Inside ID Conference and Expo, founded by industry pioneer Ben Miller and which had its inaugural run last year, is scheduled Nov. 15-17 under new ownership–Jupitermedia Corp. The Washington Convention Center is again the setting for the event that, this year, is being held about three weeks earlier than last. Mr. Miller who also founded […]

< ? $key="0730"; ?> U.S. smart card efforts get major boost from the President, NIST, and ISO The U.S. Federal Government’s progress toward credential standardization and cross-agency smart card issuance has been greatly expedited by a Presidential Directive (HSPD-12), a national standardization effort (FIPS 201), and progress toward a potential international standard (ISO 24727). Read […]

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PATH) have been conducting pioneering work on a standard for contactless fare collection. Last week (October 19, 2004), officials conducted an interoperability test to demonstrate the ability of various ISO 14443 compliant contactless technology to function running their evolving standard. The public trial was held in […]

by Lauren Lowrey, Contributing Editor This semester has been a mag-stripe reading adventure for the administration at Kutztown University in southeastern Pennsylvania. Springing from a regulation to halt non-students (e.g. recent graduates, drop-outs) from using the bus, the university decided to invest in six handheld ID card readers in an attempt to better monitor ridership. […]

For millions of travelers using public transportation in London, a contactless fare payment card named Oyster makes the daily commute or the weekend journey easier, quicker, and more convenient. With more than 2.1 million cards in circulation and more issued every day, those behind London’s Oyster card echo these benefits, attributing Oyster’s popularity to its […]

Keeping tabs on the U.S. federal government’s smart card progress is tough. Memorize a list of acronyms today and they are likely to become old news as new agencies and initiatives take precedence. Though somewhat frustrating, this is a very positive indicator of the rapid progress being made as the U.S. federal government’s smart card […]

Richard Clarke doesn’t beat around the bush—be it the proverbial one or the Presidential one. A a security advisor to four U.S. presidents, an on-air expert on terrorism and homeland security for ABC News, and current chairman of Good Harbor Consulting, he has unique access and unique insight when it comes to national security. And, […]

The focus at Fargo Electronics is squarely on desktop ID card printers and consumables but some might be surprised to know that it is the consumables that make up the larger share of the company’s revenue. In a market where unit sales growth is relatively gradual, new revenue streams and ways to provide more to […]

Axalto’s Paul Beverly kicked off the Smart Card Alliance Annual Fall Conference by painting a very bright picture of the industry’s recent past and coming future. “There will be 100 million smart cards issued in the U.S. and Canada alone this year,” he began. “The Department of Defense has issued 5.7 million cards, HSPD 12 […]

Biometrics, Contactless, and RFID, three fast moving technologies, will share a lot of the limelight at the upcoming 19th edition of the CARTES and the fourth edition of the IT Security Conference. It will all take place, as in years past, in Paris, France, Nov. 2-4. This new edition of CARTES & IT SECURITY, which […]