Members of the Indian government’s Ministry of Rural Development have met with various state government representatives and bidders from the information and communication sector to discuss aspects of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and how biometrics could play a role in furthering its success, according to a Live Mint article. The […]

As there has been no movement on the part of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on providing biometric and tamper-resistant ID cards for their pilots since the U.S. Congress passed a law requiring them to do so by December 2005, Florida Congressman John Mica has began demanding an answer from the agency on why there […]

Gemalto has licensed the contactless smart card patent from Leighton Technologies. The license with Gemalto is an outcome of a patent infringement lawsuit, Leighton Technologies LLC v. United States of America. Gemalto was not a defendant in this lawsuit, but was given notice of the action by the U.S. Government because, as a government vendor, […]

What will the next-generation physical access control look like? Many industry insiders say it may be PKI at door. Avisian Publishing surveyed the industry at different event throughout the year asking them about the technology. The revised FIPS 201 specification for U.S. government employees may include PKI at the door and many say using this […]

AMAG Technology is demonstrating its Symmetry Homeland V7 Security Management System at ASIS at the Dallas Convention Center. Symmetry Homeland V7 is designed for government and military organizations needing a security management system that meets government requirements and certifications. Utilizing the look and feel of Microsoft Windows 7 ribbon bar, Symmetry Homeland V7 also supports […]

Digital Identification Solutions AG has unveiled the EDIsecure DCP 360+, a newly designed direct card printer based on the EDIsecure DCP 360i platform, at the ASIS 2010 trade fair in Dallas. The new printer is targeted for flexible card personalization and connects easily with the extended lamination options EDIsecure ILM and ILM-DS. The fast full-color […]

Leighton Technologies LLC, subsidiary of patent licensing firm General Patent Corporation, announced that it has settled a lawsuit regarding Leighton’s six contactless card patents with AllSafe Technologies, Inc. According to Leighton, Amherst, N.Y.-based AllSafe agreed to settle its lawsuit and take a license for the Leighton patents in question. Leighton also has pending lawsuits against […]

By Electronics giant uses EDS acquisition to springboard into credentialing The past year saw the rollout of Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) next generation government employee ID card, a development the company sees as the first step to bringing its identity management and credentialing services to cyber security, commercial clients and the health care industry. Assured Identity Plus […]

‘National Strategy’ proposes massive changes for electronic authentication Zack Martin, Editor, AVISIAN Publications Create a system that individuals can use to login to a bank account, check email or keep track of research topics of interest. Give it a catchy name like “identity ecosystem” and expect it to secure all transactions while at the same […]

HID pays $162 million for software company HID Global announced that parent company ASSA ABLOY has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ActivIdentity. The acquisition will widen the scope of HID Global’s security offerings with capabilities focused on the convergence of physical and logical access control. The cash transaction prices ActiveIdentity shares at $3.25 […]