HID Global has expanded its line of Crescendo C1150 smart card credentials to cover more converged logical and physical access applications, including two-factor authentication for PC login, accessing VPNs, creating PKI-based digital signatures, generating OTPs and improving data protection for data-at-rest and secure data transmission. The Crescendo C1150 smart cards can function in a stand-alone […]

HID Global announced it is expanding its Identity Assurance – formerly ActivIdentity – partner program to North America. The channel partner program includes simplified processes and documents, a revamped partner portal and channel enablement tools. Additionally, channel partners now have increased access to services offering by the Identity Assurance business, knowledge and expertise ensuring the […]

Empirix is offering Quality Assurance testing services for those industries utilizing voice prints to ensure quality, improve application security and enable a hands-free user environment. As reported on BillingWorld.com, Empirix’s Testing as a Service (ETaaS) is designed to help companies validate authentication and enrollment applications that use voice biometrics, as well as speed up deployment, […]

Thursby Software Systems Inc. has upgraded its enterprise Mac-to-Windows integration, management and security software to incorporate Apple’s release of OS X Mountain Lion. The software is the tenth generation of DAVE, seventh of ADmitMac and fifth of ADmitMac PKI enterprise. The system enables engineers to truly reach into the OS to create Apple’s client-side connectivity […]

The 4 Bridges Forum (4BF) has announced an awards program for the recognition of innovative PKI solutions using high-assurance digital identities in both the public and private sectors. PKI, or public key infrastructure, is a secure and efficient information technology supporting the rapidly expanding global Internet trust network. PKI is employed in a number of […]

Cloud server security provider CloudPassage has extended the capabilities of its Halo cloud security platform to cover cloud servers running Windows OS. The new release gives users the ability to manage servers in public and hybrid cloud environments and across multiple operating systems and cloud deployments. This version of Halo also includes GhostPorts SMS-powered multi-factor […]

NFC security will be one of the major talking points of the Black Hat USA 2012 security conference held this week in Las Vegas, reports PC World. Charlie Miller, computer security researcher with consulting firm Accuvant and Apple hacker of Pwn2Own fame, will present his findings on the security of current NFC implementations to thousands […]

BIO-Key International has partnered with Indigo Identityware to implement password-free strong authentication and single sign-on solution. Indigo Identityware’s health care software enables for fast access to medical records while BIO-Key’s fingerprint biometric software – which is already present in hospitals, blood centers and eye care centers, with planned implementations for Central Minnesota NeuroSciences and Twin […]

With the help of the Pentagon, civilian organizations are blocking access to classified Federal networks for anyone without the proper cyber identity credential. The new token distribution comes after a series of recent information leaks and seeks to ramp up security for the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET), which maintains the military’s classified data. […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Coveros Inc., a developer of secure agile software, a research contract to create new approaches for actively authenticating computer system users. The goal of the project is to enable real-time detection of unauthorized use of computer accounts. These new systems will help combat attacks on computer […]