Lancaster, PA (December 17, 2002)— IDenticard , a leading producer of biometric security identification, asset tracking and access control systems, and ITC Systems, an international company specializing in integrated transaction control systems, have formed an alliance to make IDenticard’s top-line access control and imaging systems compatible with ITC Systems’ cash card systems for college and […]

Gemplus (Paris Euronext: Euroclear 5768 and NASDAQ: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card-enabled solutions, announces the delivery of a complete and secure SIM-based mobile commerce solution to SFR, the second largest operator in France. SFR s Wireless PKI commercial pilot, SECURISIGN – digital signature via a mobile phone,, enables subscribers to purchase products […]

BY JANE ADAMS CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Traditionally, contactless technology has been used primarily for mass transit. However, during 2002 both Visa and MasterCard announced contactless payments specifications based on standardized contactless technology. Its use has also been growing in the access control and network security, and authentication markets. While contact cards need physical contact to communicate, […]

HID proximity cards can be read at distances up to 10 meters (33 feet) when combined with a signal booster from the Dutch RFID technology company, NEDAP. The new device called the Combi-Booster is designed for use in vehicles as a means to transmit both a vehicle identification number (stored in the Combi-Booster) and the […]

The use of biometrics in conjunction with contactless smart cards is certainly high on many lists of security goals–but it has been a goal that is costly, time consuming, and technology-intensive to attain. With the development of the bioCLASS product line, Irvine, California-based HID is taking steps to change all that. “The bioCLASS reader is […]

Delaware State University (DSU) and Siemens have implemented what could be one of the most groundbreaking campus card programs in the United States to date. But few outside of the 4,000 cardholders on the campus know much about the project. Perhaps that is because while Siemens, the project’s technology leader, is a major worldwide presence, […]

Smart cards are making rapid advances into computer security technology. Case in point is Smart Centric’s new logical security product–called SmartCity Logon–that bypasses the typical user name and password. With the card, you logon with ease. Without a smart card, you can’t logon at all. “With the increasing popularity of laptops, our logon product can […]