Identity in the News

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. IDENTITY + THE CLOUD How to use Slack to onboard new hires From Fast Company: Okta – which provides identity and access management, or in other words: secure access, authentication, and single sign-on to software applications – lets employees securely…

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. IDENTITY + THE CLOUD Why Do We Care So Much About Privacy? From The New Yorker: The reason you’ve been receiving a steady stream of privacy-policy updates from online services, some of which you may have forgotten you ever subscribed to, is that the…

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Identity + the Cloud I followed the CEO of $6 billion Okta around and learned the secrets of a tech conference that landed President Obama as a speaker From Business Insider: Last week, the conference center at the Aria hotel in Las Vegas was abuzz with…

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Bitcoin Hype Aside Blockchain For The 'Public Good' Comes To The Rescue From Forbes: Projects like Substratum, a U.S.-based software development firm that has architected, developed and deployed software solutions for Fortune 100 companies such as Apple…

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Twitter advising all 330 million users to change passwords after bug exposed them in plain text From The Verge: Twitter is urging all of its more than 330 million users to immediately change their passwords after a bug exposed them in plain text. While…

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Twitter advising all 330 million users to change passwords after bug exposed them in plain text From The Verge: Twitter is urging all of its more than 330 million users to immediately change their passwords after a bug exposed them in plain text. While…

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Facebook Has Hosted Stolen Identities and Social Security Numbers for Years From Motherboard: The social security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and alleged credit card numbers of dozens of people are being advertised and sold on Facebook. The…

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Mastercard Files Patent To Use Blockchain To Protect Identity Data From PYMTS: Mastercard has filed a patent that reveals it might utilize blockchain as a way to protect identity data. The application, which was originally filed in September 2017 and…

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. How blockchain could solve the internet privacy problem From ComputerWorld: Fintech firms, software makers, telecom providers and other businesses have joined forces develop a blockchain-based network that will enable anyone to exchange digital…

Selections from the top news items this week in the world of identity and application security. Tech Thinks It Has a Fix for the Problems It Created: Blockchain From The New York Times: The first blockchain was created in 2009 as a new kind of database for the virtual currency Bitcoin, where all transactions could be stored without any banks or…