Trusted Labs, a provider of security services, announced it has developed three sets of protection profiles covering a range of smart card platforms – from native to Java Card. With these Protection Profiles, the industry has tools necessary to evaluate platforms for smart cards or similar devices, in compliance with the latest version of the […]
17 Nov, 2009Trusted Labs releases protection profiles
17 Nov, 2009Georgia Tech campus card replaces ticket at home football games
With the help of wireless access control readers from Schlage and the campus card solution from Blackboard, students at Georgia Tech no longer need a physical ticket to get into home football games. At the school’s Bobby Dodd Stadium, turnstyles were outfitted with card readers to enable card swipe and subsequent eligibility verification to grant […]
17 Nov, 2009VASCO unveils multi-application security model
VASCO Data Security Inc., a software security company specializing in authentication products, launched its multi-application security model. The model is designed to offer an enterprises’ employees and customers secure access to multiple applications with the use of one DIGIPASS hardware or software credential. The authentication and signature ID is stored in VASCO’s IDENTIKEY server. VASCO […]
17 Nov, 2009MasterCard selects Cryptomathic for over-the-air provisioning
DnB NOR announced NFC pilot MasterCard Worldwide has selected e-security solution provider Cryptomathic to manage the data preparation requirements for its deployment of the MasterCard Mobile Over The Air Provisioning Service to enable MasterCard PayPass application to be provisioned on to mobile phones. The new PayPass offering enables consumers to make small-item purchases with a […]
17 Nov, 2009NC State students suggest merging multiple card accounts, raising question for other card offices
The North Carolina State University student paper suggests the merger of three separate financial accounts associated with the official AllCampus Card. Currently separate accounts are used for debit purchases, copy services, and discretionary mealplan purchases. Student government representatives, according to an article in the campus newspaper, would like to see these combined into a single […]
17 Nov, 2009CoreStreet demos PKI at the door
17 Nov, 2009VeriFone rolls out end-to-end encryption product worldwide
VeriFone Holdings Inc. announced that its VeriShield Protect end-to-end encryption solution for card payment security will be available for use with the EMV smart card standard and will also support contactless payments. First introduced in the U.S. to help merchants and acquirers secure cardholder information and comply with PCI data security requirements, VeriShield Protect is […]


