Identity Stronghold announces it will supply the U.S. General Services Administration with Secure Sleeves™ and Secure Badgeholders™ as part of the EDS team which was recently awarded the $66 Million HSPD 12 ID Management Services contract. Identity Stronghold will be providing EDS the “electromagnetically opaque sleeve” required by the federal government standard FIPS 201, thus […]

Campus card and security industry veteran Mark Doi will lead HID Global’s education market efforts as the new director of business development. Mark will work with campus administrators migrating to multi-function iCLASS cards via the new HID Identity business unit. Mark is a longtime friend of CR80News and the campus card industry, having served the […]

Alan Fontanella, Fargo Electronics vice president of product marketing for secure materials and peripherals, will address attendees at the 17th annual CardTechSecurTech conference on May 15 at 1:45 p.m. In his presentation, Mr. Fontanella will address the foundations of secure ID issuance. The session will review how the production of fraudulent IDs can be limited […]

Digital ID provider Nexus has introduced the Vault, a physical access and network logon solution utilizing HID Global’s iCLASS technology that will allow use of just one card to provide credentials for multiple purposes while reducing training costs and help desk calls. The Vault is designed to store encrypted user credentials that can authenticate the […]

The 40-page proposal’s recommendations fall short of endorsing highly secure contactless ID chips By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor State governments may be fuming over the Real ID Act’s tight implementation deadlines and a lack of federal funding, but smart card developers are taking issue with its security requirements – or lack thereof. On March 1, […]

Thales’ electronic personalization solution, SafeSign Management Server, has made the GSA Approved Products List for FIPS 201 compliance, meaning U.S. government agencies can now use the company’s product to issue PIV cards and credentials. Thales’ SafeSign Crypto Module is also on the GSA list. Thales SafeSign Management Server Certified under GSA FIPS 201 Evaluation Program […]

epcSolutions, Inc. this morning announced what it calls “the first application leveraging Zebra’s RFID Gen2 card printer.” The new printer from Zebra Technologies allows RFID-enabled plastic ID cards to be simultaneously printed and encoded. The encoded ID cards can be used for a wide range of identification purposes such as driver’s licenses, student ID cards, […]

EDS, a global technology services company, has been awarded a $66 million contract to help federal agencies comply with HSPD-12. EDS will support GSA in issuing identity credentials to approximately 420,000 employees at 42 federal civilian agencies. It will also provide a shared service solution for end-to-end managed services for core HSPD-12 system components. EDS […]

Datacard Group has launched a new card issuance platform that offers affordability while meeting the needs of financial, gift, loyalty, membership and other card issuers. It also delivers many of the same card personalization capabilities and operational advantages of higher-volume card issuance systems. Minnetonka, Minn. – Datacard Group, the world leader in secure ID and […]

With every government agency in the U.S. issuing a standardized secure ID, will your campus card feel the pressure to follow their lead? By Chris Corum, Executive Editor Every federal government agency is currently issuing a standard ID card to their employees and contractors. Some of the brightest minds from security and IT in the […]