Gone are the days when securing sensitive business information meant locking up documents in the company filing cabinet. Modern organizations are rapidly recognizing that even user names and passwords aren’t enough to limit access to networks and applications. Businesses and government agencies are struggling to figure out the best way to adapt to these changes […]

On the heels of making the crossover to non-federal employees two-years ago, Personal Identity Verification credentials are finding their way to yet another segment of that group – taxi cab drivers. A handful of first responder groups and state and local agencies have begun the process to issue credentials under the PIV Interoperability for Non-Federal […]

By Electronics giant uses EDS acquisition to springboard into credentialing The past year saw the rollout of Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) next generation government employee ID card, a development the company sees as the first step to bringing its identity management and credentialing services to cyber security, commercial clients and the health care industry. Assured Identity Plus […]

Two chips on a card is nothing new, but three plus an optical stripe? By Autumn C. Giusti, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications Sometimes the best way to improve on an idea is to incorporate the tried and true. That’s what Mountain View, Calif.-based LaserCard Corp. discovered with some of its deployments, combining its optical storage […]

By Autumn C. Giusti, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications Imagine jet-setting from L.A. to Boston to Paris, catching the subway in all three cities, and only having to buy a single transit pass to get around. If four smart card powerhouses achieve their goal, this could one day be the reality for transit users. In January, […]

Banks, telcos, TSMs … Who will get paid in the NFC ecosystem? By Autumn C. Giusti, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications Will that be Visa, MasterCard or iPhone? That’s the question banks and cell phone companies are hoping to hear more of in the next few years as the contactless payment world prepares to make the […]

Law requires schools to make sure students can’t cheat By Autumn C. Giusti, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications A new federal law is forcing colleges and universities to implement security measures to make sure students enrolled in online classes are who they say they are, and three and a half-year-old software company outside of Dallas is […]