By Guy Vancollie, Chief Marketing Officer, CoreStreet Since enterprises first looked at implementing smart card-based common access card programs in the 1990s, there have been many changes. Although some major companies have successfully deployed such programs, smart card-based identity solutions never have penetrated the enterprise market. Looking back, it is clear that a lack of […]

SCM Microsystems Inc. and Hirsch Electronics Corp. announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to merge. The combination of SCM and Hirsch is expected to result in a new security products company at a time of escalating market demand for converged security solutions leveraging smart cards and smart chip-enabled devices. Pursuant to the proposed […]

Sagem Morpho, a developer of face recognition biometric technology, has seen their MorphoFace Investigate (MFI) system lead to its first arrest. The arrest occurred in Pierce County, Washington where the Sheriff’s Department caught a suspect for identity theft by comparing ATM camera footage with their database of mug shots. The match provided by MFI accounted […]

Entrust Inc. has been selected to supply the certificate authority software for Finland’s migration to second-generation electronic passports based on the Extended Access Control (EAC) standard. With the European Union’s June 2009 deadline for migration to the EAC standard on the horizon, Finland’s Population Register Centre expects the transition to the new EAC e-passport Certificate […]

Williamsburg, Ky. Police were able to arrest a woman who used a fake student ID to steal two laptops from the University of the Cumberland’s library. The university’s library has a service that allows students to check out laptops for use around campus. Williamsburg Police Department said one of the computers had a tracking device […]

The Transportation Security Administration tested a bar code ID technology at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport, according to a Security Director News report. The system printed a two-dimensional bar code on passengers’ boarding pass. Stored in the encrypted bar code is an image, such as a fingerprint, and other documentation such as driver license or […]

Bangalore-based Orizin Technologies Pvt. Ltd. has launched what it claims to be the smallest active RFID tag on the market. According the company, the tags have already been successfully deployed by an Indian telecom company to manage internal assets. Orizin’s new tag measures 26 x 23 x 7.3mm, and offers a read range of 20 […]

The first U.S. land border crossings using RFID and other information technology to capture, read and analyze traveler and vehicle information have opened in Blaine, Wash., and Nogales, Ariz. These sites, equipped by Unisys to process secure Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative RFID-enabled travel documents which include U.S. passport cards and alternative documents, such as enhanced […]

The election of Barack Obama to the White House may signal good things to come for those involved with government IT projects, according to Jeremy Grant, senior vice president and identity solutions analyst at the Stanford Group Company. “We think an Obama presidency is the better of what was two so-so possible outcomes for the […]

Will a new president scale back existing projects or add new ones? By Zack Martin, Editor We live in a completely different world of government identification initiatives than eight-years ago when George Bush was elected president. The U.S. Department of Defense’s Common Access Card was just getting off the ground. It was the first U.S. […]