Italian aerospace and defense contractor Finmeccanica joined the Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP), a government-industry partnership focused on designing solutions to address the issues facing the aerospace and defense industry: mitigating the compliance, complexity, cost and IT security risks inherent in large-scale, multi-national collaborative programs. As a platinum member of the TSCP, Finmeccanica will contribute […]

Installation plans for biometric security at London’s Olympic Park for the 2012 games is behind schedule and will likely not be completed until the summer, according to a Contract Journal article. The planners had been hoping to have the systems in place prior to the increase in construction crew members for building the recently started […]

By David C. Wyld, Southeastern Louisiana University Clearly, the airline industry is being tested as never before. The business press has been replete with bad news for the airline industry of late. All over the world, from the United States and throughout Europe and Asia, airlines are facing fast-rising costs, as jet fuel becomes their […]

French digital security provider Gemalto’s Smart Enterprise Guardian has won the Tech Innovation Award for Hardware from the Austin Business Journal. Jointly developed by Gemalto and Lexar, the SEG is a multipurpose enterprise security device that allows employees to secure remote access to their networks and protect information they store on portable devices. The Guardian, […]

Access control provider Hirsch Electronics has named Corey McKinney, formerly with BearingPoint, as its senior system specialist to help Hirsch customers comply with HSPD-12, FIPS 201, PIV and the Federal Information Security Management Act regulations. McKinney, a Certified Information System Security Professional, was with BearingPoint’s Identity Management Solutions Group, where he helped develop one of […]

The February meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]