Revere Security has developed the Hummingbird algorithm to provide a higher level of security, and encourage the adoption of RFID solutions. The encryption includes secure identification and mutual authentication, with a minimal impact on tag performance. Revere Security’s Hummingbird algorithm was engineered with RFID technology in mind, addressing concerns in security, performance, power and size […]

Dubai First, banking subsidiary of Dubai Group, and UAE-based telecom provider du are participating in the first NFC mobile payment pilot in the Middle East. During the trial phase, Dubai First Platinum MasterCard customers will be able to download their credit card information to specially equipped mobile handsets over du’s mobile network. Customers can then […]

By Salvatore D’Agostino, IDmachines The Smart Cards in Government conference was held in Washington and ran concurrently with the Interagency Advisory Board meeting. IDmachines long ago concluded that the path to convergence runs through the use of the same method of authentication for logical access, physical access and device authentication. In a federated environment such […]

An incident involving an alleged gunman at St. Paul College in Minnesota has turned into a lesson in identity vetting for campus card program managers everywhere. On Sept. 23 the technical school went on lockdown when a female student reported seeing a man with a gun in a campus elevator upset over his financial aid. […]

Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS), provider of pallet rental service with embedded RFID tags, announced that Carlos Gutierrez, former Chairman and CEO of the Kellogg Company and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, has joined the company’s board of directors. The embedded RFID tags enable shippers and receivers to track and trace their shipments throughout the […]

The Australian Bureau of Statistics is searching for a two-factor authentication product, according to a Computerworld report. The bureau’s current authentication method is not suitable for remote access because it is vulnerable to key logger attacks that enables a hacker to impersonate an employee without being detected. The bureau is looking for a physical devices, […]

San Diego-based CareFusion has been putting fingerprint scanners in its medication cabinets since 1999 and in 2001 the company made it a standard in all its Pyxis medication dispensing units. But over the past seven years the company was noticing problems with the fingerprint scanners it was using, says Scott Bostick, senior vice president and […]