< ? $key="1104"; ?> Each and every day, contactless technology is impacting lives. In this issue we explore the nationwide transportation worker ID, take a look at contactless technologies in daily life, find out who won the annual SESAMES “best ID technology” awards, and more. Transportation ID (TWIC) continues its progress The Transportation Worker Identification […]

When fully implemented, the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program may include six million credentials and provide a standard that could be used by companies/facilities that require employees to have access to secure areas. According to BearingPoint, Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) systems integrator for the $12 million prototype, key to the program is the development […]

Inside ID Conference and Expo, founded by industry pioneer Ben Miller and which had its inaugural run last year, is scheduled Nov. 15-17 under new ownership–Jupitermedia Corp. The Washington Convention Center is again the setting for the event that, this year, is being held about three weeks earlier than last. Mr. Miller who also founded […]

Richard Clarke doesn’t beat around the bush—be it the proverbial one or the Presidential one. A a security advisor to four U.S. presidents, an on-air expert on terrorism and homeland security for ABC News, and current chairman of Good Harbor Consulting, he has unique access and unique insight when it comes to national security. And, […]

Axalto’s Paul Beverly kicked off the Smart Card Alliance Annual Fall Conference by painting a very bright picture of the industry’s recent past and coming future. “There will be 100 million smart cards issued in the U.S. and Canada alone this year,” he began. “The Department of Defense has issued 5.7 million cards, HSPD 12 […]

Smart cards are alive and well in Washington, D.C. even though some 28 projects have disappeared in the past 18 months. That’s the one-line summary of a 30-page report issued in September by the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO), the audit, evaluation and investigative arm of Congress. The document was named for the conclusion it […]

PowerPay’s contactless tag is designed to make it easier for football fans to return to the game quicker. The contactless tag got its start with the Seattle Seahawks last season (see November/December Contactless News), and is now in used in Detroit and Philadelphia as well. Consumers, using the cashless PowerPay fob, can complete a transaction […]

Contactless News readers: If you haven’t read this month’s issue of our sister publication Secure ID News, take a minute to check it out. Feature articles include a look at the Transportation Worker ID (TWIC) project, biometric access control at a Marine Corp base, a paper-based visitor badging system that can really improve your facilities […]

CR80 News readers: If you haven’t read this month’s issue of our sister publication Secure ID News, take a minute to check it out. Feature articles include a look at the Transportation Worker ID (TWIC) project, biometric access control at a Marine Corp base, a paper-based visitor badging system that can really improve your facilities […]

If you haven’t read this month’s issue of our sister publication SecureID News, take a minute to check it out. Feature articles include a look at the Transportation Worker ID (TWIC) project, biometric access control at a Marine Corp base, a paper-based visitor badging system for facilities security, as well as a review of the […]