Examining the popular solution for security, mobility and compliance By Ryan Kline, Contributing Editor Many of the more than 180,000 organizations using Citrix have to deal with new concerns about security, and they all share the same goal: to keep their system, and their Citrix implementation, as user friendly as possible. Smart cards, one time […]

Examining the popular solution for security, mobility and compliance By Ryan Kline, Contributing Editor Many of the more than 180,000 organizations using Citrix have to deal with new concerns about security, and they all share the same goal: to keep their system, and their Citrix implementation, as user friendly as possible. Smart cards, one time […]

epcSolutions and A2BTracking Solutions have teamed up to offer webinars for RFID/UID solutions. The webinar offers a complete briefing on where UID and RFID came from and why it is important to the DoD. All terms, such as UID and RFID labeling, verification, validation and uploading to the Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) and IUID Registry […]

Unisys, which began working with the DoD on RFID technology 13 years ago to maintain and enhance an in-transit visibility system for supplies using RFID, this week won a contract for several million with the U.S. Department of Defense. Unisys currently tracks around 125,000 shipments of supplies each week, including ammunition, food/rations and water, medical […]

By Ryan Kline, Contributing Editor On May 24, 1844, the message, “What hath God wrought!” was sent by telegraph from Baltimore, Maryland, to our nation’s Capitol in Washington, DC. A new era in long-distance communications had begun. By the 1860s, the telegraph revolution was in full swing, and telegraph operators had become a valuable resource. […]

SSH Communications Security announced that SSH Tectia supports a number of leading Common Access Cards (CACs) across all platforms. Using SSH Tectia, in conjunction with CACs, enables secure remote logins, promotes single sign-on, and encrypts data communications for various applications, including system administration, file transfer and secure e-mail, in compliance with the HSPD-12 mandate. SSH […]

The Bluefire Mobile Security® Enterprise Edition – including firewall, encryption, and logging features – and Mobile Security VPN will work in conjunction with Apriva’s Bluetooth® BT100-C and BT200 Smart Card Readers to provide government customers with additional security features. Apriva provides hardware and software solutions for secure mobile applications allowing government agencies to communicate securely […]

The Coalition for a Secure Driver’s License, a group of 9/11 family members and other concerned citizens advocating tighter identification requirements for state-issued driver’s licenses, announced that a new assessment of all 50 states reveals most have either moved forward in preparing for compliance on REAL ID, defeated anti-REAL ID legislation, or not taken up […]

By Jerry Banks and Les G. Thompson, co-authors of RFID Applied In the previous article, “The principles of RFID: Active Tags,” we discussed a classification of RFID tag called the active tag. Even though the active tag has many applications, it does not get as much press as its sister, the passive tag. It isn’t […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Fargo Electronics’ merger with HID Global last year was just the beginning of what officials at both companies see as a bright future for the secure card identity systems company. Fargo Electronics’ new president, David Sullivan, fresh from a stint in Europe, wants to grow the company, not only in […]