VeriSign, Inc. has announced a new platform designed to meet the needs of governments looking to implement and manage their own Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). The new VeriSign PKI Platform is an in-premise solution modeled after the same architecture that VeriSign has deployed as a managed service for customers around the world. This deployment model […]

Obopay Inc., the service provider for payments via mobile phones, announced an investment from Nokia. According to the Financial Times the mobile device manufacturer’s investment was $70 million. Obopay has also named Teppo Paavola, vice president and head of corporate business development at Nokia, to its board of directors. The company will use this minority […]

The Belgian government is expanding it’s electronic identification card initiative to include all children under the age of 12. The program consists of a dedicated electronic ID with specific features intended to increase their security in emergency situations. In particular, a special hotline number is printed on the card body of the child’s ID card […]

Theft of a laptop belonging to a University of West Georgia faculty member, may have put the identities of some 1,300 current and former students at risk. Information on the computer may have included the student’s name, address, phone, student ID number or Social Security number. The Carrollton, Ga. institution has notified the affected individuals […]

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that require all interdicted aliens at sea be screened against Department of Homeland Security biometric watch lists. The legislation was sponsored by U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), member of the House Homeland Security Committee. H.R. 1148 would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to formalize and expand the […]

Increasing violence along the U.S./Mexican border is causing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to increase security, including the doubling of security personnel. But the agency is also sending identification technolgy to the southern border. “We are bolstering technology and resources with a significant increase in our biometric identification deployment,” says DHS Sec. Janet Napolitano […]

Swiss-based Biblioteca Inc., provider of RFID-enabled library inventory systems, has announced “on-the-fly” conversion software designed to ease the process of converting to an RFID system. With the non-proprietary software, a library using bar codes can make the transition to RFID tags as patrons check out and return materials. Biblioteca’s BiblioChip system reduces the amount of […]