Biometrics veteran Hector Hoyos has launched a new venture, Hoyos Labs, which hopes to rethink how biometrics is used to authenticate and secure identity. Hoyos Labs is a digital infrastructure security company that along with the Cambridge Innovation Center, maintains its own research and development division on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. […]

Gemalto announced its entry into the Identity as a Service market with CloudEntr, a solution aimed at helping enterprises manage user identities while enabling secure single-sign-on access to web-based applications. CloudEntr enables users to gain access to all their web-based applications by authenticating just once with a unique login credential. With CloudEntr businesses can also […]

The United States Postal Service is trying to reinvent itself as a cutting edge provider of cloud-based identity systems. Federated identity is a hot topic among relying parties and identity providers and one of the most anticipated pilots will be the U.S. Postal Service’s work with the Federal Cloud Credential Exchange (FCCX, pronounced F-Six). “The […]

UnboundID released version 4.5 of the UnboundID Identity Data Platform, providing extended capabilities for managing the entire consumer identity lifecycle. The latest version’s capabilities include an end-to-end consumer profile service – supporting profile data aggregation across disparate, heterogeneous identity data stores – as well as key security and performance enhancements to the core identity data […]

ING DIRECT clients can securely access online services from the Government of Canada using existing ING DIRECT login IDs and passwords instead of having to create and manage new authentication credentials. ING DIRECT has become a Trusted Sign-In Partner participating in the SecureKey Concierge service. The SecureKey Concierge service brokers the authentication process between the […]

A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that the number of employee-owned smart phones and tablets in the workplace will exceed 1 billion units by 2018, likely the product of the ever-growing BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) trend. The 1 billion-unit figure represents nearly 35% of the total installed base of consumer owned tablets and […]

Thursby releases secure email iOS app for iPad, iPhone Thursby Software has announced the immediate release of its PKard Mail secure email app, available on Apple’s App Store. Modeled after the native user interface of Apple’s Mail program, PKard Mail adds comprehensive support for US Government CAC and PIV identity cards. Additionally, email signing, encryption and […]

Gemalto, IBM to offer enhanced security platform for e-banking Gemalto has announced a partnership with IBM that will bolster Gemalto’s Ezio eBanking security platform. Following the new partnership with IBM, Gemalto’s Ezio eBanking Server platform has been further updated to support a wider range of end-user solutions. The platform has been tested and confirmed to […]

The SESAMES Awards were given out before the opening of the 2013 CARTES Secure Connexions Event. Think & Go NFC is the only company to win more than one award with all other categories going to different winners. The 2013 award winners include: Hardware: Gemalto M2M GmbH: Machine-to-Machine Technology to protect Amazon Rainforest. The Internet […]

Tracy Hulver has no small plans for Verizon Enterprise Solutions. “We want to be the world’s largest identity provider,” he explains, though it’s a little tongue in cheek. Verizon is known for its mobile phones and home Internet but the company has also been in the identity and credentialing business for years, explains Hulver, senior […]