The news about Governor Palin’s Yahoo account being hacked presents an interesting use-case for a dynamic KBA solution and gives me the opportunity to clear up a big misunderstanding people have about what [IDology’s] KBA really is.
First, let’s examine how the hacker accessed her email. According to this Wired article:
As detailed in the postings, the […]
I mentioned in an earlier post that I was at the Burton Catalyst Conference last week. For those of you that didn’t make it, this blog post by Mark Dixon is a great recap of some of the identity related sessions.
At the moment I’m at the Burton Catalyst Conference in San Diego. Yesterday in conjunction with the show a big announcement was made about the formation of an Information Card Foundation – which I’m excited to say that IDology is one of its founding members.
What exactly is the Information Card Foundation? You can definitely read […]
I’m back from the RSA conference and how exhausting. Understandable considering there were 17,000 people at the show—all focused on the security industry.
In case you didn’t see it, we made an announcement during RSA about our partnership with Upek, a biometrics company based in the Bay area. What I find exciting about this partnership is […]
What image comes to your mind when you think about identity thieves?
I would guess it isn’t this couple:
Yet these young 20 something’s are suspected of crimes including ID Theft and forgery. You can read about it here and here.
This story just goes to show that it isn’t only faceless criminals hiding behind computer […]
Barely giving us time for the turkey to digest, some stores are advertising that they will open their doors at 4:00 a.m. this Friday to kick off the official start of the holiday shopping season. And some online retailers have already gotten a jump start and are offering deals starting today. Check out […]
I do realize that my dedication to posting has been rather sporadic lately. What can I say; it is a busy time of year.
I spent some time this week catching up on what others have been blogging about lately and there are some good posts I want to point out for you.
First, Kim […]
What a month. I’ve been back from DIDW for (almost) three weeks and I still haven’t had a chance to blog about the show (or anything else for that matter).
Overall I thought the show was good. I was very pleased to see that there are a lot of smart people at smart companies […]
A reporter at the Arizona Republic recently wrote a great article about the booming fake document market in Arizona, illegal immigrants, identity theft and how business is about to get even bigger.
The State’s new employer-sanctions law requires verification of worker eligibility through a federal system called the Basic Pilot Program. The system works to […]
The AJC reports today that an Atlanta man has pled guilty for stealing $1.5 million in credit from 225 people. He was sentenced to 3 ½ years in the federal penitentiary.
I commend the officers involved in catching this man, especially because his capture led to the uncovering of a multi-national scam. Many of […]
