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Implementing Digital Authentication Per NIST Guidelines (SP 800-63-3)
In 2016, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (run by the US Department of Commerce) announced they were producing a new...
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Digital authentication - factors, mechanisms and schemes
Indiana University defines authentication as "the process of determining whether someone or something is who or what it is declared to be."...
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Digital signatures in mobile banking and payment processing
Over the past 8-10 years, we’ve witnessed a huge rise in the use and application of mobile banking. At first we could check our account balances and...
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How eIDAS affects the USA
On July 1st 2016, eIDAS was introduced in the EU to replace the almost 20 year old European Signatures Directive. The directive was originally built...
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Understanding non-repudiation of origin and non-repudiation of emission
This article sheds light on the two approaches to achieve non-repudiation of an electronic message: non-repudiation of emission and non-repudiation...
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E-signatures in elections: The key to preventing voter fraud?
Election season in the US is upon us - and with it, comes the typical questions of how to secure ballots and prevent voter fraud. In the US, UK, and...
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How Digital Signatures and Blockchains Can Work Together
Everywhere you turn in the security world, an interesting word keeps popping up: “Blockchain”. Just like the word “cloud”, this concept has taken...
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Using The AdES Standard for Mobile and Distributed Environments
AdES stands for Advanced Electronic Signature, which embraces a family of eIDAS-compliant standards for digital signatures including PAdES, CAdES and...
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The Role of Central Signing and Authentication in e-Government Security
Year after year, more stories surface about large scale data loss from e-government systems across the world.