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New industry resource announced by DSA: Best practice guidelines for ID documents
A document is only as secure as its weakest process. In the age of digital IDs, new security standards for ID documents still matter, which the Document Security Alliance, INTERGRAF, and the Secure Identity Alliance have collaborated on to issue modern best practice...
DICT meets with superannuation fund on SevisPass integration
Executives have met to discuss the integration of one of Papua New Guinea’s largest superannuation funds with the SevisPNG infrastructure, including the SevisPass digital ID and SevisWallet. The DICT signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with NASFUND...
Modernising governance: A Capability-centric approach to legacy mainframes
Governing Business Actions, Not Entitlements By Tuhin Banerjee, Senior Director Saviynt Inc. 1. Abstract Mainframe and IBM i platforms continue to run the enterprise’s most critical financial and operational workloads, yet access governance for these systems is...
Why customers must take control against social engineering scams
https://youtu.be/7NXa7wO-Ass Whilst technologies deployed by banks like Monzo are expected to defend most fraud scenarios, customers themselves have to take a proactive risk management approach to stay ahead of threats. Richard Bromley, who will be a speaker at...
Aware delivers high-security liveness with a frictionless user experience in DHS evaluation
Aware, a leader in biometric identity and authentication solutions, has achieved a strong performance in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Remote Identity Validation Rally (RIVR) Track 3. Awarded this ranking, Aware demonstrates a proficiency in liveness...
Will asylum seekers adopt government Digital ID? Netherlands demonstrate a real-world pilot
https://youtu.be/9uv95JZj1Co Senior Advisor Research & Development, Ministry of Justice and Security, Immigration Naturalization Services (IND), Netherlands The interview explored how digital identity technologies are evolving within immigration and border...
Public to be consulted on UK Digital ID in launch of “people’s panel”
Since the day the UK government’s digital ID scheme was announced, it has faced criticism from both Conservatives and members of the public. The government will launch a final public consultation to gather feedback on the system, inviting 100 participants to join a...
Meet your key buyers at the world’s largest identity event!
Meeting your key buyers at Identity Week Europe 2026 has never been easier. Face-to-face conversations on the exhibition floor are just the start. We’re giving you additional, high-impact ways to put your brand in front of thousands of decision-makers before, during,...
A new paradigm for Identity and Access Management: Why extended IAM (XIAM) matters
Guest article by Fletcher Heisler, CEO, Authentik Security As organisations continue to modernise their IT environments, identity and access management (IAM) has quietly become one of the most complex and critical components of enterprise security and operations....
MAYI ID launches its identity trust platform at the Gartner IAM Summit 2026
Swiss-engineered identity orchestration platform delivers Cloud-Act safe, CA agnostic digital trust for the post-quantum era MAYI ID today announced the market launch and global availability of its identity trust platform at the Gartner Identity & Access...
Latvia is the first country to legally recognise Ukrainian e-signatures
Latvia is the first country to legally recognise Ukrainian e-signatures and support digital integration of the solution with Latvian authorities. Latvian e-signatures will hold the same weight as written signatures. A meeting was held between members of the Ukrainian...
Filippo Chiricozzi on Web3, digital ID and the future of finance
https://youtu.be/llocu7uraoo Helping Banca Sella expand its presence in Web3, cryptocurrencies, and the metaverse, Filippo Chiricozzi is looking forward to exploring new opportunities around digital identity at Identity Week Europe 2026. In this early interview, he...
The future of payments & identity – secure your Free All Access Pass today!
The future of payments, identity, and secure digital transactions is here and you need to be part of it. Join our Digital Wallets session at Identity Week Europe 2026 to hear from top experts on how digital wallets are reshaping commerce, security, and identity...
certSIGN and Lissi partner to accelerate EUDI Wallet rollout in Romania
Romanian qualified trust services provider certSIGN has announced a strategic partnership with German digital identity specialist Lissi to support adoption of the European Digital Identity Wallet in Romania. The collaboration combines certSIGN’s expertise in PKI-based...
AI agents to reshape connectivity and monetisation strategies at MWC Barcelona 2026
The rise of AI agents is set to transform the connectivity landscape, shifting network demands beyond human-to-human communication toward the infrastructure required to support autonomous vehicles, robotics, and machine-driven interactions. This evolution will...
CIAM authentication sessions at #IdentityWeekAmerica2026: Protecting organisational and customer security
Customer IAM helps to differentiate genuine customer onboarding experiences and combat attempts from bots and fraudsters to threaten organisational security and data. These user experiences should be hyper personalised, frictionless digital experiences that address...
FTC says companies can collect children’s data for age checks without parental consent if privacy conditions are met
Governments and regulators generally enforce strict compliance with mandatory age verification for businesses. However, the Federal Trade Commission has stated that it will not pursue certain COPPA enforcement actions when companies collect personal data solely to...
‘Best design’ New Liechtenstein passport embeds high-security features
Liechtenstein has a new passport design that went into circulation this month and even won the “Best New Passport 2026” for its high standard of security, particularly within the passport’s Polycarbonate Data Page. With increased durability, laser personalisation, and...
Reddit slapped with £14.47m penalty over children’s privacy and no age checks
Children under 13 are being allowed onto Reddit’s forums where often adult discussions take place. An investigation uncovered multiple failings to provide comprehensive age verification measures right across the platform. Whilst one technology provider partners with...
Belgian Centre for Cybersecurity reports significant phishing scams
Many phishing reports have been made to The Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium in recent months. In the last quarter of last year, there were 226 reports, and 106 in January of this year. The story told by telephone scammers varies. "Sometimes they pretend to be the...
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