Konica Minolta and HID Global announced Konica Minolta’s new membership in the Advantage HID Connect Partner Program to advance secure print authentication solutions. Backed by HID proximity and iCLASS technology access control cards, PIV and common access cards, Konica Minolta can now offer customers the added feature of using physical access cards for secure print […]

Ellen Hamlin, program manager at Hewlett-Packard, demos the self-service portal for HP’s Assured Identity Plus solution. “It is a full end-to-end suite of services that builds on our foundation that we built with our PIV card deployments,” Hamlin says. “The HP solution adds logical access and physical access and integrates it with an identity management […]

CertiPath announced that Judith Spencer, identity expert and former co-chair of the Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management Subcommittee (ICAMSC) for the U.S. General Services Administration, has joined the company as policy management authority chair. In this role, Spencer will set and maintain policies and drive consensus on a wide range of security issues affecting […]

Gemalto announced that it has started to deliver its electronic passport solution to Korea’s National Printer, Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation, through its local partner LG CNS. Gemalto provides its ePassport Operating System that speeds up border control. Its Sealys ePassport solution aims to increase personalization performance, significantly reducing issuing cost. In Korea, the […]

Following a call for biometric voter registration in Zimbabwe by the local political party the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) others, including political commentators and civil society organizations, have joined the push for biometrics prior to the next election in the country, according to an article form The Zimbabwean. Some of this push is due […]

3M Security Systems has debut its new multilateral border security program designed to enable quick, secure travel between Caribbean nations: the CARIPASS. The CARIPASS is a voluntary travel card program that provides secure and simple border crossings for citizens and legal residents in the 10 Caribbean Community nations. To participate, eligible travelers must pre-enroll at […]

The January 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 […]

By Consuelo Bangs, Senior Program Manager, Biometric Access Solutions at MorphoTrak, IEEE CBP Public key infrastructure (PKI) authentication coupled with biometric match on card provides extremely attractive security benefits to those in the public and private sectors concerned about cyber attacks. PKI is a means to verify the digital identity of both the sender and […]

EK Ekcessories has developed the NEW Patriot Card Holder for federal employee credentials. This revolutionary card holder has been designed to keep your government issued Common Access Card or smart card complying with FIPS 201 safe from unauthorized data skimming. The Patriot Card holder features a durable impact resistant composite and can hold two cards […]

WCC Smart Search & Match is in the algorithm business, says Tarvinder Sembhi, vice president of sales for the identity market at the company. “We have multiple biometrics plus biographical systems that can scale to a national or international basis,” Sembhi says. The company has different algorithms that organizations or governments can use to match […]