Oberthur Technologies announced the transfer of its card manufacturing operation in Los Angeles to an expanded facility in Exton, Pa., which will boast a 20% increase in overall production capabilities. Card manufacturing will cease in its Los Angeles facility by the end of March and will use the facility in Los Angeles to increase its […]

C-True Imaging Ltd. has introduced the C-Gate system, a boarding pass authentication solution using face recognition technology. The C-GATE system is designed to assure that ticketed passengers will be allowed to board only their proper flight. The C-Gate solution has been designed to enable fast, non-intrusive, biometric enrollment of the passenger face image at the […]

TransCore, a unit of Roper Industries, announced its TWIC hand-held reader, has received Transportation Security Administration authorization for use in security clearance of personnel accessing the nation’s ports as part of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program. The reader was developed with DAP Technologies, a Roper Industries company that produces ruggedized handheld computers, and CoreStreet, […]

TrustBearer Labs, an authentication and digital identity solutions company, announced today that the TrustBearer Desktop PIV API meets the FIPS 201 requirements and is approved by GSA for deployment in HSPD-12 programs. The certification enables government agencies to purchase TrustBearer Desktop PIV middleware to comply with the FIPS 201 standard as mandated by HSPD-12. TrustBearer […]

Ceelox, the Tampa-based biometrics and encryption software development firm, announced that the new version of their email encryption program, SecureMail, now works with Web based email programs like Microsoft’s Hotmail, Google’s Gmail and Yahoo Mail. The new SecureMail has an enhanced online user Dashboard and added user reports. SecureMail is available for individual use at […]

Gemalto announced that its Ezio Pocket Reader is the first certified reader made available to the market for MasterCard Advanced Authentication for Chip. The Advanced Authentication for Chip specification enables two-factor authentication on any EMV card already in use, whether or not it has been personalized according to the MasterCard Chip Authentication Program. It also […]

If Eugene McKenna at Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland has his way, in the not too distant future one identification card is all students will need to access services at most European institutions of higher learning. As McKenna, chief executive of campus services, explains, today a student who wants to transfer from one university […]

Barclays is going to stay issuing Visa payWave cards to all its debit cardholders. Starting in March, most Barclays debit cards that are issued or reissued will have contactless technology. More than three million customers are expected to be using contactless debit cards by the end of the year. The new cards will enable transactions […]

By Kurt Bell, vice president Sales & Marketing, Jolly Technologies Without a doubt we have seen an increased interest in applications and requests from customers that would benefit from RFID, contactless and ultra high frequency technologies. We have also seen many specialty entry/exit tracking markets where the implementation of these technologies provides a faster way […]

Identity Stronghold, a provider of secure badge holders to the federal government, had several shots of its products featured in the movie, “The Day The Earth Stood Still,” produced by 20th Century Fox. The RFID blocking badge holders used in the movie are used by several United States government agencies to protect data held on […]