With the help of the Pentagon, civilian organizations are blocking access to classified Federal networks for anyone without the proper cyber identity credential. The new token distribution comes after a series of recent information leaks and seeks to ramp up security for the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET), which maintains the military’s classified data. […]

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is considering implementing smart cards to “facilitate medical referral services” in Haiti. According to the government announcement, the smart card initiative hopes to reduce the duplication of patient records in an attempt to streamline the medical database. The smart cards – which plan to contain names, birth dates, […]

Hewlett-Packard India has launched five new imaging and printing products that are geared to the small, medium enterprises and mid-market categories, hoping to give these markets the same access to optimized printing products that were traditionally geared toward larger enterprises. The products include the HP ePrint Enterprise mobile printing solution, enabling remote printing from mobile […]

Samsung Electronics has bought the mobile technology business of UK-based chip maker CSR plc for $310 million, reports Channel News. The purchase will give Samsung access to CSR’s portfolio of mobile and wireless connectivity technologies, including Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi and NFC, as well as 21 of the company’s related patents. Read more here.  

The revised draft of FIPS 201-2 was released and includes quite a few changes. Additional contactless functionality, new biometrics and mobile abilities are all proposed to be included in future generations of the government credential. Neville Pattinson, senior vice president of Government Sales at Gemalto Inc., talks about these changes and some concerns he has […]

Consumers would choose mobile wallets provided by banks over other non-traditional mobile wallet providers, according to Auriemma Consulting Group’s (ACG) lastest Mobile Payments Report. ACG’s report found that 18.4% of consumers would choose a mobile wallets provided by a bank (American Express, Barclays, Lloyds TSB, etc.), while 11.6% of consumers would prefer mobile wallets from […]

UK-based test lab RFI Global has been accredited by Visa to perform tests on a number of products for the mobile financial services industry, including mobile handsets, Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (UICC), microSD and embedded secure element combinations. RFI Global will test these products in compliance with the Visa Mobile Contactless Payment Specification to ensure […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Coveros Inc., a developer of secure agile software, a research contract to create new approaches for actively authenticating computer system users. The goal of the project is to enable real-time detection of unauthorized use of computer accounts. These new systems will help combat attacks on computer […]

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) is updating their fare boxes to accept new smart transit cards for riders when boarding buses, according to a local news brief. The new fare boxes, funded by a federal grant, will enable residents to purchase a reloadable transit card, which allows riders to load as much […]

The Austrian city of Klagenfurt is building its first public library using nothing but NFC tags and QR codes, according to Engadget. The Project Ingebord initiative has placed 70 NFC and QR code stickers (pictured) around the city, each containing a link to a freely downloadable public domain work via Project Gutenberg and other free […]