Phil Windley

AUGUST 28, 2023

My new book Learning Digital Identity from O'Reilly Media covers many of the topics in this post such as multi-factor authentication, authorization and access control, and identity policy development in depth. User Authentication: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Requiring users to provide multiple forms of verification (e.g.,

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GeekWire

JANUARY 7, 2025

Other data exposed included phone numbers, names, physical addresses and drivers license information, among other personal data, according to the AG’s office. Among 2,025,634 Washingtonians affected, 183,406 had their Social Security numbers compromised. The lawsuit seeks civil penalties and restitution for the Washingtonians harmed.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The breach reportedly exposed customer names, addresses, driver license numbers, and other personal data. Car rental agencies like Avis collect and store vast amounts of sensitive data, including customer names, addresses, and driver's license numbers, making it essential for them to prioritize robust cybersecurity protocols.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 14, 2022

For key government priorities, the government will look to embed ‘digital approaches and cross-functional teams into policy design and delivery.’. Verify authentication programme, and adding new services to Gov.UK One Login for government. Pay and Notify.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 3, 2025

Beyond AI, we are integrating verified credentials (VCs) created from passports and driving licenses. So, instead of presenting a government-issued ID and a boarding pass separately, passengers authenticate their identity once through the app, streamlining the verification process.

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Galido

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In the wake of implementation of customer data protection legislation such as GDPR, data loss prevention techniques, policies and rules are setup in an organization to comply with what the law demands. Senior-level management, including the board-of-directors needs to be supportive of any change in policy, direction and rules.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In this article, we’re going to show you the exact steps you should take to layout an information security policy and plan of action for your small business. You also have to make sure you have a strong password policy. This is especially important if your company has a bring your own device policy. Start with the Basics.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

What was compromised: b ank account numbers, bank statements, mortgage and tax records, social security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and driver license images. The New York DFS alleges that First American failed to follow its own policies, neglecting to conduct a security review or a risk assessment of the flawed computer program.

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Phil Windley

JANUARY 21, 2020

Policies expire. The use of just-in-time callbacks to build trust in an identity credential can put millions out of service for simple authentication checks. Imagine if every use of the driver's license required a real-time call back to the Drivers License Bureau. Leadership shifts. Companies fail. Systems decay.

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mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

JULY 15, 2020

Here are a few questions to ask the vendor before licensing a solution: How portable are the applications you create? Single Sign-on : Single sign-on (SSO) is a session/user authentication process that lets users enter their name and password in only one place, and access multiple related applications. Friendly licensing.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 27, 2022

They implement IAM programs that enable efficiency and trim duplicative or overlapping technologies so that organizations are not over-licensed for capabilities that will not be utilized. . And they appreciate the ability to rapidly capture customer information, protect customer identity and enable quick authentication. .

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Phil Windley

JUNE 26, 2023

The idea is pretty simple: if you're using Cognito to manage the people who use your application, then you will likely want to use the information that is stored in Cognito for your access control policies. Verified Permissions uses the attributes they contain to perform a policy evaluation. This was a fun project.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 21, 2024

For instance, Microsoft provides up to 10 free licenses of Microsoft 365 Business Premium to qualifying nonprofits, which include advanced cybersecurity features. Leveraging vendor donation programs Many tech companies offer discounted or donated products to nonprofits to help them stay safe and secure.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2020

What was compromised: b ank account numbers, bank statements, mortgage and tax records, social security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images. The New York DFS alleges that First American failed to follow its own policies, neglected to conduct a security review or a risk assessment of the flawed compute program.

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Galido

JUNE 30, 2016

VMI vendors also provide users with a precise form of gateway to enforce policies and route communications. Apple introduces licensing limitations. The client application manages to negotiate the links with the VMI platform, which in turn, enhances processes such as 2-factor authentication and information stream decryption.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Though Hershman’s products are authentic vintage, dozens of sunglasses have been removed from his store’s Instagram shopping feed, with Instagram citing third-party infringement. One oft-cited example is the story of Karen Dudnikov and Michael Meadors, who operated on eBay under the name Tabberone selling crafts made from licensed fabric.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

I’m thankful that Bill Demirkapi followed a responsible disclosure policy. This article by Bob Killen provides a good foundation of information on understanding Kubernetes authentication (AuthN) and authorization (AuthZ; implemented via RBAC). Here’s a summary of attacks against GPG-signed APT repositories.

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Phil Windley

MARCH 13, 2020

This allows any holder to present a verified credential stored in their digital wallet—such as a driver’s license—anywhere and at any time in order to prove an attribute about themselves—such as their age—as needed, for example, to purchase a product requiring a legal minimum age. DIDs resolve to DID Documents.

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mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Friendly licensing model. One of the biggest “gotchas” with embedded analytics software: The licensing model. Here are a couple of licensing areas to inspect. The most important point: Don’t assume that all licensing models are the same. Is the licensing structure designed for growth? Which is best? Scalability.

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Phil Windley

DECEMBER 2, 2020

But in a Self-Sovereign Internet of Things, Alice controls the policies on that relationship and thus what is shared. As a result, Alice has a trustworthy communication channel with Baratza that both parties can use to authenticate the other. Photo Credit: Coffee Beans from JoseAlbaFotos (Pixabay license).

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

But this method of authentication is flawed; either hashed or hashed and salted, usernames and passwords can still be stolen and reused. Vamosi: Identity -- I’m talking specifically about authentication and to some degree its follow-on authorization -- is one of the most important, yet least talked about aspects of security.

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Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

MARCH 10, 2008

This means a document-level security policy is effective if the user is on-line or off-line, can be active for a specified period of time, and can be used to control certain activities (user cannot print or forward document, etc.). Active Directory for authentication 3. Q: What are the components of RMS?

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Dataconomy

MAY 19, 2023

It provides security controls such as encryption, multi-factor authentication, and network isolation to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance. These capabilities empower businesses to embrace remote work policies and foster a more collaborative and agile work environment.

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Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The resulting report details the service provider’s controls and procedures, providing assurance to customers that their data is well-protected. What is HIPAA?

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Dataconomy

APRIL 1, 2024

Recently, OpenAI product team mentioned that the technology was refined using both licensed data and data that’s publicly accessible. OpenAI has confirmed that its collaborators have committed to adhering to its use policies, which preclude the use of Voice Generation for impersonating individuals or entities without consent.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

And in May of 2021 Researchers disclosed that the Peloton API authentication was broken. Wilde: Now, for me the storyline was interesting right so when it was reported I think in late January, it was completely open right like this is right no authentication at all because well we didn't tell anybody about it. I'm also ZAP guy.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

And in May of 2021 Researchers disclosed that the Peloton API authentication was broken. Wilde: Now, for me the storyline was interesting right so when it was reported I think in late January, it was completely open right like this is right no authentication at all because well we didn't tell anybody about it. I'm also ZAP guy.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Vamosi: Bowen’s public inquiry revealed findings of multiple buffer overflows, software updates without authentication, and inadequate randomization of the ballots so that valid secrecy can be compromised -- among other vulnerabilities. So in terms of technical controls, you'd have things like following best practices.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Vamosi: Bowen’s public inquiry revealed findings of multiple buffer overflows, software updates without authentication, and inadequate randomization of the ballots so that valid secrecy can be compromised -- among other vulnerabilities. So in terms of technical controls, you'd have things like following best practices.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

So every breach you've seen associated with them, and it's been billions of records over the last couple years, is because somebody accidentally assigned too permissive a policy to that storage bucket. He can take his own credit card and buy some licenses and connect online. And now it works.'

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Sean Daniel

JANUARY 3, 2012

Of course I can play around with this for 7 days on trial, then I’ll have to get a license key for FingerPrint. Hi Dave, My guess is you've somehow managed to add some authentication to who can print. At this point, the printing just started! Additional Bonus! 9/10/2012 6:30 PM. Sean Daniel. 9/18/2012 5:28 PM.

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Phil Windley

AUGUST 20, 2019

When you hand your driver’s license to the bartender to establish your legal age, we would be surprised if she could remember all the detailed information it contains, like your address, and do that for every patron she encountered. The bank has several options for making these determinations depending on their internal policies.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Vamosi: Bowen’s public inquiry revealed findings of multiple buffer overflows, software updates without authentication, and inadequate randomization of the ballots so that valid secrecy can be compromised -- among other vulnerabilities. So in terms of technical controls, you'd have things like following best practices.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Second, revisit the configurations to ensure that they align with your security and privacy policies. But, at the same time, businesses are starting to use biometrics, especially in the employee context, to confirm identities and authenticate users. In the U.S.,

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TM Forum

AUGUST 9, 2022

Upon searching for authentic data for churn and reasons contributing to churn, we went to the TRAI website and found TRAI call drop data, which is by operator, but not to the granularity of circle level. . Use Temporal-Difference Learning which is an off-policy Reinforcement Learning algorithm.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 27, 2021

It’s what policy wonks refer to as a “dual-use technology,” which is a snappy way of saying that the tech is “sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe s**t.”. You might want such a face swap for legitimate reasons, like licensing Bruce Willis’ likeness for a series of mobile ads in Russia ).

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 16, 2024

Swapface’s capabilities make it highly popular among streamers, offering an experience so authentic that it becomes challenging to distinguish between real and deepfake imagery. Always read the privacy policy and terms of use to understand how your data will be handled. Are AI face swap tools safe to use?

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