Robert Siciliano is a NextAdvisor.com Expert Guest Blogger
Like it or no, you'll soon be effectively identified. And by "soon", I mean in the next 10 years. Big Brother, whatever that means, have your "number." Governments around the world have been prepared and the introduction of many technologies to identify, verify and authenticate.
Identity is a simple idea that has become a complex problem. It has become complex due to fraud. Fraud, motivated by money, easy credit, and ease of account recovery. Because the identity has not been effectively implemented, any person can be you. "The identity has not been established" is a bold statement that really require an entire blog. I'll explain briefly here and in detail another time.
We have up to 200 circulating forms of ID from one state to another, more than 14,000 birth certificates and 49 versions of the Social Security card. We use "for profit" third party information brokers and humble vital statistics agency that works for each state to manage data. All these documents can be compromised by a good scanner and inkjet printer. This is not established the identity. This is an archaic treatment of ID distribution and identification systems. identity has not been established.
proper identification starts with Government employees, who basically little say in the matter. the little specific segments of society such as airport employees, those of immediate interest to homeland security, are first in line to be identified.
security management reports as of this month, all workers and sailors who try to access to safe port and maritime areas of the country will have to flash an approved government Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) biometric identity card before entry. As expected, the system is riddled with problems and complaints.
HSPD-12, or internal security Presidential Directive 12, establish universal identification standards for federal employees and contractors, streamlining access to buildings and computer networks, but not without some problems.
Many advocates of privacy scream of horror on a national identity. The fact is, we already have a national identity and it is the social security number. While the Social Security number was never intended to be a national identity, it became one because of the creep function. And he did a bad job, because anyone that gets your SSN can easily get to you.
privacy advocates and others who believe that there is or ever was true privacy operate under an illusion. The issue here is not really the privacy, security. It is the management of our circumstances. Growing up, my mother was an advocate for privacy. She advocated that privacy is a dead issue as long as I lived in his house. At one point, she could not thorough rifle my business if she even had a hint of glass eyeballs.
I have always been fascinated by the identification and what it means. Over the years, as I dug deeper into the information security and identity theft, I am struck by the inefficiency of the current system. Many identity technologies use software or hardware that the delivery system. A Smartcard is a delivery system, it is not your identity. Identity can include biometrics and audit issues.
Then there is the issue of identifying a person correctly. How? And what is the difference between authentication and verification? I always used interchangeably, so I asked an expert, Jeff Maynard, President and Chief biometric management Signature ID, which is in the game to properly identify customers of its customers through the dynamic biometrics, for his take on authentication compared to testing . There is a clear difference . " Authentication is the ability to verify the identity of an individual based on their unique characteristics. This is known as a positive identifier and is only possible in . using biometric data A biometric can be static (anatomical, physiological) or dynamic (behavioral) examples of each are: static - iris, fingerprint, face, DNA dynamic - signing gesture, voice, keyboard.. and perhaps the approach. We also talk about something that you are. verification is used when the identity of a person can not be definitively established. the technologies provide real time assessment of the validity of a strong identity. We do not know who the individual is, but we try to get as close as we can to check their strong identity. Included in this class are out of wallet questions, PINS, passwords, tokens, maps, IP addresses, behavioral trend data based, credit cards, etc. These generally fall into the realm of something you have or something you know. "
identity proofing means proving the identity, which, as I see it, is the foundation of identity and one of the most overlooked and under discussed aspects of identity among the outsiders in the industry. this is a most fascinating subject. I'll get into that soon.
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Robert Siciliano, theft speaker identity, discusses social security numbers.
Robert Siciliano is CEO of IDTheftSecurity.com, an expert on identity theft, professional speaker, security analyst, published author and TV news correspondent. Siciliano works with Fortune 1000 companies and startups as an advisor on product launches, branding, messaging, representation, SEO and media. the thoughts and advice of Siciliano on all these issues often appear in both television and print media news, including CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, FOX, Forbes and USA Today. He has 25 years of safety training as a member of the American Society for Industrial Security. He is the author of two books, including The Safety Minute: Living on high alert; How to take control of your personal safety and to prevent fraud . He also established a partnership with Uni-Ball to help raise awareness of the growing threat of identity theft and provide tips on how you can protect yourself.