Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

Smart Card Alliance issues call for OSCA nominees

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

The Smart Card Alliance again plans to honor the companies and individuals who have had the greatest impact on the North American smart card industry in the past year with presentation of its “Outstanding Smart Card Achievement” (OSCA) awards at the CTST 2009–The Americas Conference May 4-7 in New Orleans.

The alliance is currently seeking nominations for the 2009 awards. More details and a nomination form can be found here. All nominations must be received by March 20.

Awards are presented in three categories, two for organizations and one for an individual:

  • Outstanding Issuing Organization Award goes to an organization issuing smart card technology to its internal clients’ or external customers’ use in North America.

  • Outstanding Technology Organization Award is for an organization that designs, develops or manufactures smart card technology or that provides services that support smart card usage.

  • Outstanding Individual Leadership Award will go to someone who has a record of leadership, vision, support and commitment to the smart card industry.

A judging panel consisting of North American smart card industry suppliers, end-users and individuals from the analyst and media communities will review qualified OSCA applications and will select three finalists in each category.

Last year’s winners can be seen here. [end] 

Related Articles
Smart Card Alliance releases NFC transit report

The Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council has published a white paper examining how the transit industry can best make use of NFC technology.

“One of the major challenges facing transit agencies today is how to capitalize on the ever-growing popularity of mobile phones with a solid mobile strategy,” said Transportation Council Chairman Craig Roberts. “This white paper builds on the knowledge base developed in earlier white papers to foster a greater understanding of NFC technology, explain its role in the transit industry, and shed light on key issues facing the transit industry in developing a mobile strategy.”

read more »
Multicard to supply multi-functional credentials for Henkel

Multicard, a unit of Identive Group that supplies credential, identity management and system integration services, has signed a contract with global consumer products company Henkel to provide a global multi-function identity credential service card to Henkel employees.

read more »
NFC Forum, Smart Card Alliance gear up for 2012 events

The NFC Forum and WIMA, a global conference and exhibition for NFC applications, have issued a call for entries for the 2012 Tap Into Innovation: NFC Global Competition.

read more »
Smart Card Alliance releases 2011 E-Yearbook

To commemorate the smart card industry’s achievements throughout 2011, the Smart Card Alliance has decided to release its first-ever E-Yearbook.

The nearly 70-page e-book discusses the year’s leadership and advancement in the smart card industry and highlights industry achievements.

read more »
Quantum cryptography could be the real deal for smart phone security

Using smart phones for online banking and shopping has been promoted as the next big thing, but adoption has been slow, partly due to the fact that smart phones have security issues. Scientific American reports that this might change with the development of quantum cryptography.

read more »
FTC to review mobile payments

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it will hold a workshop on April 26 to examine the use of mobile payments and how this emerging technology impacts consumers.

read more »

Copyright © 2012, AVISIAN, Inc. All rights reserved.