The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has certified Good Technology’s secure Android OS-based platform (Secure Android), which enables the Global Information Grid to use Good’s Good for Government mobile device management and data loss prevention capabilities. With the Secure Android platform, U.S. Department of Defense employees can securely sign, encrypt and decrypt e-mail, apply a […]

Gordon Hannah, Principal, Deloitte & Touche LLP Our cyber world has grown and spread rapidly. It enables us to do our jobs faster and more efficiently and gives us unprecedented access to information, whether we’re in the office or on the go. However, the ubiquitous manner in which cyberspace has integrated into our culture and […]

ARX received FIPS 201 approval from the U.S. Government’s General Services Administration on the Approved Products List for compliance for its PrivateServer network-attached hardware security module. The ARX PrivateServer HSM is a network-attached HSM and key management system. It comes with a load balancing option, and enables organizations to stay in compliance with several regulations […]

Juniper Systems has completed testing and validation on its Mesa Rugged Notepad to be in full integration with the Apriva Authentication Suite, reports Communications Technology. Based on the Windows Mobile OS, the notepad uses the Apriva Reader wearable Bluetooth smart card reader, the Apriva Guard and the Apriva CSPware. The reader accesses authentication data via […]

Biometric Associates has released its baiMobile 3000MP Bluetooth Smart Card Reader, which is designed specifically for mobile platforms. It supports iOS 4.x for iPhone and iPad and Android OS 2.2 and higher, and it operates with Bluetooth version 2.1 and higher. Designed to be compatible with government needs, the reader supports ISO 7816 smart cards […]

GlobalPlatform and SIMalliance have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve application security on mobile devices. Through the formal partnership, the associations say they will work together to develop an end-to-end solution that will enable a mobile device application to communicate with an application loaded in a secure element. According to GlobalPlatfrom, SIMalliance released its […]

By David Worthington, principle consultant for Payment and Chip Technology at Bell ID Most consumers are comfortable with the concept of a mobile phone as a secure, multifunctional device. It is this consumer acceptance, coupled with technological advancement, which make the 2012 market conditions ripe for greater expansion in mobile services. The rich user interface […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the fall 2011 issue of CR80News. The interactive feature allows for a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were sitting in front of you. […]

A Japanese researcher has developed a biometric that could be used to protect a car from theft: butt biometrics, according to verge.com. Shigeomi Koshimizu, an associate professor at the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo has developed the technology. A seat pressure map to generates 39 indices that are used to uniquely identify a […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the winter 2011 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]