Much has been said and written about the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace but Phil Wolff wanted to take a different look at the initiative. Wolff, strategy director at the Personal Data Ecosystem Consortium, was admittedly being “irascible” when he first started the session at a conference but he also wanted people to […]
26 Mar, 2013Episode 105: ‘Death to NSTIC?’
26 Mar, 2013SecureKey unveils new ID platform
SecureKey Technologies Inc. announced the commercial availability of its cloud-based briidge.net identity and authentication platform – a solution that enables people to use devices and credentials they already have to perform strong two-factor authentication. The briidge.net suite of enterprise federated authentication services aims to be easy for people to use and reduces the number of […]
26 Mar, 2013Report: Contactless card payments current and forecast analysis to 2017
ReportsnReports announced its latest research report on the contactless cards and payments market, including current and forecast analysis to 2017. The research, entitled “Innovation in Payment Systems: The Emergence of Contactless Cards and Payments”, provides market analysis, information and insights into contactless card payments including previous and future market growth and an analysis of the […]
25 Mar, 2013Over 700,000 people have ‘tapped’ to travel across London on TfL buses
Barclaycard reports contactless payments have been used to purchase more than 700,000 London bus users a ticket to ride since the launch last December, and this figure is raising daily. The latest figures from global payments business show an average of 11,000 contactless bus fares are being made every day, and the volumes are growing […]
25 Mar, 2013Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd deploys RFID for manpower optimization
Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd, one of the world’s largest sugar producers, is the latest to implement the RFID vehicle management system offered by Mumbai-headquartered Essen RFID. The global agribusiness has many sugar mills at various locations in India, each having a continuous flow of vehicles every day during the harvest season, of farmers carrying fresh […]
25 Mar, 2013Partnership develops national mobile payment solution
Payment processor Heartland Payment Systems and mobile payment network LevelUp have formed a partnership to create a national mobile payment solution. After piloting its program in New York City, Boston, Louisville, Minneapolis and Madison, Wis., the partnership is now conducting a full-scale rollout of the system. LevelUp’s footprint will expand nationally more quickly with help […]
25 Mar, 2013Virginia DMV enabling identity services
Virginia’s Department of Motor Vehicles has entered the implementation phase of a multi-year identity management plan that will enable the sharing of authentication data between state agencies. ZDNet reports that the system— which hopes to improve service, reduce fraud and cut costs — hinges on the Commonwealth Authentication Service. The system provides identity attributes on […]