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Project Starling uses technology to preserve authenticity of Capitol riot images

Venture Beast

Project Starling documented the U.S. presidential transition, using technology to verify the authenticity of the Capitol riot photos. Read More.

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How does certificate-based authentication work?

Network World

Certificate-based authentication is a cryptographic technique that allows one computer to securely identify itself to another across a network connection, using a document called a public-key certificate. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story)

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Document Security is More than Just Password-Protection

CIO Business Intelligence

Thirty years ago, Adobe created the Portable Document Format (PDF) to facilitate sharing documents across different software applications while maintaining text and image formatting. Today, PDF is considered the de facto industry standard for documents that contain critical and sensitive business information.

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Today I learned the iPhone’s excellent document scanner can be controlled from a Mac

The Verge

Scan documents directly into Mail, Finder, and other Mac apps. The iPhone’s Notes app has a powerful document scanning feature built right into it, and today I learned that this scanner can be controlled directly from a paired Mac in a variety of apps. As well as scanning documents, the feature can also be used to take photos.

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Everything You Know About eAuthentication is wrong!

CTOvision

On Labor Day, September 5 th 2016, NIST published their Digital Authentication Guideline: Public Preview. The document, SP 800-63-3 , is a complete overhaul of our beloved eAuthentication documents SP-800-63 and OMB M-04-04. Highlights of the document. The document is broken into four parts. Nathaniel Crocker.

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Why CIOs Should Care About Two Factor Authentication

The Accidental Successful CIO

Everybody needs two factor authentication, but just exactly what is it? One of the most powerful techniques that is currently being used is something called “two factor authentication” What is this security technique and how many different flavors of it exist? Two Factor Authentication. Image Credit: Dave Crosby.

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What Is the Security of Documents and Information?

Kitaboo

In such a landscape, it becomes increasingly crucial to safeguard sensitive documents and digital information. If you are looking to learn more about document security systems and the challenges it poses, you’re at the right place. What Is the Security of Documents and Information? Why Is Document Security Important?