Speakers covering the newest card technologies and workshops on federal government ID programs with top officials from the Department of Defense and other federal agencies, are just some of the offerings at this year’s CardTech/SecurTech Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada in April. Keynote speaker will be Richard Clarke, former cyber security advisor to the president […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor For more than six months, some 10,000 registered travelers have been able to move through airports a little faster with lanes dedicated just for them and the assurance they won’t be targeted for secondary screening. And with a final report due out this spring more airports may be allowed to […]

When you are running a research facility full of expensive equipment and sensitive information, controlling access and egress takes on new proportions. At the Nanofabrication Facility at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), Laboratory Manager Jack Whaley wears many hats – one being to keep track of traffic in the lab facility. After an […]

Wired News “The federal intelligence overhaul that became law last month while creating a new national intelligence director and beefing up border patrols also aims to close loopholes for identity fraud that some of the Sept. 11 terrorists used to get aboard the jets they hijacked. … Privacy advocates warn that the new federal standards […]

Bolstered by its involvement in several U.S. projects, including the Department of Defense’s Common Access Card and the massive TWIC program, SAFLINK, a 14-year-old Bellevue, Washington company, is evolving from simple network authentication to technology covering both physical and logical access. “We’ve gone thru an evolution over the last couple years,” said Tom Doggett, SAFLINK’s […]

A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2005. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. by Walter Hamilton, VP of Business Development, SAFLINK We’ve seen a strong trend among organizations consolidating physical and logical security into a single integrated platform. As a leading vendor in the […]

By Jeff Staples, ContactlessNews/AVISIAN Publisher Having been involved in the advanced identification technology field for at least a dozen years, I have heard many times just how close a particular technology was to achieving wide-spread acceptance and deployment, only to see those promises fade along with numerous companies and their millions of dollars of investment. […]

In the following Q&A section, key biometric concepts are presented to accompany the article titled, “Bolt-on biometrics.” What are biometrics? Under the broadest definition, any measurable characteristic or behavior that can be used to establish identity. What is registration/enrollment? The process of measuring a biometric and associating it with an individual. What do they mean […]

Suneil Mandava is the President and CEO of Mobile Aspects, Inc. How will RFID overcome the barriers that have prevented the adoption of barcodes and electronic medical records? RFID solutions have the capability to dramatically increase the quality of care in hospitals. RFID eliminates the need for manual compliance, such as scanning bar codes, pushing […]

Oberthur Card Systems’ recent NIST certification of its 64K dual interface smart card will allow the company to favorably compete for electronic passport production as well as possibly participate in the next phase of the United States Department of Defense’s Common Access Card project. Oberthur Card Systems Receives First FIPS 140-2 LEVEL 3 Certification for […]