While there is plenty of guidance available for issuing PIV credentials to government employees, challenges still exist. “The value of Special Publication 800-116 is that it lays out how to implement PIV cards, now that you have them,” according to Consuelo Bangs, senior program manager at MorphoTrak. However, it’s not that easy as Bangs explains […]

NuVision Networks has been working with colleges and universities on a number of new applications for campus cards which add benefits to students and schools, says Brian Adoff, national sales manager at the company. Integrating a schools’ ERP into the campus card system can make it easier to give or deny physical access to students […]

‘National Strategy’ proposes massive changes for electronic authentication Zack Martin, Editor, AVISIAN Publications Create a system that individuals can use to login to a bank account, check email or keep track of research topics of interest. Give it a catchy name like “identity ecosystem” and expect it to secure all transactions while at the same […]

PhoneFactor CTO Steve Dispensa and Sarah Fender, vice president of marketing and product management, spoke with Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan about a survey on the role of security in the adoption of cloud computing. PhoneFactor surveyed more than 300 IT professionals from a variety of industries on current and planned use of cloud computing, the […]

The Certified Biometrics Professional (CBP) program is continuing to see growth and increased interest. The program has had candidates from both the public and private sector as well as candidates from all corners of the earth.”By the end of the year we should be somewhere around 400 candidates,” said Richard Ringold with the IEEE Certified […]

The September meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

The prototype AOptix demonstrated at the Biometric Consortium Conference showcased the company’s InSight SD with a dongled camera capable of capturing an ISO-standard face biometric at the same time as capturing the iris when standing at the two-meter distance from the device, says Joey Pritikin, product manager for AOptix Technologies. The company worked with Aware […]

Blackboard’s new contactless cards deployed at Santa Clara University helped the university meet several needs, according to Jeff Staples, vice president of market development and strategy at the campus card provider. The university wanted to increase awareness of specials in their dining program so the school put up digital signage at the card office advertising […]

BadgePass enables a school to integrate its different access control databases into one, says Lindsay Cornell, dealer manager at the ID Group Inc., which sells BadgePass. The visitor management application lets an organization read a driver license, credit card or other type of government-issued identification so a school can know who is in a particular […]

The lower cost of contactless smart cards is making the technology more competitive with legacy proximity cards, says Jennifer Toscano, marketing manager at Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies. Smart cards offer more security than prox and enable end users to add applications beyond access control, Toscano says. Schlage, a division of Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, is […]