With an increasing demand for biometric style passports, Setec, which was purchased by Gemplus earlier this year, will, over the next six months, double its passport and ID card production capacity at its plant in Finland. Vantaa, Finland – Setec, Northern Europe’s leading developer and manufacturer of visual and electronic card products, and a Gemplus […]

Smart Card Alliance and Security Industry Association both working to educate and impact federal government smart card efforts With about a year remaining before federal agencies have to comply with the FIPS 201 standards, the Smart Card Alliance has come forth with a 43-page white paper describing some of the issues involved and the work […]

By Dee Ann Kuhn Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications There’s nothing more appealing to frequent fliers than a line that stretches less than a corridor’s length for security check-in. Add to the mix an opportunity to avoid a secondary security sweep and, chances are, your day just got a whole lot better. This utopia became a […]

When Omaha, Nebraska-based West Corporation needed to update and standardize a mix of security systems at 31 locations without ripping everything out and starting anew, the company turned to AMAG Technology, Torrence, Calif. West manages call centers and has locations across the country – nine branch offices and 21 “remote” offices. These existing facilities use […]

“We’re both Christian and it’s in the Bible,” said Ms. McIntyre, when asked if she shared her co-author’s concerns. Convincing Christians that radio tags are a glide path toward the end of days may be a stiff challenge. For example, the Bible specifies that the mark of the beast will appear in the right hand […]

New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut residents are being asked to “blink lunch,” “blink a drink” or “blink a movie” in Chase Bank U.S.A.’s marketing campaign, part of its roll-out of its blink contactless credit card to some two million card members. The “blink” ad campaign is designed to illustrate how the card works. About […]

“The use of RFID, or radio-frequency identification tags, has reduced out-of-stock merchandise by 16 percent at the company’s stores that have begun to use the technology over the past 12 months. Wal-Mart (WMT) has been able to restock RFID-tagged items three times as fast as non-tagged items.” Shenanegans!