Alarms are ringing

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a new reportcalling for federal agencies to strengthen their online identity verification processes. The report was written per a Congressional directive following the Equifax breach two years ago. The purpose of the study was to describe federal practices for remote identity proofing and the effectiveness and risks associated with those practices. The study was done from Nov. 2017 to May 2019 and the outcome has important implications not just for the U.S. Government, but the private sector as well.

While the Equifax breach was the impetus for the report, the number of data breaches before and after continues unabated. In fact, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center, while the total number of data breaches last year was down by 23 percent, the total number of consumer PII (personally identifiable information) records exposed was up by a whopping 126 percent!

Secure ID is th answer, and the contradiction is within the NSA. Local governments need this tech hence it will spread and become part of everyday life, the biometric card.