More schools are now using online platforms to distribute and exchange information, such as course documents and online tests. These same online platforms also serve as an administrative tool, containing personal data on students and staff. To prevent identity and data theft, online applications used by schools and universities need to be protected. VASCO Data […]

Ceelox has announced that it has finished development of a prototype application that would use Ceelox’s fingerprint biometrics to enable biometric authentication in online environments such as corporate intranets, cloud computing networks and commercial applications like online banking and other personal account-based access. The solution is designed as a two-factor authentication that uses fingerprint biometric […]

NXP Semiconductors announced that its SmartMX secure contactless microcontroller chip has been chosen to power the new German contactless National Identity card. The German government has selected NXP as the supplier of an inlay solution containing a SmartMX chip, packaged in an ultra-thin module. Issuance of German contactless ID cards, which will replace the current […]

PhoneFactor’s SSL/TLS authentication project has been officially released by vendors after just one year in the making. Microsoft began releasing patches for all supported versions of Windows last week and the SSL/TLS vulnerability has been addressed by all major vendors without any known problems taking place. The major vulnerability in SSL protocol is rooted in […]

Entrust Inc. released a new addition to its certificate management service for publicly trusted secure e-mail certificates that enable digital signature capability and encryption of e-mails and other secure documents. The standards-based capabilities in Entrust Secure E-mail Certificates are based on the X.509 certificate standard. The S/MIME capabilities are available for both personal and enterprise […]

Animetrics has announced the release of a new facial recognition authentication service available on certain mobile phones. The service, called FaceR CredentialME, is available on devices using the Android, Windows Mobile and RIM operating systems on the Sprint 3G or 4G networks and was launched in conjunction with Troy Security Solutions, a mobile products and […]

SPYRUS Inc. has received a third FIPS 140-2 Level 3 verification for its Hydra Privacy Card, the first and only commercial product of its kind. The USB encryption devices have already received the certificate 1179 for file-based encryption and certificate 1320 for the SPYCOS crypto core, as well as the certificate 1394 for the XTS-AES […]

The 10th Annual Tech Titans and Titan Fast Awards have named Entrust’s IdentityGuard Mobile application a finalist in the Corporate Horizon category. The award is granted by the Texas based technology trade organization, Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC). The Tech Titans Award, which recognizes companies who have made a significant contribution in the area of […]

Lieberman Software helps companies with privileged identity management, handing access to root and administrative accounts. “Essentially the keys to the kingdom,” says Philip Lieberman, president and CEO at Lieberman Software. “We provide a solution that allows all the passwords to be changed, randomized and then the people who are supposed to have access to them […]

Lieberman Software Corp. has partnered with Aquion to resell the Lieberman’s identity management and security management products. Aquion was chosen as a partner to target the Asia Pacific region, most specifically Australia, New Zealand and India. Recently Lieberman has noticed a demand for privileged account password management technology in that region which is why they […]