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• Centrelink frees up ID protocol

  Welfare agency Centrelink has decided to make an internally developed smart card and ID authentication protocol freely available to external organisations.

• 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?

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• 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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