Australia sets out three-year strategy to boost ID verification privacy
The Australian Government’s Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is adopting a “whole-of-system” approach to regulation as it seeks…
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Employee screening company breach exposed PII of more than 3 million
A year after it suffered a significant data breach on February 9, 2024, last week Houston, Texas-based DISA Global Solutions –…
Tech5 unveils biometric key generation to complete digital ID management toolbox
Tech5 has launched technology it calls “Biometric Derived Keys” (BDK) to derive keys that can be used for cryptographic operations…
Indian Post Office portal vulnerabilities expose Aadhaar data details
An Indian cybersecurity expert and ethical hacker, Gokuleswaran B, has raised the alarm on some Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR)…
FaceTec enhances UR Code security with support for second PKC algorithm
FaceTec has upgraded the cryptographic security of its UR Codes with support for the Ed25519 Elliptic Curve. The addition of…
Sri Lanka sets budget for 2025 digital transformation strategy
The Sri Lankan government has set aside US$10 million (3 billion Sri Lankan rupees) for digital transformation strategies this year,…
Internal feud rages over unvetted DOGE access to federal IT systems
Behind the scenes, tensions are rising between the White House and Intelligence Community (IC), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),…
EU Data Protection Board adopts age assurance statement with guiding principles
With age check legislation coming to the fore of discussions about online safety, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has…
Jordan’s digital public infrastructure requires more security, trust, people-centricity
Despite the panoply of efforts deployed by Jordan in the last few years to implement a digital public infrastructure (DPI)…
US lawmakers try again for federal data privacy bill
In an effort to establish a comprehensive national data privacy standard – something lawmakers on both sides of the political…
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