Codebench, Inc. announced that Software House has signed a distribution agreement to sell its PIVCheck Product Suite, a cardholder validation solution for HSPD-12 compliance with automated registration and certificate management. PIVCheck Plus has been integrated with Software House C·CURE 800/8000 and C·CURE 9000, providing three-factor authentication and performing biometric matching. Managing the acquisition of cardholder […]

Got a cool or innovative near field communication application? If so, the NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association seeking to advance the use of NFC technology, wants to hear from you. It has announced a call for entries for its 2009 Global Competition, which is looking for the best NFC product and the most innovative […]

Secure identity provider HID Global, Irvine, Calif., has bought Nectarsmart card .NET technology, based on Microsoft.NET, from StepNexus and Hive Minded. Nectar is a commercial and licensed reference implementation of a .NET virtual machine for embedded systems with a smart card dedicated operating system. The acquisition, consistent with HID’s offering of a range of smart […]

Electronic lock specialist SALTO Systems, based in Spain, unveiled its new XS4 RFID self-programmable contactless access control system during the recent Security 2008 show in Essen, Germany. Its new access control concept allows users to jump up to the next level of control as their security needs change. This new networked lockset can be used […]

SmartMetric, a developer of biometric and smart card technologies, has created a smart card that functions much more as a credit card-sized computer rather than an ID card. The card includes a processor, more than a gigabyte of memory, a rechargeable battery and a fingerprint sensor for securing the functions on the card. The company […]

Japanese credit card issuer JCB has completed development of a validation test tool for its J/Smart contact and J/Speedy contactless cards. The test tool was developed by Collis, a competence center specializing in the design and testing of smart card based electronic transaction systems.