OpenTrust, a French provider of secure electronic transactions, has incorporated Gemalto’s entire range of secure identity management solutions into its Smart Card Manager product, including the Gemalto Protiva .NET and Strong Authentication Solutions. The combined offering, which is already being deployed among customers of the two companies, enables users in the public and private sector […]

Hwatai Commercial Bank has selected Todos to supply authentication servers and devices for its online banking customers. Hwatai Bank has a history dating back 66 years and it has 30 branches across Taiwan. This decision demonstrates Todos’s global reach. The company beat several other leading providers to win this contract and supplies eight of the […]

Heathrow Airport in London is planning to implement a trial run of a new system enabling international travelers to bypass the long lines at immigration, according to a Daily Mail article. The new program sees foreign travelers in a hurry able to pay 50 pounds to skip the lines and by enrolling and utilizing an […]

VeriSign announced that the latest release of VIP Access for Mobile is now available for Apple iPod touch, additional BlackBerry smartphones and devices running the Windows Mobile operating system – in addition to hundreds of mobile devices supporting J2ME, an application platform for mobile devices. The application already supports Apple iPhone, BlackBerry smartphones and mobile […]

ActivIdentity Corp., a Fremont, Calif.-based authentication and credential management provider, has enhanced its ActivID Card Management System, adding automatic certificate renewal and smart card update capabilities as well as support for public key cryptography standards. In conjunction with the company’s ActivClient, the Card Management System can also issue and manage smart cards and USB tokens […]

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that the agency plans to recruit and hire as many as 1,000 cybersecurity professionals across DHS over the next three years. The new hiring authority, which results from a collaborative effort between DHS, the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget, allows the […]

Drury University, Springfield, Mo., has added new card readers in four campus buildings to provide greater security as well as 24-hour access. Before installation of the readers, which began in May, students didn’t feel safe because some doors were often left open late at night. Previously, students had to call security to gain admission. As […]