In light of recent security breaches that have attacked enterprises’ PKI infrastructure, Baltimore-based data protection provider SafeNet released security guidelines to enhance PKI-based transaction security. SafeNet’s cryptographic experts first advise that companies consider securing their private keys in a hardware-based security module (HSM). While software-based security has the benefits of portability and flexibility, it’s also […]

Prague-based AVAST Software has released avast! EasyPass, a password manager application that helps people better manage the passwords they use to register at Web sites. The application works when a person first registers with a Web site. The application remembers the username and password. EasyPass can also remember data inputted into forms and synchronize it […]

Codebench Inc. announced that it has integrated its PIVCheck Plus software with RedCloud Security Management Software. RedCloud was formerly known as PlaSec. This marks the first integration of PIVCheck Plus software with a physical and virtual network appliance access control platform. RedCloud Virtual is a VMware Ready access control solution purpose-built for organizations that have […]

HID Global announced the release of its Asure ID Software Development Kit (SDK) that enables more powerful card personalization software for FARGO and desktop card ID printers. As part of the company’s Asure ID card personalization solutions used by organizations to design, manage, print and encode identification cards, the kit is a set of modules […]

A report released by Goode Intelligence, an information security industry research and analyst company, predicts the mobile phone biometric security products and services marketplace will grow from the 4 million users in 2011 to 39 million users by 2015. The report, Mobile Phone Biometric Security Analysis and Forecasts 2011-2015, also looks at how it sees […]

Symantec has created the Symantec Certificate Intelligence Center, a cloud-based service for SSL certificate management and control. Geared toward enterprises with large numbers of certificates, the center is designed to help companies proactively manage certificates from any Certificate Authority in order to reduce workload on IT staffs. It functions as a central repository and automated […]

Fraud prevention, authentication and transaction verification provider ValidSoft’s VALid-4F product has earned a European Privacy Seal from EuroPriSe, an independent certification consortium. Aimed for government use, VALid-4F is a self-certification product that enables individuals to certify themselves and their location via a mobile phone. EuroPriSe rated several of its features as “excellent,” including: purpose specification […]