Is there an identity crisis in the United States? Panelists on an identity roundtable at CTST conference in New Orleans seem to think there is an the solution is issuing high-level assurance credentials to individuals for identification online. Peter Alterman, deputy associate administrator for technology strategy at the office of government wide policy at the […]

Commonwealth Bank will install 5,000 contactless payment readers across Australia by Christmas, according to an Australian IT news report. The plan follows an 18-month trial involving 200 contactless readers distributed across a range of cafes and restaurants. Commonwealth will start to distribute readers in June. Read the full story here   

NXP and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) announced the introduction of NXP’s new Fast Pay contactless security chip and a new line of G&D contactless payment devices based on this IC. Fast Pay-based devices have been designed to provide consumers in the U.S. and Canada with a contactless payment solution. Fast Pay is ISO 14443 Type […]

How a small subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft became a global leader in identity management By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications HID Global enables workers to get in the front door of offices around the world. Many people see the three letters, either on their cards or access control readers, but odds are they don’t really […]

SCM Microsystems Inc. announced that it has closed its merger with Hirsch Electronics Corp. The shareholders of both companies approved the transaction, which included the payment of cash and the issuance of SCM common stock and warrants to purchase shares of SCM common stock in exchange for the securities of Hirsch. The merger closed on […]

Cryptography Research wins legal battle against Visa and licensees begin to sign By Chris Corum, Executive Editor I met Kit Rodgers from Cryptography Research in 2004 when his company announced its intent to license the countermeasures that protect smart card chips from a specific attack called Differential Power Analysis (DPA). He passionately argued that it […]

Emirates NBD announced the launch of the Middle East and Levant’s first wrist watch equipped with MasterCard PayPass technology, according to Trade Arabia. The contactless payment feature provides consumers with an alternative to cash for small ticket purchases. Shoppers can tap their new watch on PayPass-enabled terminals at checkout to make a credit card purchase […]

Alberta, Canada is thinking about issuing smart cards to gamblers in order to help those who may have gambling problems, according to a Casino Gambling Web report. The cards would be loaded with a playing amount of money from the gambler and would shut down once the money is lost, or, when a certain amount […]

The Smart Card Alliance and Secure ID Coalition have scheduled a briefing for May 19 to discuss security and privacy in health care. The discussion will cover health care information privacy, identity management, access and authentication. The U.S. government is poised to spend $19 billion on health care IT as part of The American Recovery […]

Authenware, a provider of security software, announced Criterion HPS will resell Authentest, a keystroke biometrics technology, with The Cube, a high-speed, small-footprint computing appliance. The agreement enables Criterion HPS to augment cyber-protection in their computing appliances by incorporating Authentest’s identity authentication technology into supercomputers. A collection of Criterion HPS devices will be pre-configured with Authenware’s […]