A Connecticut ID solutions provider is part of a Northrop Grumman team that will provide an Automated Biometric Identification System to the U.S. Department of Defense. The anti-terrorism project will become the biometric repository for 2.4 million finger, face, palm and iris records. STAMFORD, Conn.–L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc., a leading supplier of identity solutions and […]

Unisys has chosen ImageWare Systems’ Biometric Engine to be part of the company’s Registry and Positive Identification and HSPD-12 solutions at its Center of Excellence in Reston, VA. That will, according to Unisys, better position it to meet the requirements of future programs, including national ID, e-passports and e-visas, among others. SAN DIEGO–ImageWare Systems, Inc., […]

Smart card and ID management provider Intercede’s MyID smart card and identity management system is now available with Oracle Database support, providing customers with more flexibility in high volume deployments. MyID-managed identities are used for a variety of security applications including employee ID cards, U.S. Federal Government employee PIV cards and two-factor authentication. Lutterworth, United […]

By Chris Corum, Editor Security at the Pentagon is in the capable hands of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) but now there is something else in their capable hands … Corestreet’s PIVMAN. The PFPA officers will use the handheld identity verification units to authenticate individuals via their FIPS 201 compliant ID cards. “The first […]

By Chris Corum, Editor The Government Services Administration (GSA) was instrumental in the federal agencies’ successful compliance with last year’s October 27 deadline for PIV card issuance. That is because the GSA’s HSPD-12 Managed Services Office (MSO) actually issued the cards for 39 contracted agencies. It is outsourcing at the federal level–agencies heads not wishing […]

The company that first received listing on the FIPS 201 Approved Product List for a secure sleeve to protect contactless cards has another product available for PIV use. Identity Stonghold’s second “electronically opaque” protection device is a rigid plastic badgeholder that holds the card and can be worn around the neck, etc. The contactless signal […]

By Chris Corum, Editor Transportation workers will soon be carrying the first TWIC cards and they will not be delayed getting into transport facilities by a contact chip and PIN number. That is because TSA officials have decided that contactless is the only way to go for everyday TWIC use. But the readers have not […]

Congressional leaders and staff, members of a UK Internet group and others will get a first-hand look at HID Global’s iCLASS smart card technology during next week’s Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee Technology Exhibition in Washington, D.C. Access Control Highlighted as Key Technology IRVINE, CA.–HID Global, a leading manufacturer in the access control industry, will […]

Diebold has achieved HSPD-12 certification from the GSA, enabling the company to deliver FIPS-201 compliant Homeland Security solutions to federal agencies. Specifically, the certification will allow Diebold to help agencies deploy and apply their ID credentials to both physical and logical access control systems. NORTH CANTON, Ohio– Diebold, Incorporated, one of the nation’s largest security […]

Part of the AVISIAN Publishing Expert Panel series to be published throughout December 2006 Manuel Albers, NXP Semiconductors From ultra thin smart card ICs that are finer than a human hair, to infusing an extra layer of patient safety to pharmaceutical products, 2007 will bring the development of contactless and RFID technologies closer to the […]