With Russia the third largest market in the world for SIM Cards, and payment and identity starting to take off, the CARTES and IDentification trade show and conference has decided to honor the country during its annual show Nov. 17-19 in Paris. The sharp growth in credit cards available from banks and the need for […]

Stockholders of SCM Microsystems, Inc. a provider of secure access and identity solutions, have approved a 20 million share increase to the number of common shares authorized under the company’s certificate of incorporation, paving the way for SCM to continue to pursue mergers and acquisitions, which, the company says, are an important component of its […]

Discussions about identity and trust highlighted the 8th Annual Smart Cards in Government Conference that concluded today in Washington, D.C. From healthcare to more efficient government information system development to Internet security, knowing with whom you are dealing and being able to authenticate their identity online is a top issue for the federal government. And […]

The Smart Card Alliance announced its 2009-2010 board and seven-member executive committee. Elections were held during the 8th Annual Smart Cards in Government Conference, taking place at the Washington DC Convention Center. The Smart Card Alliance elected executive committee is made up of the following board members: Chair – Neville Pattinson, Gemalto Vice chair – […]

Global Rainmakers, a research and development laboratory and identity management product patent holding company, has left what it calls its stealth status behind to bring its biometric security suite out commercially. Some of Global Rainmakers’ major product releases involve their face and iris matching software combined with proprietary hardware and algorithms. Additionally, much of their […]

The CBORD Group has formed Integrated Security Solutions Group designed to focus on the company’s growing security business. The new sector is expected to support the deployment of CBORD’s growing catalog of security hardware and software. Mathew Birnbaum, Integrated Security Solutions Group manager, will lead the new business unit. Integrated Security is intended to be […]

Gemalto has announced the availability of a 144-kilobyte PIV card. The product is available and already on the GSA’s approved products list. The new card doubles the memory capacity of the previous card. Gemalto sees the new cards being used to add application to the card, such as e-purse. The Gemalto PIV Card is dual […]

CertiPath, a credentialing authority for aviation, aerospace and defense organizations, has introduced architecture systems for federated physical access control that leverage high-assurance credentials. The concept demonstrates the viability of a single-credential system that can provide secure access for both physical and logical assets, and provide interoperability for employees, customers and partners. Funded in part by […]

Every year half of all organizations suffer a security breach, said Michael Peele, associate engineer for facility and security systems at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. “Of those, 99% had both firewalls and anti-virus protection in place,” he adds. “There has been a shift from glory motivated vandals to those seeking financial gain,” he told […]

Middle Tennessee Medical Center (MMTC) in Murfreesboro, TN will implement Guard RFID Solution’s Infant Protection system for its new $267 million health care facility. The TotGuard system will use active RFID technology and existing Ethernet networks to track infant patients throughout the hospital. The system uses active tags with a unique dual-tamper detection technology as […]