Want a Heineken? Think again if you’re under age. The brewery said it is now using Intelli-Check-equipped mobile devices to scan driver’s licenses, military IDs and state-issued identification cards to determine if the person is of age. The new system is being used at events in which Heineken participates. Company Continues Its Leadership Position in […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications The Smart Card Alliance has seen some good days and some really bad ones. Following 9-11 and the mini-recession that terrorist attack caused, the Alliance’s lost nearly one-half its membership – falling from 160 to 86 organizations. Now, it has made its way back to nearly pre 9-11 […]

Sure, students are a bank’s reason for its campus existence, but a more profitable client base includes the ones teaching the students … as well as the university administrators and staff. But attracting professors and staff that already have a banking relationship is no easy task. Whitney Bright, vice president, Campus Banking, for U.S. Bank, […]

Axalto chose CardTech/SecurTech to announce its latest dual interface PIV, FIPS 201-compliant smart cards that combine in one smart card chip secure contact and contactless interfaces that give agencies a choice in how the credentials can be used and the flexibility to integrate with both physical and logical access systems. Large Capacity Card Provides Storage […]

Labcal Technologies will be incorporating UPEK’s TouchChip Fingerprint Sensor (on display at CTST) into its Be.U Mobile handheld reader, developed for use in employee ID verification, e-passports, and law enforcement. The reader can be used with existing AFIS systems and performs 1:1 matching with an ID document, contact or contactless and 1:N matching by storing […]

With its 2.2.2 Java Card release, Sun Microsystems has added contactless capabilities and biometrics support for smart card chip manufacturers and smart card vendors. The Cardtech announcement came prior to a talk on the “Future of Java Card” to be delivered by Sun’s chief information officer. Beneficiaries of the new platform specification include telecom service […]

Lenel’s new IdentityDefender, released at GovSec in Washington this week, provides a turnkey solution for issuing ID cards that comply with FIPS 201. The system includes four modules that collectively manage all phases of the credential issuance process. Commercial, off-the-shelf product is the first identity-credential management solution to provide end-to-end FIPS 201 compliance Government Security […]

Lenel has released the latest version of its OnGuard security platform that delivers a flexible single source security solution including digital audio content analysis, an elevator and floor access solution, physical and logical access controls using biometric data, a video matrix display, and support for the new TWIC U.S. government identification standard. Lenel Systems International, […]

With the support of FIPS 201 PIV II certified smart cards and biometric technologies from multiple vendors’ ANSI/INCITS 378 templates, Intercede announced the release of MyID PIV, a smart card and identity management system designed to help US Federal Government agencies and their contractors meet HSPD-12 mandates. Lutterworth, United Kingdom– Intercede Ltd., a market leader […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications A company specializing in contactless cards and readers and a university that’s synonymous with technology advances are meeting the privacy and security fears surrounding RFID head-on. HID Corp. started with a forum last December on RFID legislation pending in California then joined up with the Massachusetts Institute of […]