Tumbleweed Communications, a digital security and identity authentication company, has announced that its identity validation suite, called Validation Authority, is now compatible with BlackBerry smart phones. The new security available for BlackBerry devices enables a user to require digital certificate authentication for access to a number of applications including e-mail and secured Web sites. Multiple […]

Avocent Corp., a provider of IT operations management, announced it has expanded its support for Smart Card/Common Access Card (CAC) technology for both desktop and the data center environments. This technology helps U.S. federal agencies and contractors comply with HSPD 12, which mandates a common identification process for employees for security reasons. In the data […]

HID Global has launched its new corporate Web site that introduces its portfolio of products and solutions into a single area. The site presents a detailed picture of the company’s offerings, and how they apply to its customers’ and partners’ businesses. Highlights of the new site include: An HID-sponsored blog that will enable company officials […]

Does President Obama have biometrics in his Blackberry? Secure ID Coalition Executive Director Kelli Emerick and Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin talk about this and how the new tech-savvy administration may affect different ID initiatives. iTunes Aggregator m4a mp3 https://www.secureidnews.com/tag/Podcasts for older podcasts.   

Although the United Kingdom has moved forward with issuing ID cards containing facial and fingerprint biometric information to their citizens, the country hasn’t installed any readers for those cards at any border station or law enforcement agency, according to a Daily Tech article. Many of the card program’s early opposition are angered by the news […]

Attempts by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to revamp its driver licenses and DMV programs to include biometric information and capabilities is encountering staunch opposition from privacy rights groups, according to a San Jose Mercury News article. The intention of the program is to fit the state’s DMVs with facial recognition software and […]

Texas Instruments (TI), a major RFID manufacturer, has announced a reorganization of its RFID business. Though the changes will result in job losses and some changes in the focus of TI’s RFID efforts, the company offered assurances that it is not abandoning the RFID market, according to a report in RFID Journal. The restructuring centers […]

Italian aerospace and defense contractor Finmeccanica joined the Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP), a government-industry partnership focused on designing solutions to address the issues facing the aerospace and defense industry: mitigating the compliance, complexity, cost and IT security risks inherent in large-scale, multi-national collaborative programs. As a platinum member of the TSCP, Finmeccanica will contribute […]

Access control provider Hirsch Electronics has named Corey McKinney, formerly with BearingPoint, as its senior system specialist to help Hirsch customers comply with HSPD-12, FIPS 201, PIV and the Federal Information Security Management Act regulations. McKinney, a Certified Information System Security Professional, was with BearingPoint’s Identity Management Solutions Group, where he helped develop one of […]