Databac Group, specialist provider of identification solutions, has introduced a range of products designed to help stop identity theft. The FIPS 201-approved product family from Identity Stronghold is designed to block unauthorized RFID reading of contactless cards, passports and driver licenses. Secure Sleeve and Secure Badgeholder products create an RFID shield by blocking the electromagnetic […]

Who’s doing it and what’s being done to prevent it By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications Hacking can mean many things. The image it conjures for most is that of a young man in a dark room lit by nothing more than the glow of a computer monitor, trying to break into some top-secret government […]

Hackers broke into computer databases and potentially put at risk personal information of 160,000 students, alumni and others, according to an Associated Press report. In all, 97,000 Social Security numbers were stolen. The university said data include Social Security numbers, birth dates, health insurance information and some medical records dating back to 1999 were compromised. […]

Gemalto announced it has been selected by Gabon’s “Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Maladie et de Garantie Sociale (CNAMGS)” as prime contractor for its electronic health card program. Gemalto is supplying a solution that includes cards, its Allynis Issuance operated personalization services and an ID verification system. Gemalto works in cooperation with Stimplus and Zetes, who act […]

The NFC Forum announced that Innovision Research & Technology plc, and STMicroelectronics have become Sponsor Members and have joined its Board of Directors. In other member news, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB has upgraded its membership level from Associate to Principal, and nine organizations have joined as Associate and Non-Profit members. The Forum also announced […]

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is launching a security product for users of the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution. G&D’s Mobile Security Card integrates with BlackBerry Device Software 5.0, which is planned for launch later this year, and provides customers with an independent cryptographic module that authenticates users and also encrypts information sent to and from a BlackBerry […]

Student tickets for the 2009 Penn State football season will be stored on student ID cards, according to the Daily Collegian. The athletic department has also set up a Web site that will enable students to sell tickets, instead of using emails like it’s been done in the past. One issue is whether to allow […]

Visitors to Italy’s Lake Garda wellness oasis are able to access facilities and purchase meals with LEGIC technology. Guests are given their personal chip wristband containing a contactless LEGIC transponder. The wristband is an all-in-one admission ticket, electronic wallet and changing room locker key. On entering, guests use their wristband to open a vacant locker […]

Oberthur Technologies has deployed its FlyBuy contactless stickers to three banks internationally, including one of the largest card issuers in the United States. The sticker is the latest product in Oberthur Technologies’ development of contactless payment and form factors. Approved and developed in cooperation with MasterCard, Oberthur Technologies’ FlyBuy Sticker is a contactless payment device […]

With Canada and Mexico both going to EMV and most of the rest of the world doing the same it may be a matter of time before U.S. card issuers are forced to go to chip and PIN. EMV in the U.S. was the topic of a panel at the CTST Conference in New Orleans. […]