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

Digital signature and identity verification technology combine to combat fraud

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

ARX Inc. and IDology Inc. have partnered to create secure authentication solution for enterprises. The combination of the ARX CoSign and IDology ExpectID products means more secure online transactions and more opportunities to fight fraud.

CoSign, a provider of standard digital signatures collaboration with ExpectID IQ, an identity verifying solution, enables businesses to be assured documents are being signed by the right people. The new solution identifies the signer of important contracts, disclosures and other documents before attaching a forgery-immune digital signature.


The procedure works as follows: The information is first provided by the signer, then IDology’s ExpectID IQ solution generates a knowledge-based quiz to confirm that the signer‘s identity while ARX’s CoSign system monitors the entire process. If an ID is verified, a set of standard digital signature credentials is given to the individual.

This product is now available by contacting either ARX Inc. or IDology Inc [end] 

Valtech, a consulting firm, has partnered with Biometric Signature ID Inc. (BSI) to offer enhanced identity proofing and electronic signature applications.

Valtech will leverage BSI’s BioSig-ID technology, a biometric handwriting and gesture technology that a user activates by using a mouse to create an online ID. For identity verification, the product’s Click-ID technology requires users to click on specific objects within an image in a certain way.

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Louisville, Ky.-based Electronic Verification Systems (EVS) has announced it’s planning to concentrate on providing fraud prevention and identity verification products for the FFIEC supplemental guidance to authentication in an Internet banking environment.

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Visa Europe is anticipating a big year for contactless and NFC payments, with issuance projected to leap from 30 million in 2011 to 50 million in 2012.

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Entrust Inc. has made enhancements to its Entrust Discovery digital certificate product by expanding search capabilities for digital certificates residing within Microsoft’s Cryptographic APIs and adding more than 25 basic or custom policy field alerts to ease certificate management.

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British Columbia is moving forward with plans to upgrade its CareCard program. According to The Vancouver Sun, the new card will provide access to a variety of regional services including electronic health records, driver license and school registration for children.

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Internet fraud prevention and user authentication provider TeleSign and IP geolocation and online fraud detection company MaxMind have joined forces to create a multilayer fraud prevention service.

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