In order to help organizations converge logical and physcial access into one credential, Entrust is hosting a webinar May 10 at 11 a.m. EDT. Frost & Sullivan Global Program Director of Smart Cards Jean-Noel Georges and Entrust Senior Marketing Manager Mike Moir will present the live, interactive webinar. The following topics will be discussed: • […]

The April meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

i-Evo, a provider of biometric technology, has announced it will be demonstrating multispectral fingerprint technology from Lumidigm to show how new fingerprint technology developments can bring the biometric mode into environments it was previously unable. Specifically, i-Evo will be showing how the Lumidigm technology is capable of authenticating identities via fingerprints through latex gloves or […]

The Smart Card Alliance honored its Industry Councils during the 2011 Smart Card Alliance Annual Conference, giving thanks for their contributions to the smart card industry. The SCA Industry Council contributes through collaborative work on white papers, best practices, webinars, conferences and more. For their work, notably on the white paper “Getting to Meaningful Use […]

Identive Group Inc. announced that it has acquired substantially all of the shares of stock of idOnDemand Inc., a provider of service-based identity credential provisioning and management. The transaction closed on May 2. Privately-held idOnDemand is headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif. and maintains data centers in Santa Clara, Calif. and Canberra, Australia. Jason Hart, founder, chief […]

AVISIAN Publishing is happy to announce the availability of a new interactive PDF viewer allowing subscribers one more way to access their content. The spring 2011 issue of CR80News will be the first issue made available and all plans indicate continuing this service for subsequent issues. The interactive feature allows for a miniature mode that […]

ASSA ABLOY has announced the release of its new Mobile Keys Platform, a solution that uses NFC-enabled mobile phones to unlock doors in hotels, commercial buildings and private homes. Instead of using a printer to encode a card or assigning a pre-encoded card, Mobile Keys Platform sends a virtual key to the end user’s NFC-enabled […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the availability of a new interactive PDF viewer allowing subscribers a new way to access our print magazines and content. The spring 2011 issue of re:ID is ready and the interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that […]

A student at India’s Sri Kalikamba Fabricators at Moodbidri, Sheetal Kumar Jain, has developed a device he refers to as The Electrician that electronically locks the ignition of a car until a registered fingerprint has been swiped acknowledging that an authorized driver is using the vehicle, according to an Indian Cars and Bikes article. While […]

Codebench Inc. announced that it has teamed up with Mercury Security, Quintron Systems Inc., and Farpointe Data to create a consortium that will provide the market with a high-assurance PKI at the door solution. The business partnership brings together Codebench’s PKI at the Door technology with Mercury Security’s Open Access Platform; Quintron’s AccessNsite, multiplatform access […]