The Smart Card Alliance’s EMV Migration Forum has opened its membership. The mission for the EMV Migration Forum is to facilitate the move from magnetic stripe technology to secure EMV contact and contactless technology in the United States. Membership to the forum is separate from Smart Card Alliance membership and is geared toward organizations with […]

Secure chip-based consulting and integration test services firm FIME has announced that it will join the OSCar Consortium. The OSCar Consortium (Open Standards for Cards) is an industry-led group dedicated to achieving interoperability of terminal-to-acquirer payment protocols across the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). FIME’s contribution to OSCar will be the implementation of test specifications […]

In the wake of widespread public surveillance and alleged identification technologies like facial recognition, concerns for individual privacy may out-weigh those for state security. Made famous by their efforts to promote personal identity, “hacktivist” group Anonymous has produced a video detailing ways to avoid facial recognition and cyber-surveillance. In a video entitled “Fighting Trapwire,” Anonymous […]

Integral Memory has announced the launch of its Crypto solid state drives (SSDs) that feature military-level, AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 256-bit hardware encryption. The new drives will offer all the amenities of solid-state storage while protecting sensitive data in a secure, convenient and cost-effective manner. The military grade hardware runs silently and features fast boot […]

Visa announced a new service – entitled Visa Merchant Data Secure with Point-to-Point Encryption – to increase security of sensitive personal data as well as merchant security. The new program incorporated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) which will enable merchants to protect card payment data within their systems by encrypting personal cardholder information. Accessible only with decryption […]

Password cracking has forever been a reality in the digital world, but with surges in password reuse and advances in hacking methods password security has never been more vulnerable. As reported by ARSTechnica.com, the rampant practice of password reuse has drastically weakened the strength of security associated with online identity. As of 2007 the average […]

Coppel Corporation has announced its decision to incorporate DigitalPersona fingerprint readers into its point of sale terminals. Coppel’s use of biometric security comes off the back of a recent rash of point of sale breaches. Breaches at POS terminals not only affect a company’s bottom line but can also be detrimental to company reputation and […]

M2SYS Technology has announced a partnership with ABT Security Systems to change employee workforce management through the use of biometric time and attendance technologies. The goal of the partnership will be to get rid of fraudulent and wasteful employee behavior as well as to bolster audit trails. In addition to introducing biometric time and attendance […]

NEC—in partnership with criminal justice and law enforcement solutions expert DataWorks Plus—has announced the introduction of the JNET Facial Recognition System to the Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET). Using DataWork’s FACE plus software and NEC’s NeoFace facial recognition matching software to process and compare images, JNET’s new facial recognition system will provide justice information to nearly […]

Animetrics has joined forces with forces with security and surveillance specialist View Systems Inc. to provide a new level of security screening. Animetrics’ 3D facial recognition technology will be incorporated into View Systems’ concealed weapons detection program for use in correctional facilities and public infrastructures like stadiums, courthouses and schools. The new 3D facial recognition […]