A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2006. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. By Bruce Lane, Executive VP and COO, The CBORD Group, Inc. We are graduating! I think that seems like the growing theme enveloping the campus card world. No more are we […]

A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2006. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. By Gil Bernabeu, Technical Director, GlobalPlatform Next year (2006) will see the first deployment and pilots of e-passport schemes based upon the International Civil Aviation Authorities (ICAO) specifications. Designed to enhance […]

A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2006. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. By Dave Ella, Vice President of Products, AMAG Technology The security industry is seeing an increasing number of changes in what used to be the access control industry and is now […]

A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2006. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. By Dominique Gauthier, Marketing Manager, software and technologies, Ingenico This past year will remain in the payment industry history as The Year It Really Started. For the first time, the banking […]

< ? $key="6789"; ?> Innovative project leaders are using a host of different technologies and approaches to solve unique secure ID needs. In this issue, we highlight a few of the technologies that are sometimes overlooked – 2D barcodes, one time password generators, optical stripes, zigbee, and more. FFIEC tells banks to make transactions more […]

Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Some 100,0000 smart cards with optical stripes have been delivered to the States of New Delhi and Gujarat in India as part of the first phase of the country’s vehicle registration program. According to the supplying company, Luxembourg-based Gemplus, this will likely be the largest drivers license/vehicle registration project of its […]

The pinstriped lines of barcodes past are going the way of the vinyl LP – at least for many applications. Instead of the staid black-and-white bars, you are likely to find a chaotic looking area of scrambled dots. Thanks to the advances in tracking technology, barcodes have come a long way since their introduction in […]

By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor Today, most corporate banks in the U.S., Europe and Latin America use two-factor authentication techniques to minimize security risks. But soon, your average, ATM-carrying Joe will join them, as a new breed of products offering amplified security hit the mass market. In response to the increase in Internet banking fraud, […]

< ? $key="3456"; ?> No ID technology is creating a bigger splash than Near Field Communications (NFC). It holds the promise of true revolution in the way we initiate and conduct transactions, authenticate for services, or access facilities and information. In this issue we explore NFC and look at some of the premiere trials of […]

By Rhea Wessel, Contributing Editor Joe Banker rides this city’s subway every morning from his apartment outside of the city to his office high rise. Each month, he pays roughly €100 ($128) for his transport ticket. This month, however, he was sent to London on short notice for two weeks. Banker has grossly overpaid for […]