Vasco Data Security Inc., a software security company specializing in authentication products, announced that it is extending its PKI-based product line with two new authenticators: DIGIPASS KEY 200 and DIGIPASS KEY 860. DIGIPASS KEY 200 is a USB device with a PKI smart card and secure USB mass storage on a single device. DIGIPASS KEY […]

VASCO Data Security Inc., a software security company specializing in authentication products, will announce at Cartes that its DIGIPASS 830a has new functionality including an alfa-numeric screen. DIGIPASS 830a combines e-signature functionality with EMV-CAP compliance. It has been enhanced to further comply with the French market emerging two-factor authentication standards and the UK APACS standard. […]

Following years of testing of the technology, James Loudermilk, a technologist from the FBI, has announced that the agency sees no point in utilizing facial recognition biometrics, according to an article from The Register. Instead, Loudermilk revealed the FBI’s plans to add iris scans to their database that now holds both fingerprint and DNA data […]

Digital Identification Solutions AG, a supplier of identification solutions, has announced a new Business Line Printer Program including the new EDIsecure® XID 8300 Retransfer Printer which is based on the same platform as the EDIsecure XID 5xxie series. The new business line retransfer printer is part of the company’s launch of new products and solutions […]

Alien Technology has released its new compact ALR-9900-EMA reader, designed to outperform its 866MHz predecessors in half the footprint, according to Alien. The new reader supports near-field and far-field coupling, and includes an Alien Reader Protocol (ARP) engine for autonomous mode of operation as well as full support for Alien’s Higgs-3 based inlay portfolio, which […]

OpenTrust, a French provider of secure electronic transactions, has incorporated Gemalto’s entire range of secure identity management solutions into its Smart Card Manager product, including the Gemalto Protiva .NET and Strong Authentication Solutions. The combined offering, which is already being deployed among customers of the two companies, enables users in the public and private sector […]

Hwatai Commercial Bank has selected Todos to supply authentication servers and devices for its online banking customers. Hwatai Bank has a history dating back 66 years and it has 30 branches across Taiwan. This decision demonstrates Todos’s global reach. The company beat several other leading providers to win this contract and supplies eight of the […]

SMARTRAC has launched a research project to identify and implement biodegradable production materials for use in its production of RFID transponder units. The research project will be conducted by the SMARTRAC Research & Development department together with several technology institutes in Bangkok, Thailand. In addition, SMARTRAC researchers are currently consulting substrate manufacturers and leading chemical […]

INSIDE Contactless announced a technology partnership to provide critical NFC technology to Paris-based MobiNear, a provider of proximity mobile communications solutions. Through this cooperation, INSIDE is providing NFC reading capabilities to enhance the MobiNear Box kiosk, which will now be able to let people use their contactless transportation cards and NFC-enabled mobile phones to access […]

Kantara Initiative, a global identity project, announced that six applications have won a 2009 Identity Deployment of the Year Awards (IDDY). The IDDY Deployment award winners include Google and Plaxo; Signicat; and the U.S. Department of Defense. The winning IDDY Proof of Concept awards include fun communications; Gemalto and Vodafone; and NRI, NTT and Oracle. […]