Anakam has been acquired by Equifax Inc. The two companies have been partners since the beginning of 2010, when Equifax selected Anakam to provide the electronic authenticator for the Equifax I-Card. Terms of the deal, which closed Oct. 1, were not disclosed. Equifax and Anakam also have had a strategic partnership providing no touch, risk-based […]

PhoneFactor Inc. announced that Stillwater National Bank and Trust Company, Stillwater, Okla., has deployed its authentication solution to protect its commercial online banking transactions. By utilizing PhoneFactor’s Universal Banking Gateway, Stillwater was able to integrate the product with its online banking platform. When a transaction is initiated, PhoneFactor calls the customer with details about the […]

GlobalPlatform has announced its latest training event, to be held in Paris on Dec. 13 – 14. The organization has designed a two-day training program to improve industry knowledge of its smart card specifications, their capabilities and functions and the benefits gained from implementing standardized and sustainable card technology. Planned for the week following Cartes […]

The September meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

The 2010 Sesames Awards finalists were recently selected as some of the best in their respective categories – hardware, software, and applications. Applications will be split into eight sectors: Identification/ID Cards, IT Security, Transportation, Banking/Retail/Loyalty, Mobility, Trusted Internet/Authentication, e-Transactions, Manufacturing & Tests. Hardware Infineon Technologies with Infineon SLI 76 “in-car” family Morpho e-Documents with ConnectSIM […]

VASCO Data Security has unveiled its Multi-OTP technology. The new devices addresses those customers in need of securing applications beyond the traditional capacity without the introduction of online transaction signing. The Multi-OTP one-button devices can secure more than just one application each carrying a different OTP. Areas in which the VASCO product would be most […]

Fujitsu Frontech North America has announced it has integrated its PalmSecure palm-vein scanning technology with IT solutions developer Passlogix’s v-GO Single Sign-On solution. The new solution enables for enterprise clients to utilize a single palm-vein scan to authenticate users and manage access to applications and networks in lieu of traditional passwords and user names as […]