Small and medium businesses can now make use of digital protection provider ESET’s two-factor authentication with its Secure Authentication product. This app uses an end-user’s mobile device for one-time password delivery that serves as a second authentication factor when logging into a company network. The system is designed for small and medium businesses that need […]
25 Feb, 2013ESET offers two-factor authentication for smaller businesses
25 Feb, 2013Premier Inn selects Plastic Card Services keyless room entry technology
Premier Inn, a UK-based hotel brand of Whitbread, is working with plastic card manufacturer Plastic Card Services (PCS) to implement a keyless room entry system across all its new build and renovated hotels. PCS has already supplied some 136,000 high-tech MiFare RFID room entry cards, which allow customers to enter their rooms quickly and reliably. […]
25 Feb, 2013Proxama to provide NFC backing for new BlackBerry Z10
Proxama announced a partnership with London-based marketing agency Experience Worldwide that will provide the NFC platform used in a UK-wide marketing campaign for BlackBerry’s new Z10 phone. BlackBerry’s field marketing campaign will span 14 shopping centers throughout the UK and will begin in London and Cardiff. The campaign boasts an NFC-powered element that invites existing […]
25 Feb, 2013Gemalto’s Smart Message technology bolsters operator marketing campaigns in Brazil
Brazil is launching Gemalto’s TSM solution for mobile NFC payment program with UpTeq NFC SIM and AllynisTrusted Services Management (TSM). Gemalto is partnering with TIM Brasil, a mobile operator with 70 million subscribers and Banco Itaú, one of the world’s largest banks to bring secure NFC mobile payments. Gemalto’s TSM platform will be at the […]
25 Feb, 2013Stollmann, COMPRION collaborate to automate NFC Forum test
Stollmann and COMPRION have partnered to automate the NFC Forum’s device test application. Automation of the test application will help to reduce overall test time and error-prone activities associated with the Forum’s digital test cases. Testing specific protocol or application behavior is often necessary to trigger certain communication patterns. When testing NFC, the Device Test […]
25 Feb, 2013Oberthur Technologies gets MasterCard certification for NFC secure element
Oberthur Technologies announced MasterCard Certification for its PEARL Secure Element (SE) 800k Classic. PEARL — an NFC embedded SE — is capable of supporting secure NFC payment applications at the highest level. The PEARL 800k Classic is a multi-application embedded secure element that aligns with both Global Platform 2.2 and JavaCard 3.0 specifications. Boasting a […]
22 Feb, 2013Smart Card Alliance to host mobile and NFC security webinars
The Smart Card Alliance Mobile and NFC Council is partnering with GlobalPlatform and the NFC Forum to host a four-part webinar series on mobile and NFC security. Entitled “Mobile and NFC Security Fundamentals,” the series is geared toward mobile app developers and the mobile community to help them understand the various types of security for […]