Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

2011 Sesames finalists announced

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

With the CARTES 2011 show around the corner, the conference has announced the SESAMES finalists. Among 317 submissions, the finalists for the 10 categories of the SESAMES Award competition have been selected.

The SESAMES Awards Finalists will be presented at CARTES & IDentification on the SESAMES Area, hall 4. The winners will be announced during the SESAMES Awards Ceremony on Nov. 14.


Hardware

  • Dynamics Inc. with Chip & Choice
  • Garanti Payment Systems with BonusluAvea
  • Infineon Technologies with S-MFC1.x, FCOSTM

Software

  • Oberthur Technologies with ID One Digital watermark
  • Oberthur Technologies with NFC e-Wallet
  • NXP Semiconductors with open source NFC Host Software stack for Android

Identification/ID Cards

  • HID Global with Secure Identity Ecosystem
  • Intercede with PIV Credentials on a BlackBerry phone
  • Smart Packaging Solutions with Embedded Contactless Module

IT Security

  • Gemalto with One4all
  • Gemalto with Just4YourEyes
  • Nets Denmark A/S with PCI OEM Module

Transportation

  • ASK with TicketTac
  • INSIDE Secure with VHBR
  • MasterCard with City Card on MasterCard M/Chip Advance

Banking/Retail/Loyalty

  • Simartis Telecom SRL with Bubble
  • Turkcell with Turkcell Mobile Wallet (Turkcell Cep-T Cüzdan)
  • Watchdata System Co. Ltd. with SC-NFC

Trusted Internet/Authentication

  • HID Global with Secure Identity Ecosystem
  • NXP Semiconductors with On-card gesture recognition
  • Trusted Designer with Certphone

Mobility

  • GoTrust Technology Inc.
  • NXP Semiconductors with PN65 Secure NFC module
  • Trusted Logic with Trusted User Interface for Android devices

eTransactions

  • BPC Banking Technologies with BeeSmart Card
  • Buyster with Buyster mobile payment
  • Verifone with PAYware mobile enterprise

Manufacturing and Test Infineon Technologies with S-MFC1.x, FCOSTM package Oberthur Technologies with ID One Digital watermark VFP with UVICARD [end] 

HSBC announced that it will begin the conversion to contactless technology this month, replacing all customer banking debit cards, according to ThinkMoney.com.

The bank will start to roll out the new contactless cards to existing customers whose debit cards are due to expire this month and then continue the process as cards expire. Customers who don’t want a contactless card can opt out by contacting their bank before their current card expires.

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The market for smart cards and secure ICs achieved double-digit year-over-year growth for shipments in 2011, demonstrating increases of 16% and 15%, respectively, according to ABI Research

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Gemalto announced that Raiffeisen Banking Group, a financial institution in Austria, has selected the Ezio Edge Optic solution to secure its online banking services. Raiffeisen is the first Austrian banking group that offers digital strong authentication devices almost everywhere across Austria.

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NIST not releasing names

Twenty-seven finalists for grants that would pilot portions of the identity ecosystem for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace have been notified.

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