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
Episode 154: John McAfee backs authentication key
Evaluating card durability
Industry standard test procedures help issuers achieve the ultimate ’10-year credential'
Fall 2016 Regarding ID
Contactless 2.0: Latest generation chips are bigger, faster
Biometrics, new apps require more memory and faster data transfer
09 Aug, 2017Visa wearable payment stickers make authentication sticky
A new Visa concept involves putting a payment sticker on a consumer’s hand to authenticate payments and other tasks, such as those conducted on the Internet of Things. Questions remain about identity controls, but the idea represents the latest step forward for payment authentication that does not involve passwords.
29 Jun, 2017Post-quantum cryptography on smart cards demonstrated by Infineon
First successful implementation on a commercially available contactless microcontroller
Infineon successfully supported an instance of next-generation, post-quantum cryptography (PQC) on smart cards using an off-the-shelf contactless chip. This is key in that within the next fifteen years, it is expected that quantum computing will be able to break all current encryption technology commonly used by smart cards and other IT systems.
09 Jun, 2017Apple to enable iPhone NFC tag reading in new models, still restricts card emulation
Step in right direction but it appears handset-as-a-credential remains elusive
With the release of iOS 11, third-party developers will be able to work with the iPhone NFC chip for the first time. That is good news and a step in the right direction for the identity and security industry, but unfortunately it doesn’t appear to deliver on the ultimate goal … use of the handset […]
05 Jun, 2017Contactless promotion embeds chips in energy drink bottles for free transit rides
Lucozade promotion gives passengers on London Tube free rides by tapping their bottle
The energy drink Lucozade is adding chips to some of its drink bottles in a contactless promotion that lets lucky Londoners ride the city’s public transportation for free. The chip on the bottom of the bottle is tapped on a contactless transit reader just as the city’s normal contactless Oyster card would be tapped to […]
30 May, 2017Ecuador launches new eID card with NXP
Ecuador will launch its new contactless citizen eID card program with the help of NXP Semiconductors. The program will be among the largest eID card offerings in Latin America and will rely on NXP’s SmartMX2 secure microcontroller and the JCOP Operating System. In addition to the identification function, the new multi-purpose eID cards will enable […]
23 Mar, 2017Episode 159: Smart Card Alliance expands to Secure Technology Alliance
The industry organization that for more than two decades promoted the use of smart cards is expanding its mission to include other secure technologies. The Smart Card Alliance recently became the Secure Technology Alliance to reflect this new focus. The group’s longtime executive director, Randy Vanderhoof, talks about the organization’s plans and the future of secure embedded technologies — from wearables to IoT — in this episode of the RegardingID Podcast.
09 Mar, 2017Secure Technology Alliance expands mission of former Smart Card Alliance
New name, new mission enables successful org to tackle expanding uses for embedded chip technologies
The Secure Technology Alliance is the official new name for the Smart Card Alliance, the long standing and highly regarded industry association founded to promote the adoption of smart card technology in the U.S. The group is expanding its mission and changing names, exchanging its somewhat limiting focus on smart cards for a broader view of […]
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