Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...

A new report warns contracting officers at the Veterans Health Administration are failing to comply with agency and federal guidelines ensuring contractor personnel return personal identity ...

Specifications for cryptographic algorithms and keys for use on smart government ID cards are being updated to better align them with Federal Information Processing Standards and to extend the use of ...

The recent wave of highly public cyberattacks has cast a spotlight on last month’s White House executive order on cybersecurity, and the need for agencies to modernize their cybersecurity and ...

MINNEAPOLIS & PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Entrust, a leading provider of trusted identities, payments and data protection, today announced a partnership with Yubico, the leading provider of ...

AUSTIN, Texas, July 11 /PRNewswire/ -. IdentiPHI LLC, an industry leader in enterprise advanced authentication, single sign-on and endpoint management, continues to innovate by providing ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed two demonstration software packages that show how Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards can be used with Windows and Linux ...

For decades, PIV and CAC cards have been the primary tools for agencies and contractors to verify the identity of employees and contractors. The COVID-19 outbreak could change that. Identity ...

The Personal Identity Verification cards used by every federal worker and contractor are being revised to address the technology advances that have occurred since the card standards were published in ...

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Strong authentication remains a cybersecurity priority under the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) cross-agency priority goals that were announced in the 2015 federal budget. In its 2015 budget ...

NIST has increased the number of acceptable types of credentials that federal agencies can permit as official digital identity, part of the latest update to Federal Information Processing Standard ...