Standards Australia is seeking comments on the latest version of its Protocol for Lightweight Authentication of Identity (PLAID) logical smart card application. PLAID defines a standardized authentication protocol resolving some of the issues with poor cryptography, privacy, speed and other issues with contactless smart cards. The standard is capable of transitioning older Weigand-based solutions to […]

ActivIdentity Corp., a provider of strong authentication and credential management, announced that the National Policing Improving Agency (NPIA) in the United Kingdom has procured 250,000 licenses of its ActivIdentity ActivID Card Management System and ActivIdentity ActivClient security software to issue digital credentials to members of the country’s police forces. The ActivIdentity solution has been selected […]

Separate hardware no longer needed for two-factor authentication By Meredith Gonsalves, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications In a digital age where more people are succumbing to the smart phone phenomenon and the desktop computer has become a thing of the past, the online world is literally at our fingertips. Technology has revolutionized the way the online […]

Law requires schools to make sure students can’t cheat By Autumn C. Giusti, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications A new federal law is forcing colleges and universities to implement security measures to make sure students enrolled in online classes are who they say they are, and three and a half-year-old software company outside of Dallas is […]

Kyocera Mita America Inc., a document solutions company, has partnered with API Technologies Corp., a prime contractor in engineered systems, components and secure communications, to provide API’s HSPD-12-compliant Cryptek Netgard MFD (multi-function device) as an integrated component to enhance the data security of Kyocera’s document imaging devices. API’s Cryptek Netgard brings printers, scanners and copiers […]

VASCO Data Security’s DIGIPASS for Web solution and VACMAN Controller have been chosen by The Ohio Finance Agency (OHFA) for its Lender Online application. OHFA was seeking a secure access solution to protect the hacking of financial data in their Lender Online portal. The Lender Online portal, designed by Emphasys Software, is a tool that […]

SCM Microsystems Inc., a provider of products, services and solutions for the security and identification industries, announced that it and Hirsch Electronics have teamed up with local partner Native Systems to deliver a smart access control solution to the Critical National Infrastructure Authority (CNIA) in Abu Dhabi. The CNIA is tasked with handling the protection […]