It’s a warning any seasoned traveler has probably heard: Don’t carry your hotel key card in the same pocket as your cell phone or the card could get erased. Some travelers cautiously heed the advice, while others write it off as urban legend. Even among card industry professionals, there are varying opinions on whether cell […]

Shaun Oakes, a biometrics business man, in conjunction with technology developer Design Network North have developed a new fingerprint solution that takes into account some of the issues that fingerprint users regularly encounter, such as unusable fingerprints as well as not being able to work in poor environments such as cold or wet weather, according […]

Philadelphia-based identity software and services provider Probaris has gotten into the Identity as a Service (IDaaS) field with an offering that enables commercial enterprises, government agencies and government affiliated parties to issue PIV Interoperable (PIV-I) credentials. The IDaaS solution works with Probaris ID Registration Authority for PIV and PIV-I to create an authoritative identity store […]

Reuters reports, citing a Financial Times article, that Oberthur Technologies is finishing up its auction to sell off different units of its business to private equity bidders. Although two bidders had already backed out of the deal, the FT says U.S. financial investors Advent International and One Equity Partners were still in the running for […]

ScaleMatrix, a provider of cloud-based IT services, has announced a partnership with biometric solutions developer Digitus Biometrics that will see the development of new biometric security for ScaleMatrix’s physical data centers. The upgrade will move from proximity cards, which can only tell what card was used to gain access to secured areas and server racks, […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the summer 2011 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

Transportation Security Administration Administrator John Pistole provided an update on the agency’s efforts to implement risk-based, intelligence-driven security measures. As part of the discussion, Pistole provided details on the agency’s plan to conduct a pilot program in the coming months to enhance TSA’s identity-based, pre-flight screening capabilities and provide trusted travelers with expedited screening. The […]

LEGIC has announced a new partnership with contactless credentials provider and systems integrator D&K Deutschland. LEGIC says the partners will combine their expertise in contactess ID technology to provide solutions for access control, time & attendance and visitor management systems. According to LEGIC, D&K Deutschland performs all steps involved in the integration of an electronic […]

LEGIC has announced that the K&N Kenanga International building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has installed a new physical access control using LEGIC’s contactless technology. Located in Kuala Lumpur’s central business district, the Kenanga building is a 22-story commercial structure with a three-and-a-half-story annexed podium block. According to LEGIC, the system includes six lanes of Argus […]

Quintron Systems Inc. announced that its new version of AccessNsite has satisfied tests by a GSA approved laboratory to be designated as an approved Caching Status Proxy by GSA and placed on the approved products list. The solution provides the capability to poll the status of all registered PIV Cards periodically and save the status […]