Sara Johansson, a researcher for the Touch RFID project at the Oslo School for Architecture and Design, has developed a new plush dog toy designed especially for visually impaired children. Sniff looks like your average stuffed animal, but it comes with an RFID sensor in its muzzle that can interact with various RFID enabled accessories, […]

The IEEE and some of the world’s biometrics experts have developed a new certification and training program for biometrics professionals and their organizations. The IEEE Certified Biometrics Professional (CBP) program focuses on the relevant knowledge and skills to apply biometrics to real-world challenges and applications. The IEEE certification program was developed to help meet the […]

Zetes, the international provider of people identification solutions, has been appointed by the Belgian Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs to supply the equipment, biometric software and technical support for the registration of the biometric data of applicants for visas and passports. These are to be installed at embassies, consulates, and border crossing points. The Zetes […]

A file containing personal information, including addresses and Social Security numbers, of more than 5,000 Eastern Kentucky University faculty, staff and student employees was inadvertently posted to the Internet a year ago. The mistake was just discovered last week. Still, as an Eastern spokesperson pointed out, the odds of someone actually finding the file were […]

GlobalPlatform has taken the first step towards migrating its secure framework technology to the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with the launch of the Secure Channel Protocol 03. This latest royalty-free document from the association aligns GlobalPlatform technology to the cryptographic standard increasingly being stipulated by many organizations, including the U.S. government. The GlobalPlatform Secure Channel […]

Gemalto announced that it will inaugurate its first personalization center in Indonesia before the end of the year. The new facility will enable Gemalto to locally support financial institutions in their EMV migration. Gemalto will act as an service provider, from card manufacturing through to fulfillment. Services include inventory management and express card personalization with […]

INSIDE Contactless announced that Didier Serra, general manager and executive vice president of sales for North America, has been reelected by the members of Advanced Card Technologies Canada to serve a second term on the organization’s board of directors. In this capacity, Serra will work with the other board members to help govern this stakeholder […]