Sony is rolling up its sleeves to level the playing field with rival Apple and is using NFC to create a new product line that will distinguish the Tokyo-based tech giant from its competition. At this year’s Consumer Electronic Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, Sony has placed NFC at the heart of some of […]

Inventive uses for NFC technology are starting to come out of the woodwork, and Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) has provided an interesting take on the house key. A GizMag report reveals that SIT’s ShareKey app uses NFC to enable physical access to your front door. Similar apps have been developed in the […]

ID authentication provider Validity and Hengbao Corporation, a provider of smart card products and technologies, have joined GlobalPlatform as an Observer Members. Validity provides fingerprint sensor solutions for mobile handsets, tablets and notebook computers. Hengbao, which operates across the banking, telecommunication, identity and Internet of things markets, will direct its attention towards GlobalPlatform’s Task Force […]

By Debra Spitler, Vice President, Mobile Access Solutions, HID Global The Bring Your Own Device movement coupled with near field communication-enabled smart phones are on a course to change enterprise identity management. The latest pilots of mobile access control reinforce the need to support both of these trends with an infrastructure that delivers security and […]

By Tim Moses, Entrust The discipline of Identity and Access Management has continuously evolved to accommodate changes in mainstream information system architecture, most recently Web 2.0 and social media brought in the OpenID and OAuth protocols to enable mash-ups built on personal information. The latest trend to mobile and cloud computing will, likewise, bring about […]

Edge Web Hosting, Inc. has partnered with Duo Security to offer two-factor authentication for remote access with its managed hosting services. Edge will use Duo Security’s Duo Mobile smart phone application for the authentication process. The app integrates with Cisco VPN functions and works with all major mobile platforms to generate passcodes. For iPhone and […]

Smart Card Alliance’s Payments Summit will feature credit giants AmEx, Discover, MasterCard and Visa as well as Isis and the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) to outline U.S. EMV migration and global payments trends. The 6th annual installment of the Summit will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah Feb. 5-7 with pre-conference workshops to be […]

GlobalPlatform has updated its Composition Model, which streamlines security evaluation of NFC contactless mobile applications. First released in 2011, the Composition Model defines a simple certification approach for the security of secure element (SE) products carrying sensitive or basic applications as well as simplifies post-issuance application management. The latest enhancements to the model will be […]

NFC is a technology that often captures the attention and ambitions of the technology sector, but puzzlingly enough one of the most promising applications for NFC — payments — is yet to come to fruition. As reported by the Third Screen, this past week’s MIT Forum saw a bittersweet application of NFC technology. Dubbed the […]

NBS Technologies has announced that it will be installing its Xpressi Trusted Service Manager for use in Poland. The Xpressi TSM will work behind the scenes to make the entire process of downloading payment account information to cell phones efficient and secure. Integrating banking, NFC and mobile phone security systems to ensure that consumer’s card […]