Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc., a provider of imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, and ActivIdentity Corp., a provider of strong authentication and credential management, announced that they have co-developed a Personal Identification Verification-Compliant Card System that increases security and document control for customers using multifunctional products, such as […]

HJP Consulting has released a white paper to provide an explanation on the benefits of participating in the Public Key Directory (PKD) of the International Civil Aviation Organization. The paper was commissioned by the ICAO PKD Board and the ICAO Implementation and Capacity Building Working Group and explains the complex cryptography which is used in […]

By Salvatore D’Agostino, IDmachines Interoperability among health care providers, payers and patients provides a great use case for high assurance interoperable credentials. Health care is a perfect use case for an identity credential and is a great opportunity to use the new PIV-I specification. Any investment in health care IT has to realize this. Health […]

SAFRAN Group’s Sagem Orga and MorphoTrak have received FIPS 201 approval of its technology for the PIV program. The General Services Administration-approved products include smart cards and readers that satisfy security standards of the PIV program. With the GSA certification, the two firms are now an official source of PIV smart cards, PIV logical and […]

Centrelink, the Australian human services agency, is pitching its smart card technology in the U.S., according to a CRN.com news report. Two-day workshops are planned in Canberra, Australia in June and Washington in July to introduce Centrelink’s PLAID protocol. PLAID stands for Protocol for Lightweight Authentication of ID. PLAID is a standard for how smart […]

Zetes Industries, a provider of automatic identification of goods and people, has been contracted with the production of the electronic identity card for Belgians abroad. This card will be issued on request to Belgian nationals domiciled outside Belgium who register with the local Belgian embassy or consulate. The distribution of the cards, which has started […]

National Laminating has launched a new radio frequency shielding, rigid, 2-card, non-metallic, lightweight badge holder. The part, #RFSHIELD01, received FIPS 201 approval, on April 28, under the category of “Electromagnetically Opaque Sleeve” and is listed as #423 on the FIPS 201 Approved Products List. National Laminating RF shielding badge holder is composed in part of […]