Regulatory requirements are pushing strong authentication technologies into enterprises that, in the past, relied only on usernames and passwords. From educational institutions to law enforcement bodies, these new mandates often cause growing pains as a side effect of increased security. Pivot Point Academy, a beauty school with locations in the Chicago area and member schools [...]

MasterCard’s cloud-based wallet has been combined with SecureKey and Intel’s Identity Protection Technology to provide MasterPass wallet holders and merchants with an additional level of hardware-based security to help reduce fraud and more convenient online payment transactions. The Identity Protection Technology is included in all Intel-inspired Ultrabook devices and PCs with the latest Intel Core [...]

It’s been nearly a decade since the last major console battle, and this week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3 for the initiated, has once again renewed the battle between industry juggernauts Microsoft and Sony. Following press conferences for both Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4 (PS4), in which both companies took opposing stances on [...]

The Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council, an industry group working to protect financial services companies from cyber attacks, had made identity assurance a top priority in its latest research agenda. The council is looking at two aspects of identity assurance, identity vetting during enrollment and authentication when later accessing services, says Bob Blakley, director of [...]

HSPD-12 was first signed more than eight years ago and since then some 5 million credentials have been issued to federal employees and contractors. Few would argue that the credentials are prevalent, but many bemoan the level of utilization. Two years ago, the White House Office of Management and Budget – the agency tasked with policing [...]

A partnership with HID Global will provide Oberthur Technologies with the ability to support Seos digital keys on NFC-enabled smart phones. The partnership will see the Seos digital keys applet embedded into Oberthur Technologies’ NFC SIM cards, enabling the use of NFC smart phones for a wide range of applications that have previously been reserved [...]

Bell ID has launched a secure element in the Cloud that promises to facilitate the provisioning of near-field-communication (NFC) based mobile services. The new secure element is capable of managing keys, certificates and NFC credentials in a secure remote environment as opposed to the in mobile device itself. This functionality provides app issuers an added level of [...]