Who holds the keys to digital sovereignty? It might not be who you think
As governments think more about digital identity as a pillar of digital public infrastructure, and therefore a matter of vital…
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Mastek win £49M deal to support UK Home Office Biometrics delivery
Digital engineering and cloud transformation firm Mastek has won a contract to engineer, integrate and develop the UK Home Office…
Univention’s Nubus promises data sovereignty at fraught moment: Nextcloud
In a recent post discussing identity and access management (IAM), open source content collaboration platform Nextcloud raises questions about the…
NIST warns token security remains a critical weakness in cloud, federal systems
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a new draft report warning that weaknesses in how digital tokens…
GBG chooses AWS to host digital ID cloud, LexisNexis builds its own APAC datacenter
Demand for digital identity solutions is growing worldwide. Service providers meanwhile are selecting different paths in how they build and…
Cyber Security & Cloud Expo Global 2026
Cyber Security & Cloud Expo Global 2026 London, UK February 4 – 5, 2026 Join 9,000+ cybersecurity and tech leaders…
UK claims of digital ID cloud security likely come down to encryption, not location
A UK junior minister is holding up data residency as a factor in keeping digital identity information private and secure,…
Incode one step closer to bidding on US federal biometrics contracts
Incode is now FedRAMP Ready, as demonstrated with Readiness Assessment reviewed by the FedRAMP Program Management Office. The designation brings…
Sri Lanka strengthens cyber defenses, digital infrastructure
Sri Lanka is significantly advancing its national cyber resilience through several key initiatives under the umbrellas of the government’s digital…
New Zealand taps NEC to develop mobile proof of age credential
NEC has announced a partnership with Hospitality New Zealand that will see it digitize the Kiwi Access Card, a proof…
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