LEGIC now has a “card-in-card solution” that combines smart card micro-controllers with building access and related multi-applications onto the same smart card chip. This enables standard contactless LEGIC uses – such as physical access – to be combined with other contact type third party uses such as logical access to PCs, government ID credentials, credit […]

Bundesdruckerei GmbH plans to demonstrate how secure identification can help in every facet of an individual’s life. The Berlin-based company will showcase these different technologies at CeBit, March 4 – 9 in Hanover, Germany. The central topic for all the sectors will be secure identity in a digital world. Bundesdruckerei is known as a manufacturer […]

Futronic Technology Company Limited, a Hong Kong-based fingerprint biometric vendor, announced that its latest version of its FinLogon software supports Microsoft Vista and Windows 2008 Server. FinLogon is fingerprint authentication software for Microsoft Windows Logon control using fingerprint biometrics. With the touch of a finger, users can logon Windows of local computer or Active Directory […]

San Diego-based ImageWare Systems Inc. announced a three-year, royalty-based, worldwide OEM agreement with GE Security Inc., Bradenton, Fla. With the partnership, GE Security may include ImageWare’s products for biometric identity management, logical access control and card management as a part of its identity management solution offerings. GE Security’s identity management solutions are security platforms with […]

Gemalto Inc. and Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., have announced .NET smart card technology with support built into Microsoft Windows Server 2008. France-based Gemalto also announced its support for Windows Server 2008 with its Strong Authentication Server and family of two-factor security devices. These solutions are designed to strengthen Windows Server 2008 security for enterprises and […]

Access Smart debuted Power LogOn Administrator 4.0 for educational institutions that includes features for identity management, cashless transactions, and building and network access using smart card technology. Power LogOn Administrator is a security system that’s based around smart cards. The card contains a users’ passwords, credit card account information for transactions and other information that […]

Biometrics vendor UPEK and security provider RSA have collaborated to deliver several products that form the basis for biometrics-based multi-factor authentication using embedded RSA SecurID technology. Here’s how it works: An administrator issues a SecurID token seed to a user and has a fingerprint enrolled for biometric match. To authenticate to the system, the user […]