By Lark Allen, Executive Vice President, Wave Systems Corp. The flood of worldwide laws and regulations regarding privacy and data protection, along with escalating penalties for breaches and violations, have made full-disk encryption a required capability in PCs. Once all the data on a disk drive has been encrypted, including the operating system, one of […]

Entrust Inc.’s public key infrastructure (PKI) technology has been selected by the Thai Digital ID Company Limited (TDID). Thai Digital ID will resell Entrust’s in-house and hosted PKI solutions — Entrust Authority PKI and Entrust Managed Services PKI, respectively — to current and future customers in Thailand. Entrust’s first public key infrastructure was released in […]

PhoneFactor Inc. announced integration of its out-of-band two-factor authentication technology with Password Manager Pro software from ManageEngine, makers of a suite of cost effective network, systems, security and applications management software solutions. ManageEngine Password Manager Pro is a privileged password management application that creates a secure vault for storing and managing shared sensitive information, such […]

By Dieter Schuller, Radiant Logic The adoption rate of cloud-based and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications has been dramatic, and it is only accelerating. According to a recent survey by Forrester Research, more than 50% of enterprises state they either currently use cloud services or are actively experimenting with them. While enterprises continue to migrate a significant […]

Fujitsu Frontech North America has integrated its vascular-based biometric authentication solution PalmSecure with fellow IT solutions developer Crystal IT’s Avert Access Control logical access control system. The new solution combines both RFID and biometric technology for authenticating an individual’s identity to ensure only authorized users may access protected work stations and specific data or networks […]

By Electronics giant uses EDS acquisition to springboard into credentialing The past year saw the rollout of Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) next generation government employee ID card, a development the company sees as the first step to bringing its identity management and credentialing services to cyber security, commercial clients and the health care industry. Assured Identity Plus […]

HID Global and Sony Corp. announced they have entered into a strategic partnership to develop an embedded contactless smart card reader platform for the global PC marketplace. The platform will be designed specifically for laptop manufacturers and will encompass Sony and HID Global contactless solutions and a range of other deployed technologies while supporting specific […]