Atlanta-based Echoworx, a credential management and managed encryption service provider, has opened up its Security Cloud to the industry at large, including MDMs, MEAPs, cloud services and other organization. By plugging into the cloud, they can enable PKI integration across multiple platforms and devices. Security Cloud provides a plug-and-play approach to credential management, enabling companies […]
06 Feb, 2012Echoworx opens up access to cloud-based encryption
06 Feb, 2012State of Colorado judicial center installs 310 HID multiCLASS readers
The Ralph Carr Judicial Center in Denver, Colorado has selected AMAG Technology’s Symmetry Homeland V7 Security Management System,to provide integrated access control and security management solutions from HID Global. AMAG’s Symmetry Homeland Security Management System will integrate with 310 HID RP40 multiCLASS smart card readers, which combines HID Prox 125 kHz proximity and iCLASS 13.56 […]
06 Feb, 201212 identity items for 2012, including FIPS 201-2
By Salvatore D’Agostino, CSCIP, IDmachines 2012 promises to continue to advance the case for and the solutions to address the need for trusted interoperable, privacy-enhancing digital identities. With global fraud on the order of $1 trillion – not a typo – no one really questions the important role identity plays. And this in turn drives […]
06 Feb, 2012Turkcell brings road toll payments to T11 smart phone
Turkcell, Turkey’s largest mobile operator, has announced the launch of a SIM-based NFC road toll payment application on the Turkcell T11 smart phone. Developed in collaboration with Bank Asya, the app allows users to migrate their plastic KGS toll payment cards onto their T11 smart phone to pay for fares when crossing bridges and freeway […]
06 Feb, 2012Quantum cryptography could be the real deal for smart phone security
Using smart phones for online banking and shopping has been promoted as the next big thing, but adoption has been slow, partly due to the fact that smart phones have security issues. Scientific American reports that this might change with the development of quantum cryptography. Researchers at Los Alamos National Lab have revamped quantum encryption […]
03 Feb, 2012Gemalto provides EMV services to Diners Club Spain
Diners Club Spain has chosen Gemalto to help it migrate to EMV in 2012. In this effort, Gemalto is providing consulting and personalization services to Diners Club Spain. So far, Diners Club Spain and Gemalto have announced the availability of an approved EMV application for Diners Club. Gemalto is also providing DDA payment cards that […]
03 Feb, 2012Google Wallet available on AT&T, Verizon
Exclusive to Sprint since its launch in 2011, Google Wallet is now being offered on Samsung Galaxy Nexus phones from AT&T and Verizon, according to BriefMobile. Verizon had originally blocked Google Wallet on the Galaxy Nexus – presumably out of defense of its own NFC payments joint venture Isis with AT&T and T-Mobile. But now […]