How a small subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft became a global leader in identity management By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications HID Global enables workers to get in the front door of offices around the world. Many people see the three letters, either on their cards or access control readers, but odds are they don’t really […]

SCM Microsystems Inc. announced that it has closed its merger with Hirsch Electronics Corp. The shareholders of both companies approved the transaction, which included the payment of cash and the issuance of SCM common stock and warrants to purchase shares of SCM common stock in exchange for the securities of Hirsch. The merger closed on […]

As government agencies and corporations embrace Macs, software lets CAC, FIPS 201 and .NET cards secure login via Active Directory Making Mac computers work in a Windows world has never been easy. But as more private-sector companies and U.S. government agencies add Macs into their environment, there’s a growing need for tools that enable them […]

SCM Microsystems Inc. and Bluehill ID announced a technology and distribution agreement that targets contactless smart card, RFID and NFC markets worldwide. The partnership marks another step in SCM’s strategy to expand into the growing contactless market, and also further extends Bluehill ID’s distribution channels and technology portfolio for identity management and electronic security. Under […]

CardLogix, a smart card manufacturer for secure ID and transactions, announced that it has expanded its partnership with SCM Microsystems, Inc., a provider of smart card readers and chips. CardLogix Smart Toolz, M.O.S.T. Toolz, Embedded Toolz and middleware, including Winplex, Printplex and Trakplex, have incorporated SCM’s readers, which enables a range of security applications. By […]

In the second year of a partnership between the Smart Card Alliance and SourceMedia, the theme of CTST is enabling secure identity and payments in a mobile world. CTST: The Americas 2009 will take place May 4 – 7 at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. The conference sessions are broken down into five tracks: identity […]

Oberthur Technologies has delivered the first prototypes of the Generic ID Card Command Set (GICS) card compatible with Microsoft Windows 7. ID-One GICS, an identity applet, has been developed to answer the needs for a generic card command set that provides functionalities required by both government and corporate applications. Backward compatible with PIV, this product […]