March 26-28, five identity experts will discuss the state of identity technology in a panel moderated by Basis Technology at the Know Identity Conference in Washington, D.C.. This blog post is the third in a  series to preview that conversation. Missed our previous posts? Learn more about the panelists and the current state of identity technology, then come back to… Read More Know Identity Conference panelists explore the future of identity verification and digital trustworthiness

For almost 20 years, humans have maintained a continuous presence beyond Earth. The International Space Station has provided a habitat where humans can live and work for extended periods of time. Yet, despite having established a permanent base for life in space, terra firma is always in reach—within 254 miles, to be exact. If a… Read More News Monitors blog: The Future of Space Exploration Technology

We’ve got information coming out our ears — and our phones and social accounts — and ASU researchers are working to protect it In today’s fast-moving, high-tech world, we leave digital footprints nearly everywhere we go, our sensitive personal information is under attack from those who want to track our habits or steal our identities,… Read More Defending Data

The data firm used by the Trump campaign, Cambridge Analytica, is taking its turn in the eyes of many as the villain responsible for the apocalyptic outcome of the presidential election of 2016. Others, of course, have included Russia and the Electoral College system, but progressives are especially distressed about this one. That a crude… Read More Data Mining, Not the First Time To be Used

  Introduction In recent weeks, the ongoing struggle between the Islamic State (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda for leadership of the global jihad movement found a new theatre – the Sinai peninsula – as Al-Qaeda made efforts to reenter the Egyptian arena and challenge the hegemony of ISIS in Sinai, or at least to put on a… Read More Sinai – A New Arena For The Ongoing ISIS-Al-Qaeda Rivalry

Israel’s strategic situation took several steps back in the first week of the New Year, chiefly: The US pulled back from E. Syria under Russian threat, allowing Iran to move in. In just one week, the dire perils, which many military and political experts warned against for years, are suddenly looming on Israel’s northern border.… Read More Moscow: US-backed SDF faces “destruction.” Pro-Iranian Iraqi force crosses into Syria

The London-based Center for Nonproliferation Studies estimates North Korea has stocked between 2,500 and 5,000 metric tons of chemical weapons, which could reach extremist hands. It includes a large supply of VX, the deadliest nerve gas ever created, which was used to assassinate Kim Jong Un’s half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, at Kuala Lumpur airport. Only… Read More North Korea has up to 5,000 metric tons of chemical weapons

Philanthropist, entrepreneur, CEO, and cast member of The Real Housewives of Dallas, D’Andra Simmons, is taking a brief interlude from the buzz around Bravo’s diva drama to visit refugee camps and to meet families in Lebanon displaced by the ISIS war. Simmons will see first-hand the operations of private aid organization Mercury One’s program, The… Read More Star of Real Housewives of Dallas in Lebanon with Texas-based Aid Organization’s “The Nazarene Fund”