Study shows hackers more focused on passwords than those who create them
Survey shows depth to which Internet users are ignoring core precautions, using weak passwords, and storing sensitive data in email.
Identity Matters
John Fontana's blog traverses the evolving digital identity landscape and its intersection with the cloud, compliance, audit, privacy, mobile computing, API integration and security.
John Fontana
John Fontana is a journalist focusing in identity, privacy and security issues. Currently, he is the Identity Evangelist for cloud identity security vendor Ping Identity, where he blogs about relevant issues related to digital identity.
Latest Posts
Vendor’s biometric software compromises “entire security model of Windows accounts”
Flaw in fingerprint reader software called "nothing but a big, glowing security hole." Vulnerability exposes all files, documents on PC.
Calif. extends landmark Smart Grid privacy policy to cover gas usage
Data collected by natural gas SmartMeters used by more than nine million customers in California is now protected under a set of historic privacy rules laid out in the state's Smart Grid initiative.
BYOD mobile workers thumbing nose at IT security
Nearly one in four BYOD mobile workers with smartphones and tablets are employing workarounds to bypass IT controls on corporate data.
Identity, data security fading as enterprise SaaS concerns, survey shows
Survey shows 68% of U.S. organizations will increase SaaS spending between now and 2015, while 80% in Asia/Pacific will increase spending slightly.
Identity a needed link in enterprise security chain
Identity's ultimate value to enterprise security lies in its ability to provide contextual aspects for date and resource protection, such as who is accessing what, from where, and with what kind of credential.
Enterprise mobility: The list of what's in, what's out
How is mobility changing the game for enterprise IT.
Mobility; it’s not a device, it’s an IT architecture
IT needs to address mobility as an architecture issue and consider a myriad of technology, infrastructure and policy decisions, so said Gartner during the opening of its annual Catalyst Conference.
NSTIC picks its officers, gets down to work
The push is officially under way to create an identity layer for the Internet that promises to secure online transactions. It's a lofty goal with many challenges.
Artists explore trust by asking users for passwords, then publishing them
A group of graphic design students were curious, if they simply asked people to hand over their passwords would they do it. And "Trust Me, It's Art" was born.