Adam Shane, Manager of Technology, AMAG Technology The modern history of identification technology shows us that past innovations were made in response to observable threats. This continues to be the driving factor. Shedding light on the threat dictates the path forward. However, the threat changes in unpredictable ways, and we are always in a reactive […]

“It’s no longer simply about putting a photo on a white piece of plastic,” says Ryan Park, Fargo Electronics’ director of product marketing for secure printers/encoders. “It’s just not secure. Unfortunately, that represents a lot of the ID vehicles out there today. There are very few applications in the ID card world that don’t have […]

Daniel Butler, Contributing Editor Whether you like it or not, spam may be here for good. The world is at war with it, and spam may be winning. You may recognize some of the terms of warfare: spam, ham, junk, not junk, UCE, UBE, Make Money Fast, Viagra, Cialis, stock scams, viruses, trojans, worms, exploits, […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor A few years ago, demand among smaller organizations was limited for low cost ID card printers that could print quality images on IDs with embedded technologies (e.g. smart cards, contactless cards, prox cards). But a lot has changed in just a few years with new regulations and growing demands for […]

Steven R. Delcarson, CEO and President, Innovative Card Technologies Electronic fraud and identity theft are serious, sophisticated problems that have received a lot of media, governmental, and public attention the past several years. Consumers and their governments are demanding tougher identification technology in financial transactions to combat the risk of fraud. ID technology is expensive, […]

Ron Farmer, Executive Director, Heartland Payment Systems Micropayments Division The campus card will truly become a student-centric tool as the places students want to go and the form factors they want to use become the norm. Students conduct transactions on and off campus, and card programs are recognizing this fact. Students also live by their […]

Debra Spitler, Vice President, HID Connect The widespread proliferation of credential-based identity and access management systems is helping enterprises take a new view of secure credentials’ role in cost-effectively and conveniently solving a variety of business problems. Going forward, we will see common credentials continue to help organizations leverage existing infrastructure investments while addressing business […]

Taran Lent, Vice President, Product Development, CardSmith I believe this year’s developments will play a major role in determining the future direction and general health of the campus card industry. It has reached a maturation point of sorts, with most major colleges and universities having now implemented a campus card program in one form or […]

Consuelo Bangs, Senior Program Manager Access Control Solutions, Sagem Morpho, Inc. Match-on-Card (MOC) with secure messaging (SBMOC) has the potential to become part of the Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS201) and may prove useful for the maritime Transportation Worker Identity Credential (TWIC) program. MOC is the process of sending a biometric template from a […]

Trevor Pavey, Contactless Payments Manager, Texas Instruments In the world of payments, contactless technology continues to make waves. With more than 20 million cards issued in the last year, more contactless payment devices in more consumers’ hands, means a greater potential for more revenue. More consumers, more devices, more revenue … these trends will continue […]