Presentation of three Outstanding Smart Card Achievement awards and a keynote address on cyberterrorism from Richard Clarke, former Special Advisor to the President on Terrorism will headline the Smart Card Alliance’s Fall Annual Conference in San Francisco next month. Smart Card Alliance Fall Annual Conference Program Spotlights Innovation Princeton Junction, NJ–The Smart Card Alliance recently […]

IR Recognition Systems biometric HandReaders, which take a three-dimensional reading of the size and shape of a hand and can verify the user’s identity in less than one second, are checking employee identities at San Francisco Airport before allowing them access to restricted areas. Homeland Security Initiative – Airport TSA Contractor Uses Biometric Technology to […]

Increased smart card adoption rates could hinge on how well smart cards are able to integrate with emerging logical and physical access control technologies–like USB tokens and prox cards–according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. Integration of Smart Cards with Upcoming Technologies Essential to Boost Adoption Rates PALO ALTO, Calif. (BUSINESS WIRE)–The uptake […]

Three companies have inked an agreement to team up to produce student ID smartcards for Korean mid level and high schools and colleges that will include biometrics. Called the Student Management Card Project, the cooperative venture of e-Smart, Samsung, and Kobile is expected to generate $617 million in revenue in the project’s first six years […]

On-Track Innovations Ltd, (OTI) announced today that the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) has extended the use of its BART OTI smart card for its employee security access control applications at BART offices and stations. With over 300,000 daily riders and 43 stations, BART provides Bay Area residents with a low cost, […]

Combine a watch from Casio, a contactless chip from Sony, and a suite of applications from JCB … and you get a payment and security token far cooler than your typical employee ID badge. Credit card giant JCB is testing the new wristwatch with a group of employees in Japan with plans to roll the […]

Reader Provides Multi-Layer Security Access System Solutions LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 31, 2004–Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB: APDN), a provider of proprietary DNA-embedded security products and services that protect corporate and intellectual property from counterfeiting and fraud, today announced the debut of the new contactless reader feature for its Applied DNA(TM) Security Access System at the […]

Establishes Distribution Agreement With Alternative Technology, Inc. FREMONT, Calif. and DENVER, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – ActivCard Corp. (Nasdaq: ACTI), a global provider of strong authentication and trusted digital identity solutions, and Alternative Technologies, Inc. (AltTech), a leading distributor of security products and server-based computing solutions, today announced signing of an authorized distribution agreement. Under terms […]

Will Safeguard Physical and Network Assets BEDFORD, Mass., March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – RSA Security Inc. (Nasdaq: RSAS) today announced that Post & Schell, a Philadelphia-based law firm serving clients in healthcare, insurance and other specialized industries, has implemented the RSA Smart Badging Solution to provide physical and network access at its new headquarters. Consisting of […]

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, February 4, 2004 – TokenWorks™ announced today the availability of Version 3.2 of CardDB®. Since its release in 2002, CardDB has been popular with Universities and other organizations requiring a magnetic stripe based portable database application. Building on the success of CardDB, CardDB 3.2 adds several new features that enhance the overall performance […]