Creative Information Technology, Inc. (CITI) has released manageID, a set of commercial identity management and credentialing software products. Designed for both companies and agencies in both the private and public sector, the manageID framework is configurable and scalable in order to provide identity, credential and permission lifecycle management services. It uses two features called Dynamic […]

With the advance of voice authentication systems, administrators have discovered that even they are prone to identity theft. However, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Language Technologies Institute (LTI) have developed a way to protect voiceprints in an effort to reduce this theft. Bhiksha Raj, associate professor of language technologies at Carnegie Mellon, teamed with Manas […]

GET Group and Graphic Security Systems Corporation (GSSC) announced the GET/Toppan eP600 ePassport System (eP600), one of the first passport printers capable of personalizing secure travel documents using GSSC’s Variable Stealth SI security feature. Variable Stealth SI is a concealed image added to the color photo. The image is generated using patented software developed by […]

The National Transport Authority of Ireland has combined the student travel card and the integrated transport Leap card to give up to 50,000 Irish students easy access to all forms of public transport. Leap is Dublin’s version of the London Oyster Card. The new student smart card will enable students to gain discounted Leap card […]

Cubic’s open payment system run by the Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) will be on display and featured at the Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council Meeting, nearly one year after its launch. The PATCO Speedline is a rapid transit system that runs from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden County, New Jersey. The open payment system accepts […]

Health Robotics announced an upgrade to its auto-labeling and scanning systems to automatically embed RFID for improved location and temperature control tracking for medications and blood/plasma bags Available now, the company’s upgraded Sterile Compounding Automation solutions – i.v.STATION, i.v.SOFT, and i.v.STATION ONCO – optionally offer the ability to embed and automatically affix an RFID tag […]

Confidex announced that it has exceeded the 300 million pieces delivered in limited use contactless tickets, compliant with NFC Forum Type 2. Confidex’s limited use contactless tickets enable mass transit passengers in more than 30 cities on all continents to conveniently and reliably commute while experiencing the benefits of contactless ecosystems. In addition, Confidex introduced […]

The Ukrainian parliament has passed the first reading of a bill to introduce biometric IDs to the country. The bill also would enable the creation of a unified state demographic database with basic personal information on all citizens and it would also call for the implementation of e-passports with contactless smart card chips. This bill […]

As a way to end computer users’ reliance on password technology, Intel is developing technology to use palm prints for identity, reports the Telegraph. Intel Labs’ director of research Sridhar Iyengar presented the concept at the Intel Developer Forum held recently in San Francisco as a way for people to do away with the multiple, […]

Payment solutions specialist TSYS has confirmed its North American NFC capabilities ahead of a joint launch with financial institution CIBC. The joint effort will enable real-time mobile account creation, mobile device identification and will support generation of necessary EMV data for provisioning a mobile device. TSYS’ NFC payment solution will support and account for life-cycle […]