falling short on meeting requirements for authenticating identities online, says a new federal audit.

  • By Alice Lipowicz