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Fueling Digital Growth Through the Mobile Identity Ecosystem
Monday 11 February, 2019
-Pierre Demarche, VP of Marketing & Product Management – TeleSign The digital landscape is one of constant and rapid evolution, fueled by new ideas and new technologies. However, this evolution is being interrupted by the increasing presence of data breaches and ...
News Flash: German Regulator Seeks to Restrict Facebook
Friday 8 February, 2019
Bundeskartellamt rules Facebook needs users’ consent to combine personal data from different services Germany’s federal cartel office has ruled that personal data collected by Facebook-owned services, such as WhatsApp and Instagram, can only be assigned to Facebook user ...
News Flash: Call for Consistent and Comprehensive Digital ID
Friday 1 February, 2019
The Governor of the Bank of England makes case for robust digital identification A consistent and comprehensive approach to digital identification is key to unlocking many of the opportunities arising from the emerging digital financial system, according to the Governor of ...
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Growing Pace of Identity Services in the Mobile Industry
Wednesday 30 January, 2019
David Pollington, Head of Service Access, Identity, GSMA There would be little sense in denying that, along with the major strides made in digital identity over the past year, there have been a great many high-profile breaches and data scares too. This results from, perhaps ...
News Flash: Digital IDs Could Fuel Economic Growth
Friday 25 January, 2019
Research suggests wider use of digital identification could lift GDP by up to 13% The extension of digital identification “to a large part of the population could unlock economic value” equivalent to between 3% to 13% of GDP by 2030, according to a study of seven countries ...
News Flash: Business Leaders Flag Internet Security Fears
Monday 21 January, 2019
Three-quarters of C-Suite execs say consumer data is too easily compromised online Consumers can’t trust the safety of their online identities, as too much of their personal data is already available without restrictions, according to 76% of the 1,700 business leaders ...
News Flash: Microsoft Explores Eliminating “Inverse Privacy”
Sunday 13 January, 2019
Reports claim software giant is seeking to increase users’ control over personal data Microsoft is working on giving people greater insights into the private data collected about them, according to various media reports. Project “Bali”, which is in a private testing phase, ...
News Flash: Identity Fraud “at a Tipping Point”
Thursday 10 January, 2019
Symposium speakers highlight hackers’ ability to easily create synthetic identities The vast amount of personally identifiable information available on the Internet is making it straightforward for cyber criminals to create millions of synthetic identities and perpetuate ...
News Flash: Digital Identity to Change Direction
Thursday 10 January, 2019
In 2019, there will be a shift from trying to digitise identity to creating digital identities underpinned by relationships, according to David Birch, a leading financial services commentator. In an article for Wired, he forecast that a digital proxy for reputation will ...
Top 3 Digital Identity Trends for 2019: the Curtain Closes for the Humble Password
Tuesday 18 December, 2018
2019 will see the consolidation of multi-factor authentication As users have grown increasingly weary of creating endless online profiles (86% report abandoning purchases when asked to register with commercial websites) they have also grown increasingly wary of doing ...
Mobile Connect Allows the Mobile Industry to Make any Digital Business Our Own
Tuesday 18 December, 2018
Kaan Terzioğlu, Turkcell CEO Throughout my career I have, in one way or another – as a consultant, a vendor, and now as CEO at Turkcell – been in prime position to observe the state of the telco industry. And I can tell you this was not always an easy thing to behold: I ...
Mobile Connect Offers Solution to the Risks of Online Gaming
Tuesday 4 December, 2018
Video gaming is perhaps not the first area which springs to mind when it comes to cybersecurity and digital identity, but an increasingly fraught picture has started to emerge over the last several years – one with which the mobile industry is well placed to assist. It ...
News Flash: New Mobile ID for Swiss Rail Workers
Friday 30 November, 2018
Track repair workers verify their identity and skills using handsets and blockchain In Switzerland, rail track repair workers are now verifying their identity and skills using certificates held on mobile devices, according to an article by SecureID News. To help with post ...
News Flash: New Partnership Supports Digital ID in Africa
Friday 23 November, 2018
The Economic Commission for Africa and the Omidyar Network seek to build official expertise The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Omidyar Network, an investment firm, announced a partnership to support the roll out of digital identities in Africa. ...
News Flash: UK Explores Digital ID for Teenagers
Friday 16 November, 2018
System would verify age to prevent access to online pornography The UK government is considering introducing a “digital passport” system to help stop teenagers from being exposed to pornography on social media, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph. Margot James, ...
News Flash: Internet Accounts Sell For a Few Dollars
Wednesday 14 November, 2018
Cybersecurity firm outlines widespread availability of compromised usernames and passwords Stolen account details for online entertainment services, such as Netflix and Spotify, are being sold on the black market for less than US$5 an account, according to an investigation ...
eIDAS: a Tool for Liberation which Opens up the future of Global Trade and Mobility
Wednesday 14 November, 2018
Andrea Servida Head of eGovernment and Trust, European Commission When I think of mobile communications – in particular, of the smartphone – I see a token of freedom. Having established the Single Market in goods, we are now entering an era of extraordinary promise in ...
News Flash: Brexit Smartphone App Hits Snag
Monday 5 November, 2018
Report says UK app for checking the identity of EU citizens won’t work on iPhones The UK government plans to launch a smartphone app to enable the 3.5 million EU citizens living in the UK to apply to remain in the country after Brexit. The app users will have to answer three ...
News Flash: IPification Becomes Mobile Connect Compliant
Thursday 1 November, 2018
Leading company in Asia for providing Security and Data Backup solutions, Benefit Vantage Limited (BVL), with its mobile authentication solution called IPification, announced that it is now compliant with the GSMA’s Mobile Connect specifications after successfully passing ...
News Flash: Singapore Mobilises Government Transactions
Friday 26 October, 2018
The Singapore government has launched the SingPass Mobile app to make it easier for citizens to conduct government transactions, such as applying for HDB (Housing and Development Board) flats and checking CPF (Central Provident Fund) balances. Supporting two factor ...