Posted on 12 June 2012 by
The internet will only get bigger and better. Or, that’s an impression you get from reading some of the reports compiled by the likes of Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey and any of the organizations looking at the impact of the Internet on our future economies. These reports are looking at the future of our economies, […]
Posted on 16 September 2011 by
In 1991, Phil Collins told us: ‘The only thing about me is the way I walk’. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOyF4hR5GoE It seems he was one step ahead of the game. It’s taken 20 years for the security industry to catch up with Phil and his Genesis bandmates, but an article published this week by the New Scientist claims […]
Posted on 22 September 2011 by
As a follow-on to my previous post on how identity can be verified according to your footsteps, I just wanted to highlight how this could be put to effect in catching assassins and other criminals. One of the biggest TV highlights of the year, spy series Spooks (broadcast under the name MI5 for our American […]
Posted on 14 March 2012 by
Facebook and Google have been under the spotlight recently for the way they deal with online identities. These are just some of the most high profile examples, but have helped drive heightened awareness of our online identities and privacy settings. This week’s SXSWi is understandably awash with debates about what the future might look like […]
Posted on 30 July 2013 by
As the former President of South Africa recovers in hospital, having fought for and overseen the breakdown of apartheid in his country, it’s somehow fitting that Mr Mandela was among the first to receive the country’s new identification (ID) smart cards recently. Coinciding with International Nelson Mandela Day, other notable recipients of the smart technology […]
Posted on 08 June 2012 by
Earlier this week, amidst reports that more than 6.5 million passwords may have been compromised in a hack of a LinkedIn database, I received several calls and emails from friends and family that feared the worst of their LinkedIn accounts, especially after LinkedIn’s Vicente Silveira took to the company’s blog to confirm the reports. Silveira […]
