Adding IT applications to the existing physical security badges paves the way Using contactless technology on the desktop to lock down computers is starting to find more proponents as companies begin to ratchet up their portfolios to include more logical access devices that make it easier, and potentially less expensive, to migrate to the systems. […]

The General Services Administration will unveil Central Certificate Validator program that will of perform certificate path discovery and validation (PD-VAL) in compliance with RFC 5280 in support of PKI-based authentication mechanisms described in FIPS 201. The proof-of-concept of the Central Certificate Validator will be demonstrated to agencies, suppliers and other interested parties on July 21 […]

Dates: October 28 – 30, 2009 Location: Washington, DC Venue: Washington Convention Center URL: http://www.smartcardalliance.org/pages/activities-next-conference Contact: info@smartcardalliance.org Description: Join the Year’s Largest Government Smart Card Forum: The Smart Card Alliance’s Annual Smart Cards in Government Conference continued its growth trend in 2008, reflecting the rapid expansion of government identity and security initiatives. These initiatives have […]

The last thing you want to experience when you check your email is to be denied access to your account. That’s what happened recently to some students at Southern Illinois University when they either missed the memo about the school changing its log-in procedure or simply forgot. The change was not automatic, which means students […]

Members of the global identity and Internet communities announced the launch of Kantara Initiative, a new global organization formed to bridge enterprise, Web 2.0 and Web-based identity initiatives. Kantara Initiative has been founded by the Concordia Project, Data Portability Project, Information Card Foundation, Internet Society, Liberty Alliance, OpenLiberty.org and XDI.org to collaborate on eliminating the […]

Precise Biometrics, a biometrics solutions developer, has received an order for $226,000 for their Match-On-Card products and services for government employees in the Middle East. The order is in addition to previous order from the same customer and involves both an additional 200 Precise Match-On Card readers and additional licenses for software. The Match-On-Card system […]

Guard Solutions Inc., a producer of RFID solutions for health care and enterprise applications headquartered in Canada, has formed a distribution agreement with Michigan-based Dynamic RFID Solutions, a systems integrator and RFID-based solutions provider. The agreement will provide a new distribution channel for Guard’s RFID applications, including its infant protection, patient protection and asset tracking […]