Online and Digital Identification, Securing Web 2.0, PKI and Digital Certificates

Episode 36: Building a bridge for digital identity

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

How do we ensure online transactions? How do we know that the person on the other end of a transaction is who they say they are? How do we ensure that transaction without a high cost? These are questions the Four Bridges Forum wants to answer. Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin spoke with executives from half the Four Bridges Forum, Jeff Nigriny, from Certipath, and Mollie Shields-Uehling, with Safe BioPharma, about the initiative and what they’re trying to accomplish.



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