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Life-Like Identity: Why the Internet Needs an Identity Metasystem

Phil Windley

Summary: Sovrin is an identity metasystem that provides the Internet's missing identity layer. By creating a general-purpose system for constructing context-specific identity systems, the metasystem represents a universal trust framework. Digital identity is broken because the Internet was built without an identity layer.

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The Architecture of Identity Systems

Phil Windley

This question of power and authority is vital in identity systems. We can ask "what do we give up and to whom in a given identity system?" I argued that the architecture of SSI, its structure, made those relationships more authentic. Figure 1: Binding of controller, authentication factors, and identifiers in identity systems.

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Insider Threat: A perspective on how to address the increasing risk

CTOvision

However, in June of 2013, a systems administrator at the National Security Agency (NSA) reminded us of the threat that already exists within an organization, behind the protection of its sophisticated, complex perimeter security. Cognitio’s Approach to Insider Threat. Cognitio will help ensure this is done.

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Fed Tech News Roundup 8 July 2015

CTOvision

push IT mandates as part of cybersecurity 'sprint' FierceGovernmentIT (Today) - The Marine Corps is directing its information technology system administrators to immediately implement public key infrastructure, or PKI, encryption as part of a review of cybersecurity at the service. Privileged user authentication and PKI are.

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FBI: Credential Stuffing Leads to Millions in Fraudulent Transfers

SecureWorld News

Some of the credentials belonged to company leadership, system administrators, and other employees with privileged access.". Use anomaly detection tools that identify an unusual increase in traffic and failed authentication attempts.". Detecting credential stuffing attacks. Read: FBI Private Industry Notification.

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Do you know how your online traffic safety is regulated?

Dataconomy

One such asset is the certificate, which plays a crucial role in authenticating and securing online communications. The Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) is a protocol used to check the revocation status of digital certificates in real-time over the internet. Featured image credit: wirestock/Freepik.

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Five Focal Point to Digitize and Innovate Education

Future of CIO

Therefore, the education system administrated via the mechanical and reductionistic management philosophy with manufacture style, focusing on instilling static knowledge, is no longer fit enough for the exponential changes and shorten knowledge life cycle. What’s the connection between what I learn and what happens in the real world?