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1. Survey Shows Identity Theft up, but Recovery Cheaper

   [ Summary ] Topic: Identity Theft | Date Published: 02/13/2009

   The 2009 Identity Fraud Survey Report reveals that crimes against identities were up 22 percent last year; however, costs incurred to recover from such an attack have dropped sharply to an average of $496 per incident. This drop in cost is believed to be in response to the improvements companies...

2. TrustBearer Offers OpenID Service

   [ Summary ] Topic: Authentication Systems | Date Published: 02/13/2008

   TrustBearer Labs is offering a secure OpenID service in combination with its TrustBearer Access. According to this article, the service eliminates the need for multiple passwords while improving user security.

3. Sun Launches Role Manager

   [ Summary ] Topic: Identity Management | Date Published: 03/10/2008

   Sun Microsystems has launched Role Manager, software to aid businesses with identity management-based governance, risk management and compliance strategy. The application ensures users' actions align with their roles through continuous monitoring of duties and identity-based controls.

4. How Identity Monitoring, Data Loss Prevention Fit Together

   [ Summary ] Topic: Data Security | Date Published: 04/10/2008

   In order to track who is on the network, companies employ identity monitoring systems. Data loss prevention systems are used to tell the identity monitoring systems what kind of information is being viewed.

5. ClickPass Expands Support to Its OpenID Platform

   [ Summary ] Topic: Identity Management | Date Published: 07/01/2008

   ClickPass has added support for Facebook, Google, Hotmail and Yahoo for its OpenID platform. The effort hopes to draw the idea of universal log in closer to fruition. The company's latest system embeds a button on the log in pages of supported sites.

6. Liberty Alliance Releases Specification for Identity Assurance, Privacy Controls

   [ Summary ] Topic: Identity Management | Date Published: 07/01/2008

   The Liberty Alliance issued its initial guidelines for the Identity Assurance Framework and Identity Governance Framework. Both specifications target the improvement of identity system policy and the management of privacy by IT companies, with IAF being a set of tech-neutral policies and IGF...

7. Keep Your Identity Thanks to Yahoo's OpenID Support

   [ Summary ] Topic: Yahoo | Date Published: 01/18/2008

   Yahoo has decided to throw its support behind the OpenID 2.0 digital-identity framework to help users maintain a single digital identity. Beginning Jan. 30, people can use their Yahoo name and password to sign in to any of the almost 10,000 Web sites that support OpenID.

8. Heavy Hitters to Iron out OpenID

   [ Summary ] Topic: Board of Directors | Date Published: 02/13/2008

   Blogger Leslie Poston says the addition of Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, IBM and VerisSign to the OpenID board will iron out some kinks in the system. Poston thinks Microsoft will bring uniformity, Yahoo can help with marketing, IBM will tackle the hardware end, while Google will continue to take over...

9. Novell Acquisition Boosts Its Identity and Access Management Offerings

   [ Summary ] Topic: Managed Security Services | Date Published: 02/19/2009

   In an effort to bolster its business in identity and access management, Novell announced the acquisition of Fortefi, a compliance and user management vendor, and a perpetual source-code license with ActivIdentity’s SecureLogin tool. These deals allow Novell to market itself as a one-stop-shop...

10. Big Guns Pool Together to Advance Online Digital Identity Efforts

    [ Summary ] Topic: Identity Management | Date Published: 07/01/2008

    The Information Card Foundation was recently formed by the likes of Equifax, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle and PayPal. The nonprofit hopes to establish unity amongst the various efforts to create Internet-based cards and virtual wallets in an effort to advance the technology.