Attaching a small contactless tag to an item of clothing enables garment rental companies and laundries to better keep track of items throughout their lifecycle. The chip is embedded inside a heat- and chemical-resistant token such that it can withstand frequent laundering and abuse. Sokymat has offered contactless laundry tags in the past, but this […]

The National Football League’s Chicago Bears has chosen Aladdin’s eToken authentication key to keep prying eyes off the team’s electronic play books, player contracts, and scouting information. It is the first time an NFL team has gone to this extent–a USB security key–to defend against unauthorized access to proprietary information. CHICAGO, May 26–Aladdin Knowledge Systems, […]

Katherine Albrecht is the Founder and Director of Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering (CASPIAN) What factors have contributed to the news media’s negative portrayal of RFID technology? By its very nature, RFID technology is disturbing to people. According to Procter & Gamble research published in January 2003, 78% of people surveyed respond negatively […]

Membership Cards are Crowning Glory of Club Benefits Program The Tottenham Hotspur Football Club began humbly in 1882, when a local cricket team merged with students from the elementary school and formed the Hotspur FC. The Spurs, as they are now known, went professional way back in 1895, and won their first Southern League championship […]

eToken to provide students and staff with powerful two-factor, PKI-based authentication, protecting grades, schedules and other sensitive campus data CHICAGO, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALDN) today announced that Dartmouth College, a prestigious Ivy League institution founded in 1769, chose the Aladdin eToken(TM) USB authentication key to provide powerful yet convenient […]

Establishes Distribution Agreement With Alternative Technology, Inc. FREMONT, Calif. and DENVER, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – ActivCard Corp. (Nasdaq: ACTI), a global provider of strong authentication and trusted digital identity solutions, and Alternative Technologies, Inc. (AltTech), a leading distributor of security products and server-based computing solutions, today announced signing of an authorized distribution agreement. Under terms […]

Integrated, Trusted Digital Identity Product Line Breaks New Ground in Easing and Securing Access to PC and Network Resources RSA CONFERENCE, SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – ActivCard Corp. (Nasdaq: ACTI), a global provider of strong authentication and trusted digital identity solutions, today announced availability of its modular Enterprise Access solutions for government, enterprise, and […]

New $15 Price And Lifetime Replacement Option For ActivCard Dynamic Password RSA Conference, SAN FRANCISCO, CA – February 23, 2004 – ActivCard Corp. (NASDAQ: ACTI), a global provider of strong authentication and trusted digital identity solutions today announced availability of ActivCard Tokens starting at $15 with a Lifetime Replacement option*. Historically, one of the primary […]

Creation of OATH, Cross-Industry Reference Architecture to Support Strong Authentication Across All Networks, Applications and Devices SAN FRANCISCO, RSA Conference 2004, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN – News), the leading provider of critical infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks, today announced the Open Authentication reference architecture (OATH), a revolutionary approach […]

Extends IntelliStripe 380’s Precision and Reliability Benefits to USB Users CARSON, CA – January 20, 2004 – MagTek, Inc., a global leader in card encoding technology, today released a USB-compatible version of its IntelliStripe® 380 motorized card reader/writer, ensuring that the precision and reliability of the IntelliStripe 380 will continue to be available as PC […]