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President Obama Taps David Recordon as the White House’s “Director of Information Technology (?)”
This is somewhat old news. My colleagues and I had quite a lively discussion about it on Friday morning Japan time, but I had no time on Friday. Then I became ill and slept until j…
NSA and GCHQ Had Secretly Taken SIM Keys in Massive Quantities
According to a report by The Intercept on 2015/2/19 local time [1], the NSA and GCHQ had stolen large quantities of keys (Ki) stored on SIMs shipped by Gemalto. As a result, interc…
From IDM to IRM: The Changing Horizon of Identity
Today (2014/11/21), starting at 14:15, I gave the keynote address at the 6th OpenAM Consortium Seminar held at Shinagawa Intercity. The title was: “From IDM to IRM: The Changing Ho…
Guidelines for Providing Information and Explanations with Due Consideration for Consumer Privacy in Online Services Have Been Formulated (METI/Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
The guidelines that I helped develop as a member of the study committee have been published. METI: “Guidelines for Providing Information and Explanations with Due Consideration for…
Executive Order Issued to Improve the Security of Consumer Financial Transactions — Including the Adoption of Chip Cards for Credit Cards and Multi-Factor Authentication for Government Websites
On October 17, 2014, an Executive Order [1] was issued to improve the security of consumer financial transactions. Its 3 main provisions are as follows. Section 1. Securing Payment…
Public Comments Invited on Draft Ministerial Ordinance Concerning My Number Notification Cards, Individual Number Cards, and Related Matters
Public comments are being invited on the “Draft Ministerial Ordinance Concerning Notification Cards and Individual Number Cards, and the Provision of Specific Personal Information…
Has the Wheel Become Round?—The Maturity and Trends of Identity-Related Standards
The title on the ID&IT website is still provisional, but tomorrow at the ANA Hotel I will give a roughly 30-minute speech titled “Has the Wheel Become Round?—The Maturity and T…
I Will Be Appearing at IT&ID 2014
At the event being held in Osaka on 9/17 (Wed.) and in Tokyo on 9/19 (Fri.), I will be appearing in the international-speaker slot at “IT&ID 2014”. It is General Session [GE-05…
Government Plans to Introduce Income-Contingent Student Loan Repayment Using My Number
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has settled on a policy of introducing income-contingent repayment into the university student loan system beginn…
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) Joins the OpenID Foundation as a Board Member
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) joined the OpenID Foundation in the United States…
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