by John Morris, president and co-founder of Corsec Security, Inc. In our last article (SecureIDNews, August 2004) we covered what FIPS 140-2 and Common Criteria are at a high level. We introduced you to what these standards are, why we need them, who the players are, what the process is, as well as some of […]

California-based ActivCard, responding to a U.S. directive for a federal standard for secure and reliable forms of identification, is now offering an open license to the interface specification for its Smart Card ID Applets Suite–what it says are necessary components of an ID solution deployment for large-scale identification and access control systems. Leading Provider of […]

The U.S. Department of Defense has released more intel–what it calls a “roadmap”–on its quest for biometric technology standards. The new document, available at DoD’s website, identifies the key factors that drive the need for DoD biometric standards, outlines current efforts in this arena, and charts a path for DoD’s recommended role in advancing standards […]

PowerPay’s contactless tag is designed to make it easier for football fans to return to the game quicker. The contactless tag got its start with the Seattle Seahawks last season (see November/December Contactless News), and is now in used in Detroit and Philadelphia as well. Consumers, using the cashless PowerPay fob, can complete a transaction […]

The U.S. Navy’s Pacific Command Headquarters in Hawaii is the second important naval base to deploy biometric readers from Bioscrypt and contactless smart cards from HID. The system is designed to help further secure areas of sensitive access adding the fingerprint biometric to card and PIN requirements. U.S. Pacific Command Headquarters Selects Bioscrypt V-Smart iClass […]

Presentation of three Outstanding Smart Card Achievement awards and a keynote address on cyberterrorism from Richard Clarke, former Special Advisor to the President on Terrorism will headline the Smart Card Alliance’s Fall Annual Conference in San Francisco next month. Smart Card Alliance Fall Annual Conference Program Spotlights Innovation Princeton Junction, NJ–The Smart Card Alliance recently […]

Contactless News readers: If you haven’t read this month’s issue of our sister publication Secure ID News, take a minute to check it out. Feature articles include a look at the Transportation Worker ID (TWIC) project, biometric access control at a Marine Corp base, a paper-based visitor badging system that can really improve your facilities […]

CR80 News readers: If you haven’t read this month’s issue of our sister publication Secure ID News, take a minute to check it out. Feature articles include a look at the Transportation Worker ID (TWIC) project, biometric access control at a Marine Corp base, a paper-based visitor badging system that can really improve your facilities […]

If you haven’t read this month’s issue of our sister publication SecureID News, take a minute to check it out. Feature articles include a look at the Transportation Worker ID (TWIC) project, biometric access control at a Marine Corp base, a paper-based visitor badging system for facilities security, as well as a review of the […]

If you want to know more about biometrics from the U.S. Department of Defense’s viewpoint, then you may want to check out a new biometrics tutorial video and a publication about the technology that the DOD recently placed on its website. Department of Defense Biometrics Releases New Informational Pieces on Biometrics WASHINGTON, D.C., August 30, […]