CardLogix, a provider of smart cards and software for secure digital authentication, and charismathics, a vendor of IT security components and identity management middleware, announced that they have formalized a partnership. charismathics is now a Smart Partner, supporting its solutions with CardLogix SIMs and smart cards. Together, these products form a solution for securing identity […]

SMARTRAC N.V., a manufacturer and supplier of RFID transponders, has added Dual Frequency PRELAM to its product portfolio. The pre-laminated inlays are available in various hybrid combinations of the frequencies LF, HF and UHF. PRELAM stands for pre-laminated. This means that the single layers are fused together under pressure and high temperature in lamination press […]

Zvetco Biometrics announced that its Verifi line of fingerprint biometric readers are now compatible with Sun Microsystems’ Identity Management Suite via the integration of BiObex, a biometric middleware from Advanced Biometric Controls. This integration enables biometric security to be applied through the Web-based identity management capabilities available on Sun’s Identity Management Suite.   

HID Global’s naviGO software version 1.37 has received the highest possible rating, an A, from Veracode, a company that tests software for security vulnerabilities. This rating, says HID, means that naviGO has been evaluated against industry-standard benchmarks such as the common weakness enumeration, common vulnerability scoring system, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology […]

Adding IT applications to the existing physical security badges paves the way Using contactless technology on the desktop to lock down computers is starting to find more proponents as companies begin to ratchet up their portfolios to include more logical access devices that make it easier, and potentially less expensive, to migrate to the systems. […]

Verified Identity Pass, which operated the CLEAR service that helped registered travelers zip through security checkpoints at more than a dozen airports in the U.S., announced it is going out of business, according to this ZDNet blog. The company cited an inability to negotiate an agreement with a large creditor to continue operations. That was […]