Privaris’ plusID personal biometric device will be complemented by RSA’ SecurID one-time password offering in a single form factor. The plusID relies on a successful biometric fingerscan to authorize the transmission of the user’s information (e.g. credential number) via contactless means. Adding the OTP capability makes it a robust solution for both physical and logical […]

Change could open floodgates for contactless and other payment cards in vending, transit, unattended locations By Chris Corum, Editor Regulation E, the rule outlining consumer rights with regard to electronic financial transactions, can make things tough on new payment offerings – but many argue that is its mission. Electronic payment providers have to make a […]

ACS is upgrading the ticketing and fare collection system in Mexico City to include contactless technology. With four million daily commuters, Mexico City’s public transportation system is a massive program and the ACS solution is a massive undertaking – equipping every metro station and 2000 access gates by November of this year. With ACS, Mexico […]

The pay-for-print solution stands alone or integrates with Blackboard, CBORD, Nuvision, more By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Forty years ago, a new automobile cost about $3,500 and a printed page–at that time using a daisy wheel, dot matrix, or copying machine–cost about 10 to 15 cents. Today, the price of cars has more than quadrupled, […]

By Chris Corum, Editor Security at the Pentagon is in the capable hands of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) but now there is something else in their capable hands … Corestreet’s PIVMAN. The PFPA officers will use the handheld identity verification units to authenticate individuals via their FIPS 201 compliant ID cards. “The first […]

By Chris Corum, Editor The Government Services Administration (GSA) was instrumental in the federal agencies’ successful compliance with last year’s October 27 deadline for PIV card issuance. That is because the GSA’s HSPD-12 Managed Services Office (MSO) actually issued the cards for 39 contracted agencies. It is outsourcing at the federal level–agencies heads not wishing […]

Frequently, campus administrators struggle with the decision to add a banking partner or other off-campus functionality to their campus card. How will it affect spending on campus? Will it cost me more or will it generate revenue? What will happen to our card’s stored value accounts? According to several colleges that have chosen to add […]

University of Washington selected CBORD’s Foodservice Suite to serve its 40,000 students and 4,700 board plan participants. The school will make use of modules for “menu management, inventory management (including PDA-enabled data entry for onsite inventory tracking), CBORD’s nutrient database, nutritional accounting, event management, and interfaces for order transmissions to outside vendors, point-of-sale terminals, and […]

The company that first received listing on the FIPS 201 Approved Product List for a secure sleeve to protect contactless cards has another product available for PIV use. Identity Stonghold’s second “electronically opaque” protection device is a rigid plastic badgeholder that holds the card and can be worn around the neck, etc. The contactless signal […]

Two insitutions in St. Louis have signed with Higher One to provide refund management services. The 27,000-student St. Louis Community College will use the Higher One services and ID card offering, while the 22,000-student Webster University will use disbursement services without the ID card offering. HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN ST. LOUIS EXPAND THEIR SERVICES WITH […]