Microsoft Corp. announced the acquisition of PhoneFactor Inc., a provider of multifactor authentication solutions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2001, PhoneFactor is used by organizations to help secure logins and transactions. By leveraging a device nearly every user already has — a phone — PhoneFactor enables deployment of multifactor authentication across […]

SMARTRAC has partnered with American application provider ClikGenie and FineLine Technologies to launch a mobile app that enables NFC-enabled product authentication. The CLIKSecure app will feature functionality for both in-store product merchandising and product authentication. The app has been developed with compatibility in mind and will work with a variety of ICs and NFC inlays. […]

The Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) has implemented a self-service portal to ease the process of ID distribution and maintenance, reports Elites TV. The center has mas changes to its self-service online portal called RAPIDS, Real-time Automated Personnel Identification System. The approximately 3.7 million service members and reservists with Department of Defense Common Access Cards […]

NFC has been at the center of a number of advancements in recent months, but the technology is again breaking new ground in an unlikely industry—book publishing. Han Nabben’s new book, “Catch the Sun,” makes use of the latest in semiconductor technology and provides a fascinating look into the history, science, practice and beauty of […]

InAuth, a mobile security software provider, has released its Voice Biometrics Authentication Module. Geared to the mobile banking sector, this software provides an opt-in way to use a voice fingerprint to secure a mobile financial transaction. The voice fingerprinting on the software can dynamically identify users without adding processes onto the user experience. It quickly […]

German start-up payleven is set to introduce a chip and PIN solution for smart phone and tablet payments. With payleven’s new solution, merchants can accept credit and debit cards from all major providers in accordance with the technical and security standards required for a fully-functional mobile point of sale. The chip and PIN solution employs […]

Citrix has integrated TeleSign’s Verify and PhoneID products into its CloudPortal in order to enhance the portal’s security and enable fraud control. Citrix’s CloudPortal is a platform that helps companies manage business and operations support services, customers and cloud services. With the addition of the two TeleSign products, the portal is now capable of blocking […]