Identity Resolution Daily Links 2007-09-06
[Daily Post from Infoglide Software] Merger Mania Will Slow Down. Or Not.
“So will M&A activity continue its record pace or will it decline? No one knows for sure. What I do know is that whether through leveraged buy-outs or M&A, when two companies come together, there will be massive database compatibility issues.”
PodTech.net: Identity Management in Homeland Security
“Identity management isn’t just about network access anymore. It’s quickly become one of the most important aspects of overall homeland security. In this mini-Webumentary, I talk to several experts about the role of identity management in homeland security and where the technology is going in the future.” [vidcast]
Washington Post: DHS Ends Criticized Data-Mining Program
“The Secure Flight program to screen domestic air travelers was blocked by Congress after it acquired live personal data for testing. That program has since issued a privacy impact assessment, dropped use of commercial data such as personal credit card histories, and will begin tests this fall.”
American Civil Liberties Union: ACLU Demands Shutdown of Unlawful Passenger-Tracking System
“ATS ranks citizens using unknown but inevitably imprecise algorithms and draws from databases with known errors. Even security officials, including the Secure Flight Working Group, have said they cannot determine who will be a threat from the characteristics ATS uses.”
FCW.com News: Info-sharing architecture framework released
“Federal information sharing now has an enterprise architecture framework. The Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE) issued Version 1.0 of the Enterprise Architecture Framework (EAF) for the ISE Aug. 30. ‘The vision for the ISE is to create a powerful national capability to share and search terrorism information across jurisdictional boundaries,” the framework document states.’”
Guardian Unlimited: Migrant Cash Is World Economic Giant
“Counterterrorism officials say al-Qaida and other groups are financed in part through informal money transfer networks called hawalas. Governments and the International Monetary Fund have been working to regulate those.”
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