Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies announced a partnership with Gemalto to provide advanced identification solutions to Schlage customers. The agreement enables Schlage to deliver a secure, converged badge that will let users take advantage of contactless access control technology and advanced, secure contact technology from Gemalto for logical security. Paired with Schlage’s multi-technology readers, the offering […]

HID Global announced the addition of a mobile sticker format to its family of contactless payment and identification cards. The stickers aim to make it easier to add closed-loop payment and loyalty systems to existing automatic fare collection or retail systems, or to augment campus identification systems with new access control capabilities. They also can […]

HID Global will showcase its veriCLASS and identiCLASS embedded reader platforms, finalists in the CARTES 2010 SESAME awards, at next week’s CARTES & Identification 2010 Exhibition and Conference. In addition to highlighting its line of FARGO direct-to-card printers, HID Global will also present “TIP: Basic Building Blocks for Constructing and Using Trusted Identities” at a […]

Verizon Business is providing the commonwealth of Virginia with smart card credentialing services that will enable authorities to electronically confirm the identities and skills of emergency responders arriving at a disaster scene. With Verizon’s First Responder Authentication Credentialing solution, the commonwealth can make sure that only those individuals who have had their identities and skill […]

HID Global announced a developer services offering for products using the company’s embedded reader platforms. The set of modular service options is designed to streamline the engagement process and make it easier for customers to leverage HID’s embedded technologies and industry expertise, reduce development costs, and accelerate the product integration, test and certification process. Developers […]

AOptix Technologies Inc. is touting the use of iris recognition to authenticate passengers and secure air travel. With an alternative approach to pat-downs and full body scans, AOptix says iris biometrics can reduce wait time and help relax the anxiety associated with the security screening process. The notion of a registered traveler is not new […]

Starting next fall all residence halls at Michigan State University will feature a card access system using the Spartan Card, the official MSU ID card, reports The State News. With the new system in place when a student loses his or her student ID administration can remotely deactivate it in about 15 seconds, said campus […]

Salvatore D’Agostino, IDmachines The recent announcement that the rebirth of the CLEAR registered traveler program will use a PIV-based smart card technology could be very good news. The initial registered traveler interoperability standards took place at the same time as FIPS 201 and they passed like planes in the night. This blog, a white paper […]

The FAA is proposing that all pilot certificates include photos of the certificate holder. The agency also proposed that the pilot certificates be made of plastic and contain security features, such as a hologram and an ultraviolet-sensitive layer, to prevent tampering, altering and counterfeiting. Congress has passed a law requiring pilots to be issued biometric […]

The Smart Card Alliance announced its 2010-2011 board and seven-member executive committee. Elections were held during the 9th Annual Smart Cards in Government: Identity, Security & Health care Conference in Washington DC. The Smart Card Alliance elected executive committee is made up of the following board members: Chair – Neville Pattinson, Gemalto Vice chair – […]