Gemalto has unveiled the Smart Guardian USB token that can be used by federal employees and tied to their PIV credentials. The Smart Guardian FIPS was announced at the Smart Card Alliance’s Smart cards in Government show in Washington. The federal government has banned the use of non-encrypted USB memory sticks due to fears of […]

Privaris, a developer of biometric products and other identity verification solutions, has announced that they have been awarded four new patents for devices and methods from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. With the addition of these four, Privaris now holds a total of twelve patents. Of the two patents for devices, the first deals […]

Global Rainmakers, a research and development laboratory and identity management product patent holding company, has left what it calls its stealth status behind to bring its biometric security suite out commercially. Some of Global Rainmakers’ major product releases involve their face and iris matching software combined with proprietary hardware and algorithms. Additionally, much of their […]

The CBORD Group has formed Integrated Security Solutions Group designed to focus on the company’s growing security business. The new sector is expected to support the deployment of CBORD’s growing catalog of security hardware and software. Mathew Birnbaum, Integrated Security Solutions Group manager, will lead the new business unit. Integrated Security is intended to be […]

Gemalto has announced the availability of a 144-kilobyte PIV card. The product is available and already on the GSA’s approved products list. The new card doubles the memory capacity of the previous card. Gemalto sees the new cards being used to add application to the card, such as e-purse. The Gemalto PIV Card is dual […]

The Four Bridges Forum aims to bring trusted identity online By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications Trusting transactions online can be difficult. How does a user know who he’s dealing with on the other end of a computer? To ease this concern the federal government created the Federal PKI Architecture, or the Federal Bridge. It […]

Charismathics, a provider of IT security components and smart card middleware, announced that the National Institute of Standards and Technology has certified the Charismathics CSSI PIV Middleware as FIPS 201 compliant. CSSI is PIV middleware that’s validated to the new NIST SP 800-73-2 specification rather than the older PIV specification, ensuring interoperability and compliance with […]