Identity

GSA Wants a Real Person Associated With Every SAM Registration Before Fiscal Year’s End

Every organization doing business with the government will have to name a real person as account administrator and go through a three-point ID proofing process.

  • By Aaron Boyd

FCC Working on Rule for Wireless Carriers to Avert SIM Swap Fraud

More than a year after lawmakers requested such action to protect consumer data and national security, the commission’s move could help to stop hackers undermining multifactor authentication.

  • By Mariam Baksh

Education Department Updates Rules and Criminal Penalties for Accessing Agency Data

A new filing updates the department’s policies on who can access IT systems and data, as well as the fines and prison terms for unauthorized access or failing to secure data.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Biden Administration Releases Draft Zero-Trust Guidance

The documents form a roadmap for agencies to deploy the cybersecurity architectures by the end of fiscal 2024.

  • By Aaron Boyd

How to Make Unemployment Insurance Work for Gig Workers

The share of workers who have traditional full-time jobs is shrinking but the ways to verify identity and income have not kept up.

  • By Jane Oates

The Taliban Reportedly Have Control of US Biometric Devices – a Lesson in Life-and-Death Consequences of Data Privacy

The Defense Department viewed “identity dominance” as the cornerstone of multiple counterterrorism strategies.

  • By Margaret Hu, The Conversation

Expired Driver’s Licenses Open Lane for Cybercriminals

Fraudsters send out texts or emails falsely warning that the target’s license needs to be updated, is missing information or is expiring.

  • By The Pew Charitable Trusts

House Bill Would Require Government to Drastically Modernize Digital ID Verification

It could be considered by multiple committees.

  • By Brandi Vincent

US, UK Officials: Russian Military Leveraging Containers in Active Hacking Campaign

Cybersecurity agencies issued an advisory with indicators of compromise and mitigation measures. 

  • By Mariam Baksh

People Don't Realize They're Data Breach Victims

The researchers found participants were not aware of 74% of the breaches.

  • By Laurel Thomas, Futurity

Ransomware, Data Breach, Cyberattack: What Do They Have to Do with Your Personal Information, and How Worried Should You Be?

Even if your data has not been exposed yet, why not take the time now to protect yourself?

  • By Merrill Warkentin, The Conversation

What I Learned Helping Lead Oversight of $5 Trillion in Pandemic Relief

Large scale identity theft-based fraud in unemployment assistance stunned many, even those who fight fraud for a living.

  • By Linda Miller

5 Priorities to Uplevel Identity Security with the Technology Modernization Fund

Modern threats require modern solutions to solve them.

  • By Bill O’Neill

Survey: Government Faces Increasing Threat from Stolen Accounts

But agencies may not be taking the right steps to mitigate the account takeovers.

  • By Frank Konkel
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Reimagining Access to Services with Government-to-Citizen Identity

With the traditional perimeter gone, identity management is the new boundary.

  • By Dean Scontras

Demystifying Access Control and Zero Trust

As agencies rethink making temporary remote arrangements permanent, officials should start with proven ubiquitous encryption technology.

  • By Mark Currie

Zero Trust or Bust

One primary consideration should drive implementation: who gets to see what content? 

  • By Will Ackerly

Biden’s Cyber Strategy Must De-weaponize Civilian Data

It's time to stop relying on knowledge-based authentication.

  • By Tom McNeal

Single Sign-in For Government Services Expands to States, Localities

The federal government is looking to partner with state and local governments to grow its Login.gov service, which it says is secure and user friendly.

  • By Andrea Noble

Army Wants to Automate Base Access With Facial Recognition at Drive-Thru Checkpoints

The proposed system uses a reliable form of facial biometric identification but would need to control for variables like weather and low light.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Air Force Working on Foundational Zero Trust Activities, CIO Says

Some programs are already operating under a zero trust framework, but the enterprise as a whole still needs basic tools for things like identity, credentials and access management. 

  • By Mila Jasper