ActivIdentity launched a new version of its 4TRESS Authentication Server featuring an appliance-based system that will provide a wide-range authentication service available across multiple channels. By combining the hardware security module that is FIPS 140-2 Level 3 and Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 4+ compliant with ActivIdentity authentication solution, the 4TRESS can serve a more cost […]

NXP Semiconductors has just joined the European Supply Chain Institute’s (ESCI) ‘Supply Chain Carbon Council,’ an organization dedicated to carbon emissions management and reduction. NXP is joining the Council as a Lead Sponsor of the multi-year program promoting the application of wireless technologies, such as RFID and NFC, to the problem of accurately tracking emissions […]

Kelli Emerick, Bank of America win top awards The Smart Card Alliance announced its Outstanding Smart Card Achievement awards at its annual conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. Kelli Emerick was awarded the leadership award for her work with the Secure ID Coalition and Bank of America won the issuer award. Emerick is executive director of the […]

Jim Reno, CTO at Arcot, talks about the company’s technology and where he sees authentication heading at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. “We are able to create a hardware smart card but all implemented in software,” Reno says. “It’s strong two-factor security but it’s got the convenience, cost and usability of passwords.” The company […]

Separate hardware no longer needed for two-factor authentication By Meredith Gonsalves, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications In a digital age where more people are succumbing to the smart phone phenomenon and the desktop computer has become a thing of the past, the online world is literally at our fingertips. Technology has revolutionized the way the online […]

The VASCO DIGIPASS Pack for remote authentication expands their offering of products with the introduction of their Gold and Platinum Editions. Based on the IDENTIKEY Server software along with DIGIPASSGO6 authenticators, the Gold and Platinum Editions are said to be a complete solution in a box easy to install and manage, and ideally suited for […]

VASCO Data Security combines the efforts of VACMAN Controller authentication technology with Adobe and LiveCycle Rights Management Enterprise Suite 2 (ES2) and delivers a new solution for secure document viewing over the Internet. By implementing the one-time-password technology, VASCO DIGIPASS into the authentication for viewing e-documents, users will be able to reduce administrative handling and […]

HealtheLink is a health information exchange in western N.Y. that wanted to help health care providers give patients better care. Instead of having to carry around multiple medical records from different doctors the exchange enables providers to look up records from different provider via a secure network. But securing this network is a difficult task. […]

Most agree that using two-factor authentication for access to secure networks is better than simple user names and passwords, but a report from Gartner Research states that hackers have found ways to compromise these more advanced systems as well. Trojan-based, man-in-the-browser attacks have found vulnerabilities to one-time password tokens and could also be used against […]

In an effort to save a hefty annual collaboration cost, Avago Technologies began using the solution products A-OK and ArcotID from cloud authentication company Arcot Systems Inc. Some changes that came along with the switch include the adoption of platforms such as Google Apps Premier Edition and instillation of multilevel authentication. Primarily, the Avago decision […]