Category: General

Social Media Week hits Paris

2011 represented a sea change within personal and corporate use of social channels with 10,000 tweets per second being sent during the recent superbowl while digital marketing and social media investments by companies are up even in an economic downturn. This evening I’ll be giving Gemalto’s view on social media use as part of Social Media Week

Strong authentication, not ‘snail mail’, is the answer to cybercrime

In early nineteenth century England, members of the ‘Luddite’ movement protested against the onset of the industrial revolution by destroying the machinery which they believed was jeopardising their careers as skilled tradesmen. Since then the term has become synonymous with all of those who shun technological progress in favour of more antiquated methods. There is […]

RSA 2012 – Keeping the Cloud secure

RSA 2012 is the biggest event in the security calendar. I’m here in San Francisco immersing myself in a buzz of activity and discussion about the latest cyber threats, data breaches, risk management and cloud security. But despite all the hustle and bustle I can’t keep away from my favourite blogs and wanted to share […]

What does our future identity look like?

Facebook and Google have been under the spotlight recently for the way they deal with online identities. These are just some of the most high profile examples, but have helped drive heightened awareness of our online identities and privacy settings. This week’s SXSWi is understandably awash with debates about what the future might look like […]

ISC West 2012: See PIV, PIV-I and CIV in Action

This week the Gemalto team is in Las Vegas for ISC West 2012, teaming up with other companies in the Smart Card Security Pavilion (booth 16143) to showcase some of our security solutions for government and enterprise. Some of the technologies within the Pavilion may be new to some.  Most security professionals are familiar with […]