News from ASIS: HID Global released the HID Mobile Access solution, which delivers a secure and convenient way to open doors and gates while introducing a simple secure identity management process. Quantum Secure’s new SAFE for Secure Cloud is designed to provide small and medium-sized business users with a cost-effective physical identity access management solution that can increase security across multiple business operations.

NIST awards Mitre Corp. cybersecurity center contract; Gemalto has been selected by China Mobile for multi-tenant SIMs; Secure Network Systems announces FICAM accreditation; GlobalPlatform expands its support for the mobile services community with device compliance program; the FIDO Alliance announced that the Alibaba Group has joined the FIDO Alliance.

Evolis introduced the AVANSIA, a new retransfer printer that can support a variety of applications: employee badges, secured access cards, student IDs, payment cards, official identification cards, driver licenses, and more.

Passwords are not secure and enterprises are actively seeking out different digital identity and authentication technologies to help them secure online assets. Multi-factor authentication can go a long way to preventing many of these breaches as passwords are still the number one way hackers are gaining access to information on computer networks.

NexID Biometrics LLC unveiled an enhanced fake-finger-detection solution for both embedded fingerprint-sensor systems; Siber Systems Inc., maker of RoboForm, announced the availability of a free multi-factor authentication capability; CARTES SECURE CONNEXIONS AMERICA announced the relocation of the 2015 event from Las Vegas to Washington, D.C.

More electronic passport deployments, the move to EMV and the ever-popular SIM are still responsible for the vast majority of smart cards shipped across the globe.

Gemalto introduced its Allynis Trusted Services Hub, a service that enables digital service providers from any market to benefit from a single connection to securely deploy value-added and mobile payment services across a portfolio of smart phones and mobile networks around the world.