By Ellen Arndt, Content Manager, AlphaCard Capturing the right-sized image for your photo ID cards is a critical step in your ID card program and one that is rarely addressed. As convenient as it may sound to snap the cardholder’s photograph with a digital camera or smart phone, it’s not always the best choice, especially since […]

By Joni Brennan, executive director, Kantara Initiative Identity and Access Management services were traditionally built for a company’s internal use to assist with manual on and off boarding or to establish access privileges to company data and systems behind the firewall. Today, however, a company must implement a dynamic Identity and Access Management solution that […]

By Kathleen Erickson, VP of Business Development, Fulcrum Biometrics When a medical clinic based in Papua New Guinea was tasked with the challenge of accurately identifying repeat patients, biometrics turned out to be the ideal solution. In a culture where name changes are frequent and people often have no form of ID, the clinic found […]

By Connell Smith, vice president at Datacard Group Organizations are constantly challenged with how best to combat daily threats to protecting identities, proprietary information and equipment from falling into the wrong hands. One of the best ways to do this is to implement a secure identification program that provides credentials for everyone walking through the […]

Can smart cards save the Medicare system $30 billion per year? Although there has been some success in combating Medicare fraud, we still do not have an answer to this question because implementation of a smart card program has yet to come to fruition.

Software-based authentication solutions are often considered inferior to smart cards, tokens or other hardware-based systems. But one company has been trying to dispel these misconceptions with a software based authentication platform based around the PIN.

By Ian Lancaster, General Secretary, International Hologram Manufacturers Association More than 65 years after its invention, the hologram remains a potent weapon in the battle against counterfeiters and organized criminal gangs in the multi-billion dollar trade of illicit passports, driver licenses and other fake ID documents. The International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) works actively to […]

Handling Identity and Access Management processes manually can be time consuming and expensive, but improvements can achieved via commercial products and cloud-based offerings. Cloud-based Identity and Access Management is the best option for enterprises provided it meets all requirements, according to Andras Cser, principal analyst serving security and risk professionals at Forrester. From a cost […]

By Damon Dageenakis, Sr. Product Line Manager for Physical Access Control, HID Global Using one network to control multiple solutions certainly has its benefits. The move to Internet Protocol – or IP – based networks is making it easier to operate and simplify the expansion and customization of physical access control systems. A major benefit of this […]

By Dean Wiech, managing director, Tools4ever  Identity and Access Management has become a hot topic as more organizations begin to recognize that a progressive approach is crucial. The market for Identity and Access Management has not yet matured, however the space continues to grow and progress to meet the evolving needs of organizations and their […]