Intercede has announced that its MyID PIV v9, the latest version of its identity and credential management system, has been approved by the U.S. General Service Administration for use by government agencies as part of the FIPS 201 program. This enables Intercede’s existing and new federal customers to take advantage of a new generation of […]

John Kendall, director of national security development for biometric technology developer Unisys, spoke on the new developments in the biometrics industry and how technology in conjunction with new trends in adoption are increasing the level of security by slowly edging out the easy-to-fool traditional fingerprint scanners, according to a ZDNet article. Among the trends and […]

idOnDemand announced availability of its Onsite Card Issuance feature. The service extends idOnDemand’s cloud solution enabling customers to issue fully compliant and globally trusted identity cards on their premises with minimal investment. The new feature is aimed at organizations that require immediate onsite production of credentials, as well as for remote offices to produce and […]

GlobalPlatform announced it has completed maintenance work on its Card Specification, Configurations and supporting guidelines, as an update for parties that have previously implemented card technologies or plan to in the future. As part of the review, GlobalPlatform has launched v1.0.1 of its UICC Configuration – the implementation guide for deploying GlobalPlatform Card Specification v2.2 […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a draft of FIPS 201-2, the revised smart card specification for government employees. Comments on the draft will be accepted through early April. The revised standard includes changes to biometrics and other authentication mechanisms for physical access control. PKI at the door has long been discussed as […]

In the latest edition of the Regarding ID podcast, Anna Fernezian, program manager for identity and assurance at CSC, fills listeners in on PIV-I, the smart card specification that can be used by non-federal issuers to create highly-secure credentials. Fernezian talks about the specification and why it’s important as well as the role it may […]

The team of CARTES & IDentification and CARTES in ASIA has announced the launch of a new event: CARTES in North America, which will take place from March 5 to March 7, 2012, in Las Vegas. CARTES in North America has been designed to aid companies and organizations in the smart card, digital security and […]

A draft of FIPS 201-2 has been released for public comment on the Federal Register. “The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publishes this notice to request comments on Draft Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 201-2, Personal Identity Verification of Federal Employees and Contractors Standard. Draft FIPS 201-2 amends FIPS 201-1 and includes […]

Thursby Software Systems released PKard for Mac software to meet the needs of U.S. Department of Defense Apple users for remote or home access to secure government web sites using Common Access Cards. PKard is a home/remote version of Thursbys enterprise ADmitMac public key infrastructure line of software that secures directly connected Macs in bases […]

Security features on identification documents play an important role because all they require is a glance. By simplifying these features, making them inherent in the card and by personalizing the security features it can help create a simpler way for people to recognize a fraudulent document. MorphoTrak’s 3D photo is a feature that aims to […]