Exostar has chosen Gemalto’s Protiva Cloud Confirm product to provide security for applications connected to the company’s cloud-based Identity Hubs. The cloud security product includes IDProve OTP tokens and the IDConfirm strong authentication server. The additional OTP token adds to Exostar’s strong authentication options, including government-compliant hardware and software digital certificates and Defense Department Common […]
28 Feb, 2013Exostar taps Gemalto for cloud security
28 Feb, 2013VingCard Elsafe supplies NFC mobile access solution to World Mobile Conference staff
Hospitality security specialist and ASSA ABLOY Group member VingCard Elsafe, has provided a solution for the event staff at the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona. The solution uses the Xperia T NFC handset to enable access to hotel rooms during the Congress. Using ASSA ABLOY’s Seos application, trial participants can check in at Hotel […]
28 Feb, 2013Biometric self-boarding trial underway at Heathrow
London’s Heathrow Airport is testing biometric self-boarding as a way to help speed up the flight boarding process, reports Security Document World. The two-month pilot is happening with South African Airways and utilizes facial biometric technology to facilitate a self-boarding process. Passengers will give facial biometric data when they check in for a flight. When […]
28 Feb, 2013DHS working on cost-effective biometric exit system
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been unable to meet the requirements of a law passed by Congress after 9/11 that states non-U.S. citizens must go through a biometric collection process both upon entry and leaving the country. This law was enacted to track visitors’ actual length of stays against what they were permitted […]
28 Feb, 2013MastarCard releases MasterPass, claims future of mobile payments
MasterCard has officially introduced MasterPass, a digital service that lets consumers use any payment card or enabled device to make purchases. MasterPass is the natural progression of the PayPass Wallet Service, which launched in the Spring of 2012 and has since been in production trials with select merchants and providers. Following its announcement at the […]
28 Feb, 2013University of Pennsylvania converting to contactless access
The University of Pennsylvania is embarking on a plan to replace its magnetic stripe-based PennCards with smart cards that will enable contactless access to academic buildings, college housing and other controlled areas, reports The Daily Pennsylvanian. The move is a joint project of the university’s Division of Public Safety, Information Systems & Computing and Business […]
28 Feb, 2013Winnipeg Transit makes way for new automatic fare collection system
Paying a fare on Winnipeg Transit with a smart card will come into effect within a year, according to CBC News. Winnipeg’s finance committee will gather to examine changing of manual fare boxes over to an automatic fare collection system, as the new system is implemented in two phases eventually leading to the smart card. […]