Indianapolis-based Officescape has updated its Telesecure Computing security and management platform. The new version leverages smart card and thin client technology to combat a variety of identity management issues surrounding remote access. Telesecure Computing incorporates a FIPS-compliant smart card and Officescape’s TelOffice Box thin client, which encrypts passwords before clients establish a VPN connection. This […]

California-based security and identification provider Identive Group Inc. announced its acquisition of Swiss identity management provider polyright SA. The acquisition follows an agreement executed by Identive’s Multicard AG subsidiary and polyright’s parent companies, Securitas AG and the Kudelski Group. The Kudelski Group decided to sell its stake in polyright after a strategic review completed this […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the summer 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 […]

Information security firm SafeNet has made its corporate mobile device credentialing solution capable of enabling consumer mobile devices. SafeNet extended the capabilities of its credentialing system in an effort to address the challenges companies are facing with regards to employees using personal devices to access corporate networks. “The security perimeter and devices that access it […]

A smart card pilot project in a Canadian hospital has improved emergency room doctors’ efficiency, cutting down on patient waiting times. The pilot, being conducted at Rockyview General Hospital in Calgary, began earlier this year, reports CTV. Instead of logging into multiple systems and terminals to get patient information, doctors use smart cards to retrieve […]

Google Android smartphone users now have to watch for a new trojan that steals one-time banking passwords. SC Magazine reports the Zeus trojan is a version of Zitmo, a mobile trojan application, that’s designed to steal mobile transaction authentication numbers (mTANs) in relation to banking transactions. The malware disguised itself as the banking security app […]

Some may consider Kenneth Weiss the godfather of two-factor identification. The founder of Universal Secure Registry and developer of token-based authentication technology has since moved on to other security technology that uses voice biometrics and the mobile phone. The new system would identify a user by their voice, a PIN and a randomly generated number […]

The June meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

FIME has announced that its smart device and chip-based application testing facility has achieved GlobalPlatform qualified status. This certification extends to FIME’s tools and laboratory and allows it to test cards’ compliance to GlobalPlatform’s UICC configurations for the mobile sector. Stephanie El Rhomri, new services marketing manager at FIME says this qualification is part of […]

IDology’s ExpectID real-time identity verification suite has been validated for IBM Tivoli. The Atlanta-based company’s ExpectID product line enables businesses to electronically identify people in customer-not-present situations. Its integration with IBM’s Tivoli identity and access management products let businesses manage the entire authentication process for new and existing customers. Other features of the product enable […]