Richard Clarke doesn’t beat around the bush—be it the proverbial one or the Presidential one. A a security advisor to four U.S. presidents, an on-air expert on terrorism and homeland security for ABC News, and current chairman of Good Harbor Consulting, he has unique access and unique insight when it comes to national security. And, […]

The focus at Fargo Electronics is squarely on desktop ID card printers and consumables but some might be surprised to know that it is the consumables that make up the larger share of the company’s revenue. In a market where unit sales growth is relatively gradual, new revenue streams and ways to provide more to […]

The American Civil Liberties Union today urged Virginia not to become the first state in the nation to place radio frequency identification (RFID) chips in its driver’s licenses. “Until now, the controversy over RFID tags has focused on Wal-Mart and other retail applications,” said Chris Calabrese, Program Counsel of the ACLU’s Technology and Liberty Project. […]

By the end of 2005, all Malaysian citizens over the age of 12 will be carrying a dual interface contact/ contactless smart card as their national ID. With a population of 23 million, the Malaysian program is both one of the world’s first national ID card programs and one of the largest issuances of dual […]

If you’re looking to get a better handle on visitors or other guests to your campus or facility, Avery may have just the solution for you. Not only will its badge and ID creation software track all your visitors with an optional barcode, it also provides good-looking badges, complete with the visitor’s color photo, plus […]

By Nicholas Engels, Contributing Editor The last time I moved, I made sure to call every company I had any connection with and give them my new address. I was especially concerned that I receive bank statements without interruption, so using my newly installed Comcast Internet service, I signed up for the bank’s online bill […]

RFID Journal – Putting Drinks on the Cuff “To use the AgeBand system, a customer presents a driver’s license or some other official identification card (such as military) at the entrance of an event or business. The system, which comes with a bar code scanner and magnetic stripe reader, uses ID-CHECK to analyze the encoded […]

Vendors and implementers considering even the most benign RFID programs are painfully aware of the negative portrayal of the technology in the mainstream media. Frightening articles linking warehouse inventory systems to science fiction’s visions of ubiquitous and invasive personal advertising abound. Consumer groups picket the moment RFID moves to the point of sale, whether tags […]

Looking to develop some common sense rules that would better allow one authentication system to trust another, a group of companies, including a number of leading security providers, have banded together to create the Electronic Authentication Partnership (EAP). The EAP was first announced in December 2003 by Karen Evans, administrator of the Office of Electronic […]

Mobile Identity Verification Solution Honored by Security Industry AssociationEXTON, Penn., April 6 /PRNewswire/ – Datastrip’s DSVII-SC (Smart Card Edition), a handheld contact/contactless ID card and passport reader with an integrated fingerprint sensor for matching a live fingerprint to a stored biometric template, was recognized as the best new biometric product of the year in the […]