LaserCard Corporation announced receipt of an order for approximately $8.6 million for optical security media cards to be issued under the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Permanent Resident Card, or Green Card, program. Delivery is scheduled for completion in August. The U.S. Green Card has been recognized by U.S. forensic experts as “effectively putting mass […]

The issuance of electronic passports is going well with approximately 250 million documents in circulation as of October, according to Barry Kefauver, principal at the consulting firm, Falls Hills Associates LLC. On the other hand, deployment of inspection systems to read the contactless chip in these books is not going as well. Mandates were the […]

Teslin is a tear-resistant and tamper-resistant print media based on hydrogen and carbon that is used as a secure layer in ID credentials. The layer of Teslin is printed on prior to laminating the ID. “The composite card that you would make with Teslin is actually going to give you better security, durability and functionality […]

The February meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

One of Digital Identification Solutions’ newest printers, the EDIsecure DCP 360+ Direct Card Printer, builds upon the company’s already developed line while adding new features such as dual-side lamination and smart card encoding for both contact and contactless technologies, explains Jonathan Bowen, product marketing manager at the company. “More and more of the market, especially […]

idOnDemand has introduced a One-Time Password (OTP) mobility solution using a contactless smart card and near field communication-enabled mobile phones. With the idOnDemand SmartID mobile technology users touch their idOnDemand Personal Identity Verification (PIV) compatible corporate ID to facilitate a secure login from their NFC-enabled tablet computer, smart phone or hand-held mobile phone. Users touch […]

The Federal PKI Policy Authority has certified Symantec as an authorized vendor to issue PIV-Interoperable smart cards. Symantec officially earned its certification when policy authority voted to approve Symantec’s VeriSign Non-Federal SSP PKI for cross-certification with the Federal Bridge Certification Authority at the new PIV-I assurance level. The approval followed extensive policy compliance and interoperability […]

Jolly Technologies, San Carlos, Calif., has integrated its Lobby Track Visitor Management software with an access control system from DSX Access Systems, Dallas. The integrated DSX/Lobby Track solution streamlines the registration and credentialing process for a visitor who needs to be issued an access card. Selected visitors are assigned an access card which is then […]

HID Global announced it has secured an 85,000-unit order from a major U.S. government agency for the company’s OMNIKEY contact smart card readers for network authentication. The OMNIKEY solutions include both contactless and contact-based readers for use with desktop and mobile devices. HID will provide 85,000 of its OMNIKEY USB contact-based smart-card readers that will […]

Cisco named MorphoTrak as an Ecosystem Provider, enabling MorphoTrak’s MorphoAccess biometric readers to be integrated with Cisco’s popular IP-based access control solution. The Cisco solution is scalable from one to thousands of points by connecting MorphoAccess input/output modules to the gateway through a controller area network bus without the need for additional Ethernet ports. In […]