Archive for February, 2012

Biometric Signature ID Releases Case Study Showing 80% Cost Reduction in Physical Proctoring with New Student Identity Proofing Solution

February 14, 2012  |   Biometric Signature,BioSig-ID,BSI Press Release,Industry Trends,Passwords,Security News   |     |   Comments Off

Biometric Signature ID Releases Case Study Showing 80% Cost Reduction in Physical Proctoring with New Student Identity Proofing Solution   BSI’s BioSig-ID authentication software found to deliver 93% savings in reduced help desk calls, increased academic integrity, enhanced compliance with student ID verification regulations and capital recovery as documented by eduKan Consortium.  Biometric Signature ID, Inc. (BSI) announced today that their patented BioSig-ID™ dynamic biometric technology for student identity proofing has shown dramatic cost savings in several areas as documented at eduKan Consortium. The white paper case study report was released today showing a 405% Return-on-Investment (ROI), in less than two-thirds of a year of use. BSI is the only company with a patented software-only biometric technology that exceeds NIST accuracy requirements in the $12.6B Identity and Access Management (IAM) authentication market. “Our goal was to find a student identity solution that allowed us to be compliant with the changing HEOA regulations and accrediting agency, be transparent to our students and be used for randomly to authenticate who is logged into our Pearson eCollege LMS courses as well as for gradable events.” Said Dr. Mark Sarver, CEO of EduKan. “BSI’s solution gave us the highest level of student integrity and proved out a dramatic 93% cost savings to us.” eduKan went live in May 2011 with BioSig-ID as their student identity authentication system. ...

Hackers Publish Symantec’s Source Code

February 07, 2012  |   Biometric Signature,identity Theft,Passwords,Security News   |     |   Comments Off

Hackers Publish Symantec’s Source Code   Hacker YamaTough has published Symantec's pcAnywhere's source code that was stolen after entering Symantec's network and taking source code for pcAnywhere and Norton Antivirus. pcAnywhere is used for accessing personal computers remotely. YamaTough published this source code after an attempt to extort $50,000 failed last night. He also claims that the source code has backdoors which allow for spying through the software by governments and other individuals who know how to access them.  

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