From simple to complex, financial institutions have a bounty of choices By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor What kind of value will a financial institution get for its investment in strong authentication? For FIs, it’s become a burning question, thanks to federal guidance that recommends they boost the strength and security of their online banking systems […]

ACS reports that is has received orders for more than 60,000 PC smart card readers for use in two-factor authentication by Hong Kong banks. Nine banks are deploying the readers for use with the Hong Kong Identity Card to secure high-risk online banking transactions per the guidelines established by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. HK […]

USA Today, aided by a Dallas, Texas-based smart card company, is getting its newspapers into the hands of college students using the college’s own campus card program. The QI controller and USA Today machines are currently in use on at least 70 campuses. QI Systems Inc. developer of chip-based card payment and tracking solutions uses […]

Philips and a Spanish mobile operator will demonstrate NFC technology by providing select attendees at the 3GSM World Congress with NFC-enabled Samsung SGH-X700 mobile phones to be used in a variety of applications including secure payment and access. Philips, Samsung and Telefonica Móviles España demonstrate simplicity of Near Field Communication technology at 3GSM World Congress […]

New soft tokens from Diversinet can be used on “mobile devices supporting Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Palm and RIM operating systems, on SanDisk TrustedFlash(TM) memory cards, and on personal computers running Microsoft Windows.” The MobiSecure offering is designed to enable end users to provision and install the tokens on their own, eliminating one of the […]

On the heels of the announced merger with Identix, Viisage announced plans to acquire Iris biometric company, SecuriMetrics. This gives Viisage iris, face, and fingerprint solutions and expertise. The company will pay $28 million in cash with an additional $14 million in performance based opportunity. The deal is expected to be complete by the end […]

A new version of CBORD’s campus ID solution is specifically designed to meet the needs of small- to mid-size corporations and campuses. Called OdysseyOne™, the new program runs on lower cost desktop hardware under the Windows XP Pro OS. CBORD Introduces OdysseyOne™ Designed Specifically for Smaller-Scale Facilities Ithaca, New York — The CBORD Group, Inc., […]

By Sara Pralle, Contributing Editor ActivCard®, a leader in digital identity assurance, recently changed its name to ActivIdentity™ in an effort to reflect the migration from its initial focus on card-based solutions to its current focus on a wide range of identity solutions. “The timing couldn’t be better,” Julian Lovelock, the company’s director for the […]

Counterfeit stickers adhered to University of Hawaii campus cards could jeopardize the University’s relationship with the city transit agency. With advancing ID card technology, many if not most campuses have totally eliminated the use of stickers as a form of authentication for service. The lesson here … if you haven’t you should, or at least […]

Five buildings and 148 doors at the Ohio campus on Wright Patterson AFB are now secured via a FIPS 201 compliant physical access control system. The solution, integrated by SMARTnet Inc., reads current Common Access Cards and will read next generation contactless cards. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) Leads the Way in Physical Security […]