Starwood Hotels & Resorts announced a Smart Check-In program at its Aloft Hotels that enables guests to skip the front desk at check-in and head directly to their rooms. Guests who opt to participate are issued an enhanced Starwood Preferred Guest / Aloft-branded RFID keycard to be used for room access. On the day of […]

What’s the latest buzz on health care? The United States could be lagging behind other countries when addressing the digital future of the health care business. For the past decade, European and Asian countries with nationalized health care systems have used smart cards to identify patients and track their medical records, insurance information, prescriptions, and […]

VASCO has introduced the DIGIPASS as a Service (DaaS), a play off of Software as a Service, as its newest addition to eSecurity solutions. Unlike the previous model, DaaS will enable multiple businesses and end-users to authenticate online with only one DIGIPASS. The consistently growing online application market prompted VASCO to create an authentication solution […]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is behind on PIV issuance, according to an inspector general’s report. Only 7% of Homeland Security employees have been issued the credentials, 15,567 out of 250,000. The deadline for PIV issuance was October 2008, but agencies throughout government are behind, but the inspector general’s report takes Homeland Security to […]

Gemalto announced that its Protiva security solutions are now integrated with IBM’s single sign-on solution to provide customers with a secure and convenient identity and access management solution. The Gemalto smart card solution is certified for use with IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business and IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On. A range […]

Fujitsu Frontech North America, a developer of biometric systems and solutions, has announced it will demonstrate their PalmSecure LOGONDIRECTOR palm vein authentication system at IBM Pulse 2010 expo and conference later this month in Las Vegas. The PalmSecure LOGONDIRECTOR is designed for integration into IBM’s Tivoli Access Manager for Single Sign-On providing organizations with a […]

With more kids surfing the Web exposed to pornography, predators and cyberbullying, parents are looking for secure ways to manage their child’s online activity. Dolphin Secure, a new security product uses biometric technology to monitor and protect children online, according to a Miami Herald article. The product combines a social network with a biometric scanner, […]