David C. Wyld is the Mayfield Professor of Management and is the Director of Strategic e-Commerce Initiative at Southeastern Louisiana University. It’s 9 a.m. at a Sam’s Club in the Dallas suburbs. A mother is pushing a cart with a broken wheel through the store, stocking up for her daughter’s soccer team party. As she […]

A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2005. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. by John Morris, President, Corsec Security, Inc. This year Sarbanes-Oxley, GLBA, HIPAA, accounting scandals, and Corporate Governance issues have increased concerns about liability in corporate America. This has sharpened the interest […]

Royal Philips Electronics announced that the U.S. Department of Interior (DoI) will begin full-scale deployment in December of a physical access system using Philips’ MIFARE DESFire contactless chip technology complying with Government Smart Card-Interoperability Specification (GSC-IS). The DoI will be issuing the GSC-IS V2.1-compliant smart cards to its employees, thus heightening secure access to its […]

Today U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) will hold a press conference at Zebra Technologies’ (Nasdaq: ZBRA) corporate headquarters in Vernon Hills, Ill., to acknowledge Zebra’s leadership role in radio frequency identification (RFID) and to address the benefits RFID technology can bring to the Department of Defense (DoD). The Senator’s visit to Zebra is in conjunction […]

A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2005. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. by Ann E. Johnson, Marketing Manager, Indala Corporation Private-sector corporations and government institutions alike will continue to realize the advantages of improved convenience and security for employees and authorized visitors upon […]

SuperCom Ltd. has announced a contract with an African government agency to begin supplying end-to-end national ID cards utilizing visible and invisible security features, including encoded fingerprints. The $2.5 million national identification system will be deployed in stages, with completion expected next year. NEW YORK, and RA’ANANA, Israel,–SuperCom, Ltd., a leading provider of smart card […]

SCM Microsystems has announced it will provide tens of thousands of smart card readers over the next 12 months to MPC Computers, an industry-leading PC manufacturer. SCM’s readers will be used in U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) programs to authenticate users and systems. Five agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, the Interior, Veterans […]

“When it comes to fighting fraud and terrorism, you can never have enough technology. That’s the message from Pakistan, which has tapped Viisage Technologies (Quote, Chart) as part of an upgrade of its smart passport and national ID program. The Billerica, Mass., firm’s biometric and database systems will become part of a wide-ranging security initiative […]

< ? $key="1104"; ?> Each and every day, contactless technology is impacting lives. In this issue we explore the nationwide transportation worker ID, take a look at contactless technologies in daily life, find out who won the annual SESAMES “best ID technology” awards, and more. Transportation ID (TWIC) continues its progress The Transportation Worker Identification […]

< ? $key="1104"; ?> In this issue, we explore one of the ID industry’s fundamental technologies – the mag stripe. Three separate lessons provide a fundamental understanding of how this crucial technology works. Also, continue the exploration of FIPS and Common Criteria with us and check out who won the annual SESAMES awards. Chapter 1. […]