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Posts by Maria Vachino

  1. Do You Really Need A Blockchain?

    Maria Vachino

    Blockchain is (still!) all the rage at identity and cybersecurity conferences. Blockchain sounds new and exciting, looks slick on marketing materials, screams “innovation!,” powers cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, and has been billed as a cure-all for a variety of use cases. The US Federal Government faces so many technical challenges that it’s no wonder there’s interest…

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  2. 10 Things We Love About The NIST Privacy Framework

    Maria Vachino

    As cybersecurity and identity professionals, you might think we nerd out all day long talking about authentication, identity proofing, and federation – and you’d be mostly right. We are passionate about cybersecurity and identity but, for the record, we’ve been longtime privacy superfans. Frankly, we think good privacy enables good identity, not the other way…

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