Tag Archive for ‘Identity Resolution’

We Are Our Own Columbos

Jarrett looks at the 70s TV detective Lt Columbo for insight into how software can solve crime by asking questions. He also explains how Non-Obvious Relationship Awareness (NORA) can sift through the streams of data to find potential threats.

Five Rules of Successful Identity and Social Network Analysis

What makes identity and social network analysis successful? Jeff shares his top five rules for success, including Rule #1: Assume no clue is too small.

What’s In a Name? Transliteration and Variation

How can the international community handle transliterations? Jeff Huth explains, using the example of the Libyan leader who has over 100,000 possible spelling variations.

Detecting Fraud with Insights into Identity Data

Rick explains how InfoSphere Identity Insight can help detect fraud by offering insight into your data. Find out how you can move beyond MDM by answering three key questions about identity: Who is who? Who knows who? And who does what? MoneyGram is already doing this and has demonstrated a 72% drop in consumer complaints about fraud.

Identity Resolution, Data Quality, Data Integration, MDM, Entity Resolution…Oh My!

Jeff reacts to a recent post by Phillip Howard of Bloor Research that attempts to clear up the difference between Identity Resolution and related technologies. How do these technologies work together? And how are they different?

Entity Resolution & MDM: Interchangeable?

Jeff examines the differences between MDM and Entity Resolution, describing use cases for each.

Stay Alive with Information Sharing

Alex Eastman recalls a childhood game, and ponders how information sharing among government and law enforcement agencies can help ensure you don’t lose your marbles.

Uniqueness in the Eye of the NSTIC

The White House just released a draft of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). Jeff Huth examines how government must consider “uniqueness” while identifying Joe Citizen.

Recap: Connecting the Dots Isn’t What It Used to Be

Initiate recently hosted a webinar, Connecting the Dots Isn’t What It Used to Be, discussing how the definition of accuracy has changed as the intelligence community faces new challenges. Alex Eastman recaps the webinar and the resulting Q&A, and offers a link to the replay.

Connecting the Dots Isn’t What It Used to Be

Today, there is an intense push for accuracy in our data and, particularly, in our ability to accurately “connect the dots.” More information and more fragmented data is leading data analysts to look for ways to link information together to improve accuracy thereby improving the usefulness of systems depending on that data. Join us for this webinar to learn how we’re addressing the problem.