WHITE PAPER: Mobile Credentials: Access Control for the Mobile Workforce
Abloy UK has launched a new discussion paper which explores the reasons for the increased demand for mobile credentials, particularly in critical infrastructure where they’re being used to answer the need for flexibility, convenience and improved operational efficiency. In addition, they provide an easy way to manage access rights with instant delivery, and increased security […]
Apple delays app transport security deadline
Apple has backtracked on its plan to enforce a year-end deadline for 2016 that would have required developers to move apps to an HTTPS-only model in an effort to thwart eavesdropping on insecure, plaintext HTTP connections. In a short statement at the end of last month, Apple said that a requirement for developers to adopt […]
Gallagher launches new mobile security app to international market…
Gallagher has announced the release of its Mobile Connect app which promises to transform a mobile phone into an access device – empowering businesses to use mobile technology in place of traditional access cards. The security division of the Gallagher Group partnered with the FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance and Nok Nok Labs to create the app, which uses two-step remote provisioning to deliver secure enrolment by sending […]
Kaspersky Lab: Brit residents ‘top targets’ of ransomware attacks…
New data released by security software company, Kaspersky Lab, claims that British residents are constantly being targeted in a wave of ransomware attacks. The research suggests that mobile ransomware is becoming more commonplace, and reveals that the company put a stop to 136,532 ransomware attacks between March 2015 and March 2016; an almost four-fold increase […]
