Wireless biometric security provider Privaris has launched a key-fob-sized device that eliminates the need for passwords and access cards, verifies identity via a fingerprint, thus safeguarding a user’s privacy, and works with existing security systems, such as those from HID, Indala, and others. The company’s plusID can be used to secure access to buildings and […]

SAFE BioPharma’s secure signatures to be adopted by more docs in coming year By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor Expect to see an influx of doctors using digital signatures in lieu of cumbersome paper-pen-fax combinations to authorize medical care, services and prescriptions. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) with certificates held on a smart card, USB fob, […]

PRESS RELEASE: Broadcom’s Trusted Authentication Initiative Helps Enable Rapid Growth of Security Technologies in Physical Access, Logical Access and Contactless Payments IRVINE, Calif., June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM) , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today introduced the world’s first secure processor with integrated radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, […]

Venture Research Inc., which calls itself a “premier “systems integrator and manufacturer of RFID infrastructure hardware and software,” announced today that they scored the patent for a “Free standing column-shaped structure for housing RFID Antennas and Readers.” Along with its portal solution, Venture Research provides extensive peripheral portal-solution support, including integrated indicator lights, photo-eyes, motion […]

ActivIdentity has launched two new products, including a mini-token, that support OATH’s one-time-password technology. The company’s strong authentication platform is designed to support current and future releases of the OATH HOTP algorithm, and aligns with OATH’s concept of delivering royalty-free open authentication technologies which help resolve security threats such as identity theft, phishing and internal […]

What makes an RFID product “revolutionary,” and not just a victim of their PR flak’s lack of creativity for choosing one of the most overused buzzwords? Supposedly, RedPrairie’s latest a suite of solutions that enable companies to directly respond to consumer demand is “revolutionizing” the supply chain. We’re talking about RedPrairie’s new “end-to-end (E2eTM) solutions […]

By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications At least this year, many U.S. consumers aren’t ready for one-time-password (OTP) generators or smart cards. So like the medicine maker that tricks kids into getting better by concocting fruit-flavored, cartoon character remedies, a number of digital security vendors are tucking authentication into the devices Americans know and […]

Electronic payment technology provider MagTek, addressing the need for contactless support, has released its newest hybrid mag stripe/contactless/smart card reader designed for kiosks, vending machines and fuel pumps. San Francisco, CA–MagTek Inc, a global leader in electronic payment technology, announced at the 2006 annual CardTechSecurTech conference the IntelliStripe 65 hybrid reader, designed for self-service applications […]

U.S. banks can now provide their customers with a strengthened security solution for on-line banking services thanks to a new security solution announced by MasterCard that includes FFIEC-compliant two-factor authentication provided by security provider XIRING. SURESNES, France–MasterCard International unveiled a new online security solution for the US banking market, at the CardTech-SecurTech trade show in […]

Combining Visa Wave contactless payment technology and Near Field Communication, Visa International has launched a pilot program in Malaysia that will allow its 200 participants to pay for transactions via a cell phone. Visa takes contactless payment technologies to greater heights SINGAPORE–Visa International, in collaboration with Maybank, Maxis Communications Berhad (Maxis) and Nokia, has launched […]