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The WiKID Blog, musings on two-factor authentication, information security and some other stuff.

repurcussions-of-data-loss-at-ohio-university

It's a long standing joke that no matter where you move, your alumni association can find you. That may change after OU's experience with their data breaches as chronicled here. Of course, they use your Social Security Number to track you down.

schwarzenegger-vetoes-pci-esque-legislation

Legislation that would have made merchants responsible for card-reissuance and other identity theft costs was vetoed by Gov. Schwarzenegger.

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One of our customers, Online Banking Solutions offers banks and financial institution software for commercial account management. They have embedded WiKID for two-factor session authentication and mutual https authentication in both the server side and on their optional client. The combined client facilitates the initial validation process, performs session authentication using the one-time passcode and performs mutual https authentication to prevent MITM attacks.

on-the-short-tenure-of-cisos-and-low-frequency

I came across this post which pointed to this article on how to hedge funds can write a series of naked puts on low-probability events and look like geniuses. I have equated this to the information security market before and I have pointed out other posts about low-frequency, high-impact events.

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Courtesy InfoWorld

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