Often times when the topic of access control is considered, logical access – to databases or desktops, for example – dominates the discussion. The logical aspect, however, is only one facet to a comprehensive access control solution. One company who is attempting to redefine access control is Shuttle Computer Group (SCG). Founded in Taiwan in […]

In the latest report from research and advisory firm, IMARC Group, the Indian Health care Sector will likely create a demand for some 34 million smart cards during over the next five-years. The report, entitled “Smart Card Industry in India: SIM, Identity, Banking, Transport, Healthcare, Pay TV, Loyalty & PDS,” reveals that the adoption of […]

Imprivata has funded independent research, conducted by the Ponemon Institute, to determine the best single sign-on solution according to IT practitioners. Single sign-on is being used in the health care sector to automate personnel login processes, enabling clinicians and IT practitioners to login to their desktop just once, granting them faster access to necessary applications, […]

The Smart Card Alliance Health Care Council submitted comments calling for smart card to be used to secure electronic health records. The comments were in response to a report from Republican Senators that examined health care IT adoption and some of the issues surrounding the systems. “REBOOT: Re-examining the Strategies Needed to Successfully Adopt Health […]

Facilities in the health care industry are increasingly adding iris scanning systems in an effort to improve patient safety and cut down on medical fraud, reports Bloomberg. The leading players in this field, Safran SA, Fujitsu Ltd., AOptix Technology Inc. and M2Sys Technology say that health care providers want the technology not just to make […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the spring 2013 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

Evolis released Elypso, a desktop card printer that offers features for instant issuance in one model: manual card feeding, front-desk operations, dual-sided printing and encoding for magnetic stripe, contact and contactless chip card. Evolis designed Elypso to match the performances of Primacy with the smaller footprint of Zenius. This solution delivers personalized cards over the […]