By Lauren Lowrey, Contributing Editor The advent of a new technology often results in a backlash from opponents (or cautious skeptics) fearing (or prudently evaluating) malicious utilization (or unintended repercussions). Such is certainly the case with contactless and RFID technologies. A poignant example of this came in February when a California Senator proposed a bill […]

< ? $key="2345"; ?> As credential efforts continue become more enterprise-wide, agency-wide, and even nation-wide, two distinct “key” areas – the identification technology and the issuance process – continue to garner the attention of the industry. Articles in this issue focus on these two keys … technology in our primer on ‘flip chips’ and our […]

Optical memory cards, with their large data storage, strong security, and solid durability, are starting to gain the recognition one manufacturer of the cards feels the technology deserves. LaserCard Corporation (LCC), headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., says its optical memory card is being widely used in biometric and secure ID applications in North America and […]

Perhaps the most important feature of any credit or debit card is the 16-digit number unique to that card. It is called an ISO number, and it is the key for linking each transaction conducted with the card to the account and account holder responsible for the transaction. In the early 1990’s, these numbers began […]

SecureIDNews Editor Chris Corum spoke with Iuval Hatzav, Vice President, Card Scanning Solutions, about the state of America’s driver license technologies and about the recent Real ID legislation. Card Scanning Solutions manufactures readers and provides solutions to enable driver licenses from all fifty states to be read – a feat that is far more difficult […]

Editor’s preface: There is increasing interest in the ‘new’ smart card chip manufacturing technique known as Flip Chip. An alternative to the tradional manufacturing process that attached chips to substrates via tiny wire bonds, flip chip offers a number of benefits and efficiencies. To get a better understanding of the process, SecureIDNews asked one of […]

Do you use prox or contactless cards for access control and wish you could use them for other applications as well? You are not alone – thousands of corporations, campuses, and agencies are in the same boat. But a Chicago-based company, RF Ideas, may have a solution in their line of programmable devices that read […]

If you were among the 1400 individuals in attendance at the recent Blackboard Users Conference, you are already aware of the Blackboard Transaction System – Universal Edition™ – the new edition of the Blackboard Transaction System. The Universal Edition is considered a new edition rather than a new release. According to Ron Dinwiddie, Sr. Director […]

Gallaudet University, a 140–plus year-old Washington, D.C. school for the deaf and hard of hearing, wanted to add cashless payment capabilities to its existing HID proximity cards that controlled dorm access for students. The college didn’t want to replace its point of sale (POS) infrastructure, but the existing cash registers accepted only magnetic stripe cards. […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Need a federal ID card but you haven’t been through ‘NACI’ yet? That seems to be one of more frequently used buzzwords floating around Washington, D.C., even though the NACI requirement has been part of the federal lexicon since the early 1950s. That’s right, NACI, or National Agency Check and […]