Belkin Enterprise announced that its USB Smart Card and Common Access Card Reader is FIPS 201 compliant and listed on the GSA FIPS 201 Products List. Belkin’s USB Smart Card and CAC Reader is designed for government applications. Offering a range of smart card compatibility, including Class A, B, C, the Belkin Smart Card Reader […]

At December’s Security Investor Conference, more than 60 companies in the identity and security markets will discuss their solutions for the enterprise, residential and homeland security markets as well provide insight into financial plans and investment opportunities. The event will be held December 12-13 in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. This annual […]

Mobile devices are quickly becoming a key tool for ID credentialing, but a lack of standardization of the secure element along with legal questions are causing confusion for organizations considering use of the devices for IDs. Control of the secure element is also an issue with near field communication because that’s where crucial payment card […]

Oberthur Technologies announced its 1 millionth PIN deployment. The PIN by SMS service launched in 2010 and simply transmits a PIN code to a cardholder via SMS message. Oberthur’s issuance method provides card issuers with a quicker, safer and more efficient means of PIN transmission when compared to traditional paper mail, saving money in handling, […]

Gemalto launched Protiva Trade Connect, a solution designed for the demands of multi-terminal computing environments such as those used by financial traders. Protiva Trade Connect was developed in relationship with financial institutions and has been deployed across their trading floors in key financial centers globally. 
 The product is an authentication solution that delivers security […]

Identive Group Inc. announced CLOUD, its new smart card reader platform that that can be used with a variety of ID credentials, from traditional contact-based smart cards to near field communication-enabled mobile devices. Identive’s new CLOUD readers will be on display in the company’s booth 4K 051 during the 2012 CARTES Exhibition & Conference, taking […]

Mobile and near field communication technologies were put in the spotlight as the winners of the 2012 SESAMES awards at the CARTES 2012 Exhibition and Conference. Six of 11 winners were NFC technologies while two had technologies that were mobile security related. Morpho, Infineon and Gemalto were winners that had technology dealing with card technology. […]

The latest draft of FIPS 201-2 has been much anticipated. The first revision was released in March 2011 and was met with groans as it also received more than 1,200 submitted public comments. Some 15-months later another draft has been released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and this version is seeing a […]

GlobalPlatform has published an implementation guide detailing how the organization’s card specification can be deployed on a secure element. Often on-chip microcontrollers, SE’s are tamper-resistant platforms that can securely host applications along with their confidential and cryptographic data. The implementation guide should be of interest to groups working on the advancement of secure application management […]

Charismathics announced that NIST has re-certified the company’s CSSI PIV Middleware as FIPS 201 compliant. CSSI PIV ensures compliance with existing as well as future PIV cards and also all legacy Defense Department Common Access Cards and support for SIPRnet cards and tokens. charismathics enables interoperability and hardware independence as well as software support across […]