By Tony Ball, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Identity and Access Management, HID Global Over the years, companies and organizations have been using multiple methods to provide people with secure access to their facilities and computer networks. Historically, building access and network access have been separate, requiring employees to carry multiple cards to enter […]

Futronic Technology Company Limited, a Hong Kong provider of fingerprint recognition software and hardware products, has released its latest fingerprint reader/writer for Mifare cards, giving the company support for both contact and contactless smart cards. The company’s new FS25 combines fingerprint match on device and ISO14443A Mifare card reader and writer into one device. It […]

New student privacy regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Education enable universities to use ID numbers, but not Social Security numbers, in student directories as long as they can’t be used to access education records without another form of authentication, such as a password. In one proposal, regulators wanted to treat ID numbers like […]

By Guy Vancollie, Chief Marketing Officer, CoreStreet Since enterprises first looked at implementing smart card-based common access card programs in the 1990s, there have been many changes. Although some major companies have successfully deployed such programs, smart card-based identity solutions never have penetrated the enterprise market. Looking back, it is clear that a lack of […]

By Randy Vanderhoof, executive director, Smart Card Alliance Looking into the future of the North American smart card market in 2009 and 2010, I see no signs for concern, with the possible exception that the current recession could be far worse than previous economic downturns. Having been professionally engaged in the smart card industry since […]

Validity Sensors, a developer of biometric hardware, has announced that it will be supporting Microsoft’s Windows 7 Biometric Framework. The hardware used during a Microsoft demonstration of the framework at the WinHEC 2008 conferences was Validity’s VSF201 fingerprint sensor. Microsoft’s Biometric Framework is built to provide users with greater ease of integrating biometric devices into […]