Mike Leete doesn’t like computer servers. The General Services Admintration’s project manager at the Neil Smith Federal Building in Des Moines, Iowa doesn’t care for the resources it takes to operate and maintain a server room. So when the 10-story, 40,000 square-foot building needed to update its physical access control system he sought options that […]

Precise Biometrics has received its first order for its Tactivo product, a smart casing for mobile devices that has both smart card and fingerprint authentication capabilities, from a large European-based car manufacturer. The automotive player, which was not disclosed, was using smart cards for desktop logical access. With Tactivo, it can now use its existing […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $21.4 million contract to Invincea Inc., a provider of threat detection and breach prevention, to develop secure smart phone and tablet mobile platforms for military use. The project, called “Mobile Armour,” focuses on developing security innovation for the Android OS for a government environment. Invincea […]

Corporate email systems are at risk of being hacked, according to a survey released by PhoneFactor. The majority of respondents reported that highly sensitive information about their corporate strategy or customer base is communicated via email and 80% of respondents stated that user names and passwords are securing these systems. High-profile email hacks, like Sarah […]

Thursby Software Systems announced that its free PKard Reader app for secure Web browsing has been granted FIPS 140-2 validation from the Cryptographic Module Validation Program, a joint effort between the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Communications Security Establishment of the Government of Canada. Thursby’s PKard Reader solution enables people to securely […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the summer 2012 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

Radiant Logic announced the release of RadiantOne VDS 6, a federated identity service. Designed to provide one logical access point for enterprise identities, VDS 6 enables authentication and authorization across multiple identity sources and authentication protocols. VDS 6 is built to address the demands of single sign-on (SSO) and authorization for the cloud and federations […]