By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor A few years ago, demand among smaller organizations was limited for low cost ID card printers that could print quality images on IDs with embedded technologies (e.g. smart cards, contactless cards, prox cards). But a lot has changed in just a few years with new regulations and growing demands for […]

E-Safetransfer has received a purchase order for 15,000 Teo by XIRING readers from the Brazilian Ministry of Finance, through its department of Internal Revenue. This contract aims to equip the Department’s employees with smart card readers in line with the PKI smart card infrastructure in Brazil. RFB is part of the Brazilian PKI initiative – […]

Entrust will be providing the public key infrastructure (PKI)-enabled digital signatures for U.S. ePassports. The digital signature verifies that the digital credential has been issued by the U.S. Department of State and that it has not been tampered with since its issuance. ePassport travel documents contain an electronic chip that stores sensitive personal information that […]

Robert M. Fee General Manager North America LEGIC Identsystems If last year’s dramatic growth of contactless smart cards and applications is any indication of what is to come, then we are in for another exciting year. The proliferation of the technology and associated standards extend the contactless reach well beyond physical and logical access to […]

Robert M. Fee, General Manager North America, LEGIC Identsystems If last year’s dramatic growth of contactless smart cards and applications is any indication of what is to come, then we are in for another exciting year. The proliferation of the technology and associated standards extend the contactless reach well beyond physical and logical access to […]

Saudi Arabia will build its national ID card and e-government initiative on a solid foundation based upon Entrust’s PKI and secure messaging solutions. The 27-million citizens will use the new platform to access more than “150 e-services (the government) has planned through 2010. In the near term, the national ID will serve as a base […]

Kieran Timmins, President and CEO, SmartCentric Technologies International In 2007, smart card use and acceptance in the U.S. was on the rise. Using contactless smart card technology for payments and physical and logical access became a solution that many campus institutions, both academic and corporate, embraced. With the continued demand and deployment of multi-application smart […]