Dual-interface cards deliver on promise of flexibility
With both contact and contactless on board, the cards are finding favor with a host of global issuers
Contactless 2.0: Latest generation chips are bigger, faster
Biometrics, new apps require more memory and faster data transfer
Episode 154: John McAfee backs authentication key
Evaluating card durability
Industry standard test procedures help issuers achieve the ultimate ’10-year credential'
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23 Dec, 2010Industry predictions for 2011
At the Smart Card Alliance’s Smart Cards in Government conference AVISIAN asked industry officials what they thought would be coming in 2011. The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, emerging use of mobile devices, securing electronic health records and additional use of PIV credentials are just a sample of what will be coming next […]
23 Dec, 2010HID launches security reporting center
HID Global announced a new HID Global Product Security Reporting Center, a mechanism for reporting potential security vulnerabilities in HID Global products, that is now available on the company’s Web site. Claims reported through the Product Security Reporting Center are systematically investigated, assessed and validated within the framework of the company’s security vulnerability response process, […]
22 Dec, 2010Burger King goes contactless in Singapore
Burger King is now accepting concession and ez-link card payments in Singapore, making it the first western burger chain to adopt the Singapore Standard for Contactless ePurse Applications (CEPAS) since its introduction in December 2008. PaymentLink, exclusive partner of EZ-Link for payment and loyalty services on the concession and ez-link cards, has already installed 178 […]
22 Dec, 2010Ingersoll Rand, VDS partner for contactless campus security solutions
Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, manufacturer of Schlage contactless smart credentials and readers, has announced that it will enter into a technology partnership with Vision Database Systems (VDS), a supplier of ID tracking, issuance and management solutions. According to the Ingersoll Rand, the partnership will let VDS customers pair open architecture smart credentials and readers from […]
22 Dec, 2010Jolly, Brivo integrate systems
Jolly Technologies and Brivo Systems LLC announced that Brivo’s ACS WebService Software as a Service access control solution has been integrated with Jolly’s Lobby Track visitor management software. The integration will enable customers to issue access control credentials directly from the Lobby Track visitor management system and assign credentials to visitors, contractors, and employees. The […]
22 Dec, 2010MaxID announces additional sales
MaxID has announced the sale of the MaxIDentity Suite and the iDL500 multi-modal handheld TWIC readers to the Delaware River Port Authority, The Port Shreveport-Bossier, Virginia International Terminals Inc. and Citgo Petroleum Corp. The MaxIDentity Suite contains a series of ready-to-use applications to read PIV, PIV-I, TWIC, CAC, FiXS, and FRAC smart cards as well […]
21 Dec, 2010GlobalPlatform announces new board members
GlobalPlatform has announced its board of directors for fiscal year 2011, following annual elections for six of the eleven seats. Individual members to serve as officers for a one-year team have also been confirmed. After serving as GlobalPlatform’s vice-chair for five years Marc Kekicheff, senior business leader of chip innovation within the Technology Office at […]
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