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Age Verification – Why Simply Verifying Age is No Longer Enough

It’s no secret – cases of identity theft and fraud continue to make headlines every single day. Because of this, it becomes more important than ever for organizations to protect customer privacy, deter fraud and meet compliance regulations. Additionally, when … Continue reading

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Data Privacy Everywhere…

If there are 2 words that have permeated every online business in every industry, they’d probably be “data privacy.”   No surprise really, since a look at today’s Chronology Breach Report shows 542,590,837 data records have been reported as being breached … Continue reading

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Phishing, Smishing. ..Are Fraud Awareness Campaigns Now Passé?

As we gear up for the Payments show (#payments2011) next week in Austin (stop by and visit us at Booth 806 if you are going) NACHA released a phishing scam alert about people receiving emails appearing to come from NACHA … Continue reading

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Google Steps Up Its Authentication Practices

The recent roll out of Google’s 2-step authentication to the general public means a higher level of authentication than just entering a username and password to access your gmail account.  This is good news for the identity verification market.  Google … Continue reading

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The Next Generation in Knowledge Based Authentication. It Begins.

Yes, you may not realize it yet but the news we announced this a.m. really is just as big to B2C companies as this week’s Verizon iPhone4 launch is to millions of consumers, so it’s only fitting that I blatantly … Continue reading

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Identity Verification Use Case: Organ Bank Donor Registrations

With the HITECH Act the healthcare industry is rapidly expanding into the digital age.  The use cases for technology in healthcare are growing – everything from making medical records available electronically, social networks for health and medical professionals being created, … Continue reading

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5 Areas Healthcare Companies Must Evaluate When Selecting Technology Vendors

I came across an interesting breach analysis Chris Hourihan of HITRUST (Health information Trust Alliance) published last month on breaches affecting 500 million or more individuals in healthcare. Since the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule took affect this time last year … Continue reading

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Identity Blues for 70,000 People in Georgia

If the heat wave hasn’t gotten my fellow Georgian’s singing the blues this summer, the largest health insurance company in the State might just do it.  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia are warning 70,000 people that their personal … Continue reading

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5 Things A Business Should Do During Internet Safety Month

June is national Internet Safety Month.  Of course we should be mindful of Internet Safety all year long, but this month was designated by the U.S. Senate three years ago to be the official awareness month (not to be confused … Continue reading

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Cool Trick.ly for Protecting Internet Privacy

Reading Seth Godin’s blog, his Sort of private post introduced me to a new service that helps provide a little privacy to things we want to share with people on the Internet. Like bit.ly and tiny.url, Trick.ly is a new … Continue reading

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