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On the Management of Consent and Revocation in Enterprises: Setting the Context

The aim of this paper is to set the context for the management of consent and revocation in enterprises, create awareness and so pave the way towards better and improved practices in this area. A number of international laws and regulations mandate to some degree that individuals should be enabled...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Revocation, Regulations, Government

White papers 2009-03-06

Protecting Biometric Data With Extended Access Control: Securing Biometric Datasets in Electronic Identification Documents

While extremely valuable for strong authentication, biometric datasets contain sensitive personally identifiable information that criminal organization could leverage to commit fraud, impersonate identities or gain unauthorized access into ePassport-protected countries. Extended Access Control technology helps protect these invaluable biometric datasets from being stolen and used for malicious gain. The requirements...

Tags: Entrust Technologies, Access Control, Revocation, PKI, Security

White papers 2008-08-01

Revocation Made Simpler

The important functionality of revocation has brought headaches to many security architects. This white paper discusses the drawbacks of the existing methods of Certificate Revocation Lists CRLs and the Online Certificate Status Protocol OCSP and suggests an alternative and the persuasively simple way for revoking the keys: short-lived certificates SLCs.

Tags: PGP Corp., Revocation, Security

White papers 2007-10-03

Outlookers 1 (Windows)

Outlookers is an e-mail opening confirmation service for Microsoft Outlook users. Main features: opening confirmation, sending revocation, alert window for opening notice.

Tags: Revocation, AgentService, Outlookers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail, Construction, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Online Communications, Enterprise Software

Software downloads 2006-06-07

Additional Resources

The future of mobile malware - digitally signed by Symbian?

Earlier this month, a mobile malware known as Transmitter.C, Sexy View, Sexy Space or SYMBOS_YXES.B, slipped through Symbian's mobile code signing procedure, allowing it to act as a legitimate application with access to device critical functions such as access to the mobile network, and numerous other functions of the handset....

Tags: Mobile, Malware, Symbian Inc., Symbian Foundation, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-07-23

A Certificate Revocation Scheme for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

The increasing prominence of wireless ad hoc networks is stimulating greater interest in developing adequate security mechanisms for securing applications involving these innovative networks paradigms. Adapting wired network security schemes-particularly those involved digital certificates-to wireless ad hoc networks environments, poses many difficulties, primarily for two reasons: the limitation of computational...

Tags: McGill University, Network, Wireless, Certificate Revocation, Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility

White papers 2009-01-01

MD5/rogue CA attack: The sky is not falling

MD5/rogue CA attack: The sky is not fallingCA changing to something other than MD5...is the easy part, The new CA Certs will need to be deployed along with new Certs for the websites. Also the Cert Revocation list should be updated.RE: MD5/rogue CA attack: The sky is not fallingI really...

Tags: Quality, training and certification, SECURITY, Computer Associates International Inc., MD5, certification, Viega, attack

Discussion threads 2008-12-31

Balancing utility with responsibility on student laptops

Balancing utility with responsibility on student laptopsFear FactorIt seems I refer to lots of books when I post here. This time it is "A Course In Miracles" The two people responsible for getting this into print were psychiatrists in a teaching hospital and used the principles to improve their...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Edison, Balancing Utility

Discussion threads 2008-12-19

What would Windows be without Win32?

What would Windows be without Win32?Tempting thought......... to design windows without a thought towards backwards compatibility. I'm sure the end product would be a huge improvement.The real question is, would the superiority gained outweigh the deficit of "all new apps." Would business, which just wants the thing to...

Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Win32, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-09-15

Secure2sign 4 (Windows)

Secure2sign is an advanced digital signing tool which is integrated into Microsoft Office Word in a manner that allows and encourages natural document signing. Secure2sign allows multiple persons to digitally sign and/or time-stamp a document. Features such as validation of digital certificate, revocation and expiry status is checked for, and...

Tags: Document, Microsoft Windows, Avoco Secure, Secure2sign, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Digital Security, Smart Cards, Microsoft Office, Authentication/Encryption, Office Suites, Software, Security

Software downloads 2008-08-22

Maintain an automated networked database? GraphOn wants to sue you

Maintain an automated networked database? GraphOn wants to sue youLitigious Theft. Where does it end?People/Companies like mosquitos, stealing a living by sucking the life blood of others. HEY the internet was my idea, you all owe me billions of dollars. They need to get in line behind...

Tags: Litigation, database, patent, GraphOn, prior art, software patent, settlement, Google Inc., software

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

Extending BAN Logic for Reasoning With Modern PKI-Based Protocols

BAN Logic is a well-known authentication logic which, despite other more recent logics and formal methods, remains popular with many protocol designers. BAN Logic however does not properly deal with the issues of certificates and the use of Public Key Infrastructure PKI. This paper proposes an extension to BAN Logic...

Tags: Reasoning Inc., PKI, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Network Security, Security, Networking

White papers 2008-08-01

AnySign 1 (Windows)

AnySign enables the digital signing of absolutely any file type without the need for custom plugins or toolkits. Anyone can verify these signatures as AnySign Verifier is absolutely free. Some of the features available from AnySign are: Digitally signing of any file with soft or smart card certificates. Counter signing...

Tags: Smart Card, Microsoft Windows, Signature, Krestfield, AnySign, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, E-mail, Security, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-05-26

Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security letters

Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security lettersHope springs eternal.Seriously...this is just what I needed today. ThanksRE: Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security lettersI know that every lawyer that I have contacted in regards to taking my casewere more than likely sent a "NSL" -- which discouraged...

Tags: security letter, Brewster Kahle, cookbook, security

Discussion threads 2008-05-08

TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of Windows Server 2008 (Part 20 of 24): Windows Server 2008 Public Key Infrastructure (Level 200)

The presenter of this webcast covers new functionalities and enhancements for certificate services and Public Key Infrastructure PKI in the Windows Server 2008 operating system. The presenter explains how certificate services in Windows Server 2008 include auto-enrollment and credential roaming, in addition to the Active Directory certificate server role and...

Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, PKI, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Hardware

Webcasts 2008-05-07

Unbreakable: PKI is alive and kicking

Unbreakable: PKI is alive and kickingNOTHING is unbreakable!PKI is dead if you are looking for unbreakable!The truth if you can handle it!!The Secret Diark of Steve Ballmer and my band BalmRE: Unbreakable: PKI is alive and kickingPKI is meaningless unless the credentials presented are authenticated for revocation status. Not only...

Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Digital security, Network security, SECURITY, Nothing, PKI

Discussion threads 2008-01-10

Attracting high-skilled immigrants

I don't have to belabor the point with ZDNet readers that high-skill workers are fairly essential to the health of the American economy. It shouldn't really matter, however, where those high-skilled workers were accidentally born. I chose that description on purpose, as it is my firm belief that birthright is...

Tags: Barrier, Card, America, Nation, Europe, Worker, John Carroll

Blog posts 2007-11-08

"User-centric" starts with the social, not the commercial

I'm on a bit of a tear today, but it is because I just got over a week of Percodan-induced drooling after I had some surgery on my aging shoulder. I don't know if it is just that I am coherent for the first time since last Friday or that...

Tags: Bank, Intermediary, Money, Financial Services, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2007-10-11

UPDATE: ATI driver flaw exposes Vista kernel to attackers

See update below for official response from ATIAn unpatched flaw in an ATI driver was at the center of the mysterious Purple Pill proof-of-concept tool that exposed a way to maliciously tamper with the Windows Vista kernel.Purple Pill, a utility released by Alex Ionescu and yanked an hour later after...

Tags: Attacker, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., ATI Technologies Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Kernel, Tool, Flaw, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-08-09

Vista kernel tampering tool released, then mysteriously disappears

The race to defeat a key anti-rootkit/anti-DRM mechanism in Windows Vista has heated up again with the release of a tool that loads unsigned drivers into 64-bit Windows kernel and a swift decision by Microsoft to treat the utility as malicious spyware.But a third developer has joined the fray with...

Tags: Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Tool, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-08-07