SCM Microsystems Inc. announced that its stockholders have approved the issuance of new shares of common stock in connection with SCM’s proposed business combination with Bluehill ID AG, a holding group for investments in the RFID/identification and security industries. To effect the business combination, on November 20, SCM made an offer to acquire all of […]

ActivIdentity Corp., a provider of strong authentication and credential management, announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire CoreStreet Ltd., a provider of distributed identity credential validation solutions. ActivIdentity will pay approximately $20 million, primarily cash, but also include stock and warrants. The acquisition is subject to closing conditions and is expected to […]

The December meeting of the 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 list […]

SCM, Hirsch and BlueHill merge to take on a growing market By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications When Felix Marx joined SCM Microsystems in late 2007 he had a mission: reposition the company in the identification market. In the two-years since Marx took over as director and CEO he has been able to change the […]

HID Global announced that the company’s Crescendo smart cards and OMNIKEY brand readers have been successfully tested for compatibility with McAfee Endpoint Encryption. With this announcement HID is a member of the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance and McAfee users are able to leverage HID’s converged solutions for logical and physical access. With HID’s Crescendo smart […]

Hirsch Electronics announced it is expanding its resources for the U.S. and international government markets by promoting Scott Elliott, formerly eastern district manager, to the newly created position of director of government sales. Elliott will team with Hirsch’s Government Program Group and its director, Lars Suneborn. Elliott and the Hirsch Government Program Group will continue […]

Revere Security has developed the Hummingbird algorithm to provide a higher level of security, and encourage the adoption of RFID solutions. The encryption includes secure identification and mutual authentication, with a minimal impact on tag performance. Revere Security’s Hummingbird algorithm was engineered with RFID technology in mind, addressing concerns in security, performance, power and size […]

By Salvatore D’Agostino, IDmachines The Smart Cards in Government conference was held in Washington and ran concurrently with the Interagency Advisory Board meeting. IDmachines long ago concluded that the path to convergence runs through the use of the same method of authentication for logical access, physical access and device authentication. In a federated environment such […]

The Australian Bureau of Statistics is searching for a two-factor authentication product, according to a Computerworld report. The bureau’s current authentication method is not suitable for remote access because it is vulnerable to key logger attacks that enables a hacker to impersonate an employee without being detected. The bureau is looking for a physical devices, […]