Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

Exponent's Brad McGoran explains card testing processes

Monday, November 17, 2008

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Safety science company UL has acquired Melbourne, Australia-based Witham Laboratories, a global provider of payment software and hardware security reviews.

The acquisition expands UL’s reach into the payment card security assessment field and will enable it to provide security reviews of payment terminal, software and infrastructure.

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As part of the U.S. Department of State’s initiative to simplify and streamline customer service interactions and processes, the Office of Passport Services has started a 90-day pilot program for online passport card applications.

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Collis has announced the launch of its Visa Mobile Payment Specification (VMCPS) Test Suite, enabling the functional testing of UICC or secure element-based contactless mobile payments applications.

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GlobalPlatform extended its compliance program for validation that secure products meets the requirements of GlobalPlatform’s new basic financial configuration.

This advancement meets industry demand for a qualification process which confirms that a financial card product operates within the payment landscape.

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HID Global introduced a service to supply PIV-I credentials to U.S. federal contractors. The new service will enable contractors to go online and walk them through the entire PIV-I issuance process, including in-person vetting as well, says Brad Jarvis, vice president of product marketing at HID Global.

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The Mozilla Foundation has started testing its BrowserID user authentication system, a full six months after its introduction, ZDNet reports. Mozilla is testing the system across five of its sites.

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