I recently wrote a white paper for Vicorp, an independent tool vendor for IVR systems. The following is a section from the white paper which I think is very interesting. 

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I recently wrote a white paper for Vicorp, an independent tool vendor for IVR systems. The following is a section from the white paper which I think is very interesting. 

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The Department of Homeland Security posted its guidelines for the implementation of Real ID. Real ID is a set of standards for drivers licences and state ID cards proposed by the Federal Government that:  read more »

AOL's recent move to embrace OpenID (right behind Microsoft and the rest of world+dog) has taken the next step, with all AOL and AIM screen names becoming an OpenID URL.

With this, in one fell swoop, over 63 million new OpenID accounts have just been created.  read more »

Ma.gnolia.com, a popular social bookmarking site, added OpenID as an alternative method for new user registration in December, 2006. OpenID is a decentralized user-centric identity architecture that allows a user to use a URL based ID (think of it like a username) to log into a variety of websites.

Earlier this month, Larry Halff, founder of Gnolia Systems shared usage statistics of 5467 users that registered for new service between December 15 and January 31. No specific user data was provided.

Sample Sizing:  read more »

On February 6, at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Andy Rolfe of Authentify and Dr. Stephen Elliot of Purdue University presented the results of a study on Authentify's implementation of voice biometrics/speaker verification. It should be noted that this study should not be considered to be a statement on voice biometrics on the whole, but on a specific implementation of a a single vendor's hosted authentication solution.  read more »

OpenID, the most visible of the new identity management schemas - and CardSpace, Microsoft's browser based initiative to help users control and protect their identity online have decided to play nicely together in the User-Centric Identity space. The press release is here .

A team consisting of Microsoft, VeriSign, Sxip and JanRain has been assembled to implement the new interoperability model.  read more »

Multiple sources are reporting that the Maine legislature has passed a resolution to opt-out of the federally mandated REAL ID program.  read more »

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