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NFC - a Future Mobile Hero?

I was one of many who seriously enjoyed Heroes of the Mobile Screen earlier this week. Staged predominantly by the Mobile Monday team, it was a great event and the BFI Southbank was the perfect venue choice; it put me in a frame of mind to be entertained, challenged and informed and that’s exactly what was in store.

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0 Comments. Posted by Victoria 11 December 2009

Mobile Authentication

Authentication for remote banking and online payments is becoming an increasingly hot topic within the finance sector. Banks are looking to decrease customer reliance on branches by improving the experience of internet, mobile and telephone banking, however fraud is becoming ever more sophisticated and targeted. This article explores how mobile is being seen as key to the future our personal banking security.    

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0 Comments. Posted by Steve 28 August 2009

The Role of Standards in NFC

How many standards bodies does it take to lay solid foundations for a new technology? In the process of researching content for a paper on Near Field Communication (NFC) – specifically, the role of Trusted Services Managers (TSMs) – for the Smart Mobility conference, I’ve been side tracked a little by this important issue.

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0 Comments. Posted by Victoria 07 August 2009

Chrome OS

Thought I’d go a bit off-topic with this post in light of the news that Google is releasing an operating system, which I thought was a fairly predictable move.  Victoria has pointed me at a funny article with some criticism of the move:

http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2009/07/lets-all-take-deep-breath-and-get-some.html

And I basically wanted to take it apart, because I think it’s wrong in so many places!

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0 Comments. Posted by James 15 July 2009

High Risk Authentication

High risk authentication (banking, VPN), has always demanded separate hardware dedicated to authenticating users.  There’s good reason for having this additional security layer. Called two-factor authentication, the logic is simple - if one device is compromised, overall security isn’t breached.  Two common examples are:

• Card + reader.  Your bank issues you with a card reader, which you use in conjunction with your bank card
• Multi-purpose token generators

Unsurprisingly, with mobile phone subscriptions now outstripping the number of TV, personal PC and credit card owners, there’s strong interest in using them for authentication.

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0 Comments. Posted by James 06 July 2009