In 2006 a great new feature section will appear in each and every issue of SecureIDNews. Our new Physical Security Corner will explore key issues related to the changing security landscape. Physical security is no longer a standalone “silo” within an organization … it is a vibrant, essential component with enterprise-wide implications. Key themes running […]

A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2006. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. By Greg Pote, Chairman, Asia Pacific Smart Card Association (APSCA) Industry news is now dominated by the ICAO e-passport. In the future we will see the impact of this standardization and […]

A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2006. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. By Peter Boriskin, Chief Technology Manager, Software House, Tyco Fire & Security’s Access Control and Video Solutions Business Unit In last year’s predictions, I discussed greater adoption of smart card readers […]

INSIDE Contactless and HID will be working side by side to garner more of the access control market, due to a partnership arrangement recently announced by the two companies. The long-term agreement provides HID with core contactless chip and reader technology, while providing INSIDE with the advantages of HID’s market position and distribution channels in […]

A 45% one year growth rate in Smart Card Alliance membership signifies the industry’s strength, but there’s more to come, according to the Frost & Sullivan Americas Smart Card Market Analysis report published recently. While predicting a nearly 28% annual growth in smart card usage in North America over the next five years, the report […]

Thanks to a credential management system from XTec, the U.S. State Department was able to meet the logical and physical access requirements of HSPD-12 and FIPS 201 PIV. According to XTec, the state department became one of the first federal agencies to use a smart card for wide scale physical and logical access. MIAMI– XTec […]

Smart Card Alliance and Security Industry Association both working to educate and impact federal government smart card efforts With about a year remaining before federal agencies have to comply with the FIPS 201 standards, the Smart Card Alliance has come forth with a 43-page white paper describing some of the issues involved and the work […]

By Heather Klein and John O’Malley, Giesecke & Devrient Imagine a scenario where Joe Smith is leaving his house in the morning to head to work, grabbing his mobile phone as he heads out the door. Joe starts down the street, calling the office to check messages, and ducks into the local coffee shop. While […]

With FIPS 201 driving government physical and logical access security needs, the Smart Card Alliance has released a white paper designed to provide guidance to agencies on how the new PIV (personal identity verification) card should be used in physical and logical security, how the standards compare to previous specifications, and what aspects of the […]

RF IDeas has introduced what it calls the first contactless smart card solution that is immediately deployable, without the need to develop applications or update existing back-end systems. Designed for HID’s iCLASS contactless smart card, the AIR ID eliminates software by storing keystrokes, user IDs, passwords and other credentials securely on the iCLASS card. ORLANDO, […]