Identity Protection

We recently joined up with authentication experts Yubico to provide our members with the option to secure their miiCard accounts using the YubiKey device.

There has been a lot in the news regarding the security of our online accounts lately and everyone from Google to Twitter is working hard to offer additional protection measures.

The more accounts we have to manage, the more we tend to rely on the same username and password to secure them - it's much easier to remember one login combination than ten after all.

Last week we were at DataIQ in London, a gathering of the leading data providers, marketers and industry experts and hosted by our partners Callcredit.

Last month, we were pleased to announce our partnership with CV certifications service Veritas Vitae to combat CV fraud and help candidates stand out in their online job applications.

For candidates

It is fantastic to see our DirectID service, launched late last year, now being used by a number of professional services companies in finance and recruitment for their identity checking requirements.

With creating trust online core to everything we do at miiCard, we love joining forces with other organisations working hard to make the Internet a safer place.

A recent report by Javelin Strategy & Research in the US '2013 IDENTITY FRAUD REPORT: Data Breaches Becoming a Treasure Trove for Fraudsters' is the latest piece of industry research to highlight the growing problem of identity-related fraud.

Last week we hosted the first Trust In Digital Life (TDL) meeting for the year. A European community formed by leading industry partners and institutes, TDL is working to increase trust levels, security and privacy on the web.

In his welcoming address miiCard's James Varga signaled the rise of customer-driven Bring Your Own Identity (BYOID) solutions as being core to creating greater trust online.

We were pleased to host the first working group meeting of the year for Trust In Digital Life at The Scotsman Hotel in Edinburgh on Monday, and it was fantastic to see the group making great progress on increasing trust levels, security and privacy in our connected, online world.

Here's a great podcast from The Economist's Mark Johnson concerning recent developments