The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released a standard for the use of biometric authentication at financial institutions but banks are unlikely to invest in the technology.
An intensifying assault on the security of Australians' identification and financial information should push government and industry to embrace biometric technologies, a leading expert in the area said today.
St George is joining the ranks of financial institutions taking up two-factor transaction authentication to protect its customers from fraud.
Identity and access management firm RSA Security has snapped up authentication services provider Cyota in a US$145 million deal.
Looking for a way to get its security gadgets into the hands of average consumers, RSA Security plans to test a new Web authentication service.
Banks are slowly moving towards deploying voice-authentication technologies in order to add an extra layer of security for their online and telephone banking customers.
The Australian Bankers Association is still grappling with two-factor authentication for Internet transactions and has almost hit a "brick wall" in its anti-fraud efforts.
ZDNet Australia meets with Michael Harte, CIO of the Commonwealth Bank to find out his views on security and sourcing (both out- and open-).
The former United States undersecretary of state for security says that identity authentication is crucial to stopping terrorists.
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Online businesses are scrambling to get their Web sites on every pager, PDA and mobile phone. But they're learning that today's mobile technologies go only so far.
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