Author Archives: Stephen Wilson
A response to M2SYS on reverse engineering
M2SYS posted on their blog a critique of the recent reverse engineering of iris templates....
Taking stock of the IdM scene
An awkward fracas has broken out in the identity standards community over the process that...
The double standard in biometrics analysis
The reverse engineering of biometric iris templates reported at Blackhat this month has attracted deserved...
Card fraud in Australia even worse than feared
Seasoned security analysts know the card fraud trends, but the latest stats in Australia are...
Identities are brittle but crystal clear – update
A year after the demise of Cardspace, and there is still no consensus as to...
Let’s embrace Identity Plurality
In information security we’ve been saddled for years with the tacit assumption that deep down...
For all the talk of ecosystems …
Yet another breathless report crossed my desk via Twitter this morning where the rise of...
Understanding biometrics and their necessary fallibility
Most lay people get their understanding of biometrics from watching science fiction movies, where people...
Guilty until proven innocent
Once again, in relation to charges levelled against their own, politicians have claimed that like...
Photo data as crude oil
It’s been said that “data is the new oil”. The immense stores of Personal Information...