Gordon Hannah, Principal, Deloitte & Touche LLP Our cyber world has grown and spread rapidly. It enables us to do our jobs faster and more efficiently and gives us unprecedented access to information, whether we’re in the office or on the go. However, the ubiquitous manner in which cyberspace has integrated into our culture and […]

ARX received FIPS 201 approval from the U.S. Government’s General Services Administration on the Approved Products List for compliance for its PrivateServer network-attached hardware security module. The ARX PrivateServer HSM is a network-attached HSM and key management system. It comes with a load balancing option, and enables organizations to stay in compliance with several regulations […]

Biometric Associates has released its baiMobile 3000MP Bluetooth Smart Card Reader, which is designed specifically for mobile platforms. It supports iOS 4.x for iPhone and iPad and Android OS 2.2 and higher, and it operates with Bluetooth version 2.1 and higher. Designed to be compatible with government needs, the reader supports ISO 7816 smart cards […]

Florida-based Codebench has released IDSync, a software development kit that enables automated provisioning and deprovisioning of users and credentials into a supported physical access control system. The SDK works through a standardized Web services interface, and through a single connector, is compatible with over 25 physical access control systems. Targeted to commercial and government enterprises, […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the winter 2011 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

The December meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

Biometric projects and related systems are giving the lower economic class of citizens in developing countries a better chance to take part in the economic and social growth in countries such as India, according to a Slate article. In India, the national Unique ID project that will issue unique identification numbers to all citizens attached […]

Numerous challenges to porting ID to handsets Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications U.S. government smart card officials want some way to either use the PIV on mobile devices or have the mobile itself be used as the credential. If there was one item missing from the first draft of FIPS 201-2 it was that, officials […]

By Salvatore D’Agostino, CSCIP, IDmachines LLC The Smart Cards in Government conference in November brought together a very good group of users, solution providers and trade associations’ members to engage on the state of the practice on trusted identities and the use of secure elements. IDmachines contributed to a pre-conference workshop on PIV-I physical access […]

Intercede Group plc and Oxford Computer Group LLC (OCG) have formed a strategic alliance to sell PIV products to non-Federal organizations in the United States. Additionally, OCG has partnered with Gemalto, a current Intercede partner, so this alliance can also sell smart cards and associated components. This alliance will offer a preconfigured, end-to-end PIV product […]