Smartware will present at Cartes 2008 its Virtual-ePassport, a program designed to test border control systems. The Smartware system will simulate the behavior of contactless smart card chips and the electronic passports Logical Data Structure. The Virtual-ePassport includes an ICAO PKI module, enabling testers to dynamically signs e-passport content. All existing e-Passport cryptographic schemes including […]

Intelli-Check – Mobilisa Inc. announced that their IM2700 Transportation Worker Identification Credential Handheld Reader completed the Department of Homeland Security’s Initial Capability Evaluation scenarios demonstration. With the completion, the IM2700 has been placed on the DHS’s published product list. The nation’s ports will use this published reference list to select products for evaluation and use […]

Carleton University made headlines last month because a student hacked the campus card system and was able to collect some students’ personal information. But this wasn’t the whole story, says Kathleen Kelly, campus card coordinator at the Ottawa, Ontario university. “I would use the term ‘hacked’ loosely,” says Kelly, also president and chair of the […]

SAFRAN through Sagem Securite, its wholly owned subsidiary announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the biometric business unit within Motorola Inc., which includes its Printrak trademark. Motorola and SAFRAN have approved the acquisition. Motorola’s biometric business unit, headquartered in Anaheim, Calif., designs, develops, integrates and maintains AFIS solutions for law […]

The Smart Card Alliance has released a white paper detailing best practices for issuing first responder credentials. “Emergency Response Official Credentials: An Approach to Attain Trust in Credentials across Multiple Jurisdictions for Disaster Response and Recovery” is designed to identify best practices and defines use cases for credentials based on the FIPS 201 standard, and […]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reached an agreement with the state of Michigan to issue enhanced driver licesenses. Washington and New York are already issuing the documents that are acceptable alternative document for crossing the United States’ land and sea borders. The new documents are called for under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which […]

Chip maker INSIDE Contactless has announced that its MicroPass contactless prelaminate inlay for use in mobile handset stickers is for card manufacturers. The new sticker technology, for secure payments, combines the MicroPass 4003 contactless payment platform–designed to support open loop contactless payment applications–with a tuned RF antenna in a compact, shielded prelam for payment sticker […]

From the gambler’s perspective not much has changed. He walks up to the blackjack table, buys some chips and places a bet. But at 1,000 casinos in 20 countries there’s a whole lot more happening on the back end. More and more casinos are spending money to put radio frequency identification tags in gaming chips, […]

TSA considers biometric ACIS program but airports are not convinced By Zack Martin, Editor The Transportation Security Administration wants airports across the country to issue and use an interoperable credential. If a flight attendant at Chicago O’Hare International Airport was on a crew flying in and out of Atlanta’s Hartsfield Airport, the ID card and […]

Expanded service delivery to students creates need for cards in this untapped market By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Nearly half of the nation’s undergraduates haven’t had the same level of access to a campus card. That’s an untapped and underserved market that includes 11.5 million students. That’s how many attend community colleges, junior colleges and […]