By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Oberthur Technologies may just be the ‘youngest old company’ in the card business. Sound like a contradiction? Consider this, it was founded in the mid-1800s but it was just twenty years ago that its first product was produced. For 150 years, the company ran paper through printing presses. Today it […]

CPI Card Group, a financial and commercial card manufacturer, announced its certification for a range of dual interface MasterCard solutions using the MULTOS Operating System and PayPass. CPI developed a method that enables a longer reading distance and the better durability in the market for third and fourth line embossing card requirements. Its suite of […]

Hirsch Electronics, a supplier of physical access control systems, has signed a global distribution agreement with SCM Microsystems, a supplier of smart card readers, to provide SCM’s Physical Access Control Terminals series physical access readers to the open market. The SCM readers are designed specifically for Department of Defense sites. But with more agencies deploying […]

The Smart Card Alliance released a white paper stating that enterprises should use the FIPS 201 standard when deploying identity credentials. “This standard provides an identity management framework that enterprises should regard as a best practice in the design and implementation of their own identity management programs,” the white paper states. Using the FIPS 201 […]

Hackers from the Dutch Radboud University Nijmegen gave a presentation on how to break the encryption with some older contactless smart cards, according to a news report on InfoWorld.com. The researchers presented their findings during the Esorics security conference in Malaga, Spain. In a paper released detailing the research, the hackers say they discovered the […]

HID Global announced that it has been selected to supply its Fargo HDP5000-LC printer/encoders to the U.S. Department of Defense Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). As part of the DMDC’s migration to the next generation of ID card printers, the HDP5000-LC units will be utilized throughout the DMDC. The primary use of the Fargo HDP5000-LC […]

As part of the Computer Controlled Methadone Dispensing System (CCMDS) being implemented in most jails in the UK, prisoners are having their iris or fingerprint biometrics taken, according to a Guardian article. The purpose of the CCMDS is to relieve the problems in UK jails related to drug overdoses and drug trading by ensuring via […]

GlobalPlatform, the international smart card specifications association, has released figures showing an estimated annual increase of 15% in the total number of smart cards that use the GlobalPlatform Card Specification as the basis for card infrastructure. The organization estimates that since October 2007, the number of deployed GlobalPlatform based smart cards has risen from 265 […]

Gemalto announced that its advanced card personalization center located in Barueri, São Paulo has been awarded ISO 9001 certification. Gemalto adds this qualification to existing certifications from Visa and MasterCard. 

The globally recognized ISO 9001 certification details stringent requirements for the implementation of quality management and effective formal processes that result in producing quality products […]

IdentiSys Inc., an Eden Prairie, Minn.-based sales and service integrator of identification, tracking and security products, announced the acquisition of CardSmart Systems Inc., a Lisle, Ill.-based ID system provider. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. With the acquisition, IdentiSys expands its local sales and service operation throughout the Midwest. IdentiSys specializes in identification technologies […]