U.S. Air Force Bases in Germany have added inLighten’s iTOUCH Internet Access Kiosks in an effort to provide a self-service way to safely access and conduct transactions at Service Credit Union through the institution’s public Web portal. The kiosks enables credit union members to use their credit union smart cards to activate the kiosk for […]

As businesses move data and applications to the Internet and the cloud, they need a way to authenticate users across a variety of domains and devices. But leaving the relative security of an organization’s internal servers brings with it vulnerabilities as services and access controls move outside of the protected domain. Typically, user authentication involves […]

New Hampshire-based Service Credit Union has implemented Datacard Group’s Datacard CardWizard issuance software to bring instant-issue EMV smart cards to U.S. military members based in Germany. This builds on its instant-issue EMV smart card roll out to military members that it began at the end of 2011 and will continue to do for all of […]

Entrust Inc. finalized a pair of government approvals with FIPS 201 and FIPS 140 certifications for the company’s PIV smart card credential technology, which was reviewed, tested and certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. These certifications demonstrate interoperability with established NIST standards. To ensure a seamless deployment, many organizations will only purchase […]

The Blackboard Transact campus card suite now supports MIFARE, a near field communication compatible protocol that enables secure contactless smart card transactions. Partner institutions can now choose either MIFARE or FeliCa when issuing NFC-compatible student identification cards or mobile phones. This latest software update also includes a configuration application that creates a single MIFARE card […]

The 2013 Smart Card Alliance payments Summit saw executives from MasterCard and Visa spoke about the payments industry, explained their road maps and provided vision for the future payments infrastructure. The summit saw head of authentication product integration for Visa, Stephanie Ericksen, reveal new details that will expand Visa’s roadmap to include EMV. Ericksen revealed […]

ABI Research forecasts 2.1 billion contactless credentials – a combination of smart cards and limited use RFID solutions – will ship into the transportation and ticketing market in 2018, just more than double that achieved in 2012. In 2012, MiFare solutions accounted for more than 80% of all contactless ticketing credentials deployed. While ABI Research […]