Tag: Data

Keeping patient data private and protected

You may have seen the news recently about our healthcare project with Seattle Children’s, where we helped staff replace weak and static passwords with strong authentication contactless technology. Following on from this, I was delighted to come across Robert Keeler’s blog post on the news, entitled: “Has Healthcare EHR Turned the Corner? Yes!” It is […]

Carriers agree to try and prevent mobile theft – but…

I imagine, like me, you probably carry your mobile phone with you all the time.  I’ve never had mine stolen, but mobile phone theft is actually a really big problem globally, but especially in the United States.  Did you know that in 2011, 42 percent of all property crimes of individuals in New York involved […]

What is LTE and what will it bring to operators?

There’s been a lot of debate and discussion around Long Term Evolution (LTE), sometimes referred to as 4G technology. The move towards LTE is proving to be a key driver in the creation and launch of new services, particularly those being launched at this week’s Mobile World Congress. But what it is? In short, it’s […]

IoT

Securing the Cloud with Protiva Strong Authentication from Gemalto

Pedro Martinez explains the challenges modern companies face in securing their data, particularly given the proliferation of the cloud. Pedro shows how on-site or hosted servers, which manage the authentication of tokens, help process a unique password for the user, authenticated by back-end systems. Smart, secure and easy solutions help customers and mean companies can […]

Thoughts on Google’s Two-Factor Authentication – Part One

I read an interesting post by Chris Ripley on BlogCritics last week, looking at Google’s two-factor authentication. In case you missed its recent announcement, the search giant has made two-factor authentication available on its email accounts worldwide. This is a great step in the right direction and it’s fantastic to see people like Chris supporting the […]

Multi-factor authentication – the popular kid at school…

In light of all the recent cyber attacks costing companies money, reputation and customer trust, stronger security and additional layers is increasingly becoming top of the shopping list for IT professionals. But there is still some confusion as to what are the best security elements that need to be in place to provide the best […]