Symantec has launched its new “Identity Safe” cloud service for ID protection and simple, secure password management as a free download for Windows PCs, Apple’s iDevices and all those Androids.

Attorney-General Robert McClelland has announced the results of a survey, under the headline: "New research shows identity theft affects one in six people," but that's something of an exaggeration depending exactly on what you take 'effects' to mean.

IT management software specialist Quest Software has acquired Symlabs, a provider of virtual directory and identity management systems.

Although possibly tempered by events of the past couple of days, a recent survey shows that Australians are much more concerned about their financial and identity security than any possible terrorism threat.

Google has started to allow the use of OpenID to simplify the process of creating a Google account.

Symantec has completed its $US1.28 billion acquisition of VeriSign's identity and authentication business.

Open Identity Exchange might sound like a bazaar for identity thieves, but it's actually about being able to use a single set of credentials in multiple online settings.

Want to finish off your online identity with a virtual ritual suicide? Looks like you might be out of luck as seppukoo.com falls on the Facebook sword.

Credit card theft, unauthorised bank account access and identity theft are rife in Australia with more than one in five Australians aged 16-years or over now reporting that someone has stolen their identity, illegally accessed, or tried to access their bank accounts, stolen or skimmed their credit cards or tried to steal their bank account pin.

The Future Internet will be an extremely complex world of numerous interconnected devices and services and with users already bemused by a bewildering array of connections, usernames and passwords a radically different approach will be needed.