SMARTRAC N.V., a manufacturer and supplier of RFID transponders, has added Dual Frequency PRELAM to its product portfolio. The pre-laminated inlays are available in various hybrid combinations of the frequencies LF, HF and UHF. PRELAM stands for pre-laminated. This means that the single layers are fused together under pressure and high temperature in lamination press […]

UHF Gen 2 RFID tags can be difficult to use in areas where there’s a lot of metal. In order to aid the process, DAILY RFID has developed passive Gen 2 RFID Tag for metal surface, which can deliver a long range read on metal tagging even under harsh conditions. The RFID on-metal tag is […]

Gemalto announced the commercial launch of Ezio Optical TAN, an optical authentication reader for online banking designed for the German market. The size of a credit card, the Gemalto reader fits in a wallet along with the banking card. Ezio Optical TAN is compliant with the latest German handheld device standard and leverages the security […]

Zvetco Biometrics announced that its Verifi line of fingerprint biometric readers are now compatible with Sun Microsystems’ Identity Management Suite via the integration of BiObex, a biometric middleware from Advanced Biometric Controls. This integration enables biometric security to be applied through the Web-based identity management capabilities available on Sun’s Identity Management Suite.   

Adding IT applications to the existing physical security badges paves the way Using contactless technology on the desktop to lock down computers is starting to find more proponents as companies begin to ratchet up their portfolios to include more logical access devices that make it easier, and potentially less expensive, to migrate to the systems. […]

The General Services Administration will unveil Central Certificate Validator program that will of perform certificate path discovery and validation (PD-VAL) in compliance with RFC 5280 in support of PKI-based authentication mechanisms described in FIPS 201. The proof-of-concept of the Central Certificate Validator will be demonstrated to agencies, suppliers and other interested parties on July 21 […]

Members of the global identity and Internet communities announced the launch of Kantara Initiative, a new global organization formed to bridge enterprise, Web 2.0 and Web-based identity initiatives. Kantara Initiative has been founded by the Concordia Project, Data Portability Project, Information Card Foundation, Internet Society, Liberty Alliance, OpenLiberty.org and XDI.org to collaborate on eliminating the […]

Gemalto announced that it is providing personalization services to Citibank and Visa in support of the Citi – M1 mobile – Visa payWave NFC pilot in Singapore. 
 More than 750 merchant locations across Singapore are participating in the three-month pilot, which was launched in May 2009. Up to 300 selected Citi M1 Visa Platinum […]

A bill has been submitted in the U.S. Senate that would roll back portions of the REAL ID Act of 2005. The PASS ID Act will not require that breeder documents, birth certificates and Social Security numbers, be verified before a license is issued, according to an Associated Press report. When President Obama appointed Janet […]

LaserCard Corp., a provider of identity solutions and services, announced that it has rejoined the Smart Card Alliance. Through this initiative, LaserCard aims to enhance its collaboration with industry peers in delivering solutions that meet the increasingly complex requirements of large-scale ID credential programs. The company has previously been a member of the alliance four-years […]