Thanks to @cheshire_puss for the pointer to this ZDNet article about Home Office plans to “engage with the industry to show that we have a ‘gold standard’ card which cannot be changed, modified or cloned”. On one level, I’m delighted…
The Kantara Initiative yesterday announced the formation of the Identity Assurance Review Board (ARB). This is a tangible example of the Kantara Initiative delivering on the non-technology related, identity meta-issues that I alluded to in my last Kantara Initiative blog.…
You know what? I’m actually starting to feel twinges of sympathy for the folks at Connectivity. There are two pieces in the Guardian devoted to the suspension of their mobile directory enquiries services, one from yesterday and one from today.…
The IDDY Award was designed to shine a spotlight on the individuals and organizations responsible for developing identity-enabled applications and services that deliver real benefits to enterprises, governments, organizations and people. Previous recipients of the IDDY represent a wide range…
Kantara Initiative announced the judging panel for the 2009 Identity Deployment of the Year Awards yesterday. This year’s judging panel consists of an impressive group of respected identity experts from around the world, each with deep experience in the technology,…
Just a quick post to confirm that the Privacy and Public Policy Work Group (P3WG) has had its charter approved, and will hold its first conf. call next week (I will post precise details as soon as the participants have…
The Burton Catalyst conference being held in San Diego in a couple of weeks is one of those don’t-miss events. If you’re going (I said it was don’t-miss, didn’t I?), you’ll want to get into town in time for…
Posted on 10th July 2009 At last, there’s an article which thoroughly exposes some of the nonsense which has been talked about ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) ‘requirements’ and biometric passports. It’s by John Lettice, writing in The Register, and…
This post is a short(ish) summary of a working session led by Drummond Reed and me at the recent West Coast VRM Workshop, and also an introduction to the Kantara workgroup in which we are going to move this…
Posted June 7, 2009 It’s not unusual to hear criticism of UK law enforcement policy on the taking/retention of DNA samples; the National DNA Database (NDNAD or “nidnad”, as I suppose it should be pronounced) has generated controversy and even…
