CompTIA, the global provider of vendor-neutral skills certifications and training for information technology (IT) professionals, yesterday launched an online testing option for its certification exams in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Â
Encryption features in Microsoft Corp.'s upcoming OS release, Windows Vista, could pose tricky challenges for criminal investigators, a Cambridge University professor told British lawmakers.
IBM Corp. is hoping to encourage banks to make more use of digital certificates through a tie-up with trusted identity company Identrus LLC, Big Blue announced. Identrus has certified version 1.5 and higher of IBM's z/OS mainframe operating system so that users of the software can act as their own digital certificate authorities, eliminating potentially costly middleman certifiers, according to an IBM executive.
After going nearly a year without a CEO, Identrus LLC this week said it has hired a chief executive who's charged with resurrecting the developer of digital certificate technology and expanding the use of its Web-based services for certifying the authenticity of business-to-business transactions.