FedExField in Andover, Md. plays host to the Washington Redskins, college football games, soccer and a variety of other events through the course of a typical year. Because of the huge influx of seasonal, contract and temporary employees, stadium operators wanted a better way to identify staff and control their access to the facility. During […]

The International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA) announced the winners of its annual Élan Awards for Card Manufacturing Excellence at a 20th anniversary gala celebration and awards ceremony on as part of its four day Card Manufacturing and Personalization EXPO at the Camelback Inn, a JW Marriott Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. Prior to recognizing the winners […]

PKI begins its migration from the desktop to the door By Zack Martin, Editor, AVISIAN Publications Most people don’t think much about opening doors: insert key, turn knob and walk in. If your workplace issues ID badges there may be a bit more thought that goes into it as you tap the badge on a […]

Kalorama Information, an independent market researcher, suggests that there will be nearly a billion-dollar market for RFID in the health care industry. In its new report, “The Global Market for RFID in Health care,” Kalorama notes that RFID systems employed in health care settings may enable management to keep track of their staff’s compliance with […]

Robert Beliles, vice president of enterprise business development at Hirsch Electronics, talks about the company’s physical access control gateway that combines physical and logical networks for better security. “This links physical access control events to trigger network responses,” Beliles said at the RSA Conference. For example, some organization have a problem with tailgating, where one […]

Software supplier Vizual Management Solutions, announced the release of a new biometric time and attendance tracking software. The software, called CaptureIT, tracks hourly employees’ clock-in and out times by requiring biometric data, such as a fingerprint, to ensure that the employee using the clock is who they claim to be. In addition to the basic […]

Sweden’s Precise Biometrics announced a new solution for Windows 7 logon. Precise BioMatch Logon enables user access to Windows 7 machines via their fingerprint. It also enables the user to personalize access to different files or applications. BioMatch Logon is part of a suite of fingerprint software solutions for the Windows 7 operating system and […]

MaxID Corp., a provider of identity and security solutions, has announced it will be hosting a series of upcoming webinars involving the subjects of identity management and security with topics including Transportation Worker Identification Credential Compliance, biometrics and identity dominance. Specifically, officials from MaxID are expecting much of the webinar content to be useful to […]

In an effort to save a hefty annual collaboration cost, Avago Technologies began using the solution products A-OK and ArcotID from cloud authentication company Arcot Systems Inc. Some changes that came along with the switch include the adoption of platforms such as Google Apps Premier Edition and instillation of multilevel authentication. Primarily, the Avago decision […]

At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Torsten George, vice president of worldwide marketing for ActivIdentity, discussed the company’s philosophy for merging token/certificate-based authentication with single sign-on. “The market needs to shift,” says George. “You have to use password management in conjunction with strong authentication.” To that end, he announced ActivIdentity’s offer for customers to […]