idOnDemand and NXP Semiconductors have partnered to bring smart card security to mobile device authentication. By using near field communication technology and embedding NXP Semiconductors’ SmartMX chip into an idOnDemand SmartID card, customers can facilitate a secure login from their tablet computer, smart phone or hand-held mobile phone. With an idOnDemand SmartID, users can authenticate […]

The impact of FIPS 201-2, ICAM, PIV-I, NSTIC By Salvatore D’Agostino, CSCIP, IDmachines LLC A little over a year ago IDmachines reviewed the FIPS 201 Government Services Administration (GSA) Approved Products List (APL) also known as FIPS 201 Evaluation Program Products and Services. FIPS 201, Personal Identity Verification (PIV), has just been updated with a […]

IronKey announced its Trusted Access Elite Channel Partner Program. The initiative enables selected partners to help institutions offering commercial, business, and municipal online banking combat threats posed by cyber criminals using financial malware. IronKey Trusted Access protects from bank phishing, session hijacking, and account credential stealing malware favored by criminals. With IronKey Trusted Access for […]

It was 10-year ago this past October when the first U.S. Defense Department Common Access Card was issued. Since then the largest U.S. agency has issued 24 million of the smart card-based secure credentials. In that time the staff at the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), the group within DOD responsible for issuing the card, […]

Precise Biometrics has been ranked at the top of the list in the MINEX II report for its match-on-card solutions speed and performance. The MINEX II tests, which are performed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, tests the interoperability for Match-on-Card systems. The news is important to Precise as a recent directive in […]

Biometric Signature ID (BSI) has announced it will be hosting a webinar with a number of experts in the field of security, biometrics and identity theft. The session will cover the of cost of data breaches, what technologies are in use today to protect from breaches and what the future holds for gesture biometrics in […]

The March 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 […]

By Michael Magrath, Director, Business Development, Government and Healthcare for Gemalto, CSCIP Identity theft is common in the banking world and online, but now it is also lurking where Americans are told to feel the most protected–hospitals. The frightening reality is that there is little to no identity management, much less protection, in our health […]

HID Global announced it will showcase new developments in its federal identity compliance initiative and preview its next-generation access control technology platform at next week’s ISC West International Security Conference and Exposition. The company will also present its share insights into the recent acquisitions of ActivIdentity and LaserCard during its annual strategy briefing on April […]

Intercede announced the release of its MyID Management Agent for Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager. This is the culmination of collaboration with the Microsoft Identity and Access Management technical team. The combination of Intercede MyID and Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager provides customers with a credentialing solution for enterprise customers. The Intercede MyID Management Agent for Forefront […]