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  • Government ID framework released

    Smart card-based identity management for all Australian government staff has taken another step towards reality with the release of key framework documents.

  • Banks inch towards voice authentication

    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.

  • NSW police beef up identification, firewall protection

    The NSW police service is planning to beef up its security by consolidating its disparate identification systems and firewall management.

  • Online banking theft -- who pays?

    Don't expect Internet scams, hackers, trojan horses and the like to vanish overnight. The challenge is for banks and customers to minimise their exposure to losses. But how?

  • Qld smartcard licence project advances

    Queensland Transport (QT) has gone to market for up to 10,000 handheld smartcard readers as it gears up to replace its 2.7 million antiquated drivers' licences with new smartcard equivalents.

Features and Case Studies (17)

  • Banks inch towards voice authentication

    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.

  • Gates: Passwords passe

    Passwords will soon be a thing of the past, replaced by biometric and smart-card technology, Bill Gates reiterated on Tuesday.

  • Online banking theft -- who pays?

    Don't expect Internet scams, hackers, trojan horses and the like to vanish overnight. The challenge is for banks and customers to minimise their exposure to losses. But how?

  • NEC hands the office keys to a biometric smartcard

    NEC has launched a biometric smartcard security system that combines the technologies needed to authorise a user's physical access to corporate buildings with their network and application access.

  • Finding a replacement for passwords

    Verification gadgets range from tokens to mobile-phone-based systems, but cost keeps them from catching on.

Reviews (4)

  • Security with bite: 15 technologies tested

    In this special review, we round up the various authentication devices on the market. From fingerprint scanners, to single sign-on software and biometric technology -- we have the authentication market covered.

  • Biometrics special: Who are you?

    Forgotten your password again? Read on to find out how you'll be logging on, checking in, and signing off in the very near future.

  • Windows Server 2008

    Windows Server 2008 is easier to install and manage than previous versions, and has many new and improved features that should encourage organisations to upgrade.

  • HP builds security into Vectra VL600

    Secure client systems will become a necessity as the world moves to Internet-based communications. Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Vectra VL600 is a solid choice for companies looking to build in security at the desktop level

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