The 2010 Secure POS Vendor Alliance (SPVA) Board of Directors welcomes their newly elected Chairman Bob Carr, chief executive officer at Heartland Payment Systems. SPVA , a non-profit organization working with multiple stakeholders to establish security solutions for card payment transactions and information, will have Carr serve as associate member director. Carr’s contribution to developing […]

The UK is looking to new ways to combat underage drinking, smoking and violent crimes as recent survey reveals the futility of the Government Teenage ID scheme. A national study by Clarity Commerce surveyed 1,200 teenagers who admitted to not only using older friend’s ID cards to purchase alcohol, cigarettes and knives, but also to […]

VASCO DIGIPASS is being used to secure employee and cash management at Virginia Heritage Bank, a community bank in Northern Virginia. The bank, which serves individuals, families and local businesses, looks to VASCO security solutions for systems that can improve security for both employees and customers. The VASCO DIGIPASS Pack for Remote Authentication and has […]

FIME announced membership into GlobalPlatform to contribute to the infrastructure development of smart card solutions. FIME is a global supplier of test solutions for smart cards, RFID and NFC. FIME ‘s contribution will include participating on GlobalPlatform’s CardCommittee in charge of developing technology neutral applications for cards. They will also play a role on Mobile […]

Thales information and communication systems now offers payShield Cardholder Authentication for its nShield Connect and nShield PCI Express hardware security systems. Thales’s payShield for nShield authenticates credit card users and protects encryption key transfers, credit card information and assists with PCI. The system is already adopted in Web-based online banking applications including MasterCard’s Chip Authentication […]

Just as the European Union is ready to unveil mobile payment technology, phone operators and customers are having second thoughts about the product. Mobile payments are drawing concerns from both parties, according to Euractiv.com. Consumers are worried about who will be tracking their purchasing history the level buying history privacy that will be exposed, while […]

Gemalto is providing its Ezio Pocket Reader to customers of Advance Bank of Asia (ABA) in Cambodia. The solution targets online banking and e-commerce vulnerability and security needs.The Ezio Pocket Reader features two-factor authentication with One-Time-Passwords preventing the customer from typing their information on workstation computers. The ABA will also be the first bank in […]

An increased demand for converged mobile broadband services has boosted the annual revenue for cloud-based mobile applications. A recent study by Juniper Research estimated revenue to reach $9.5 billion by 2014. Research also shows growth due to the releasing of HTML 5, the Smart Card Web Server and other technology enablers. Consumer applications are to […]

ARM Ltd. has joined GlobalPlatform as a participating member assisting in the open security and software development for mobile and multi-application secure devices. Digital wireless, networking and consumer entertainment technology as well as security storage devices are among the products ARM services. GlobalPlatform welcomes ARM’s help in standardizing security infrastructure for their various security applications. […]

Biometric ID cards have recently received heat for whether they truly are the best security solution to identity theft. In an article on timesofmalta.com, the biometric ID card is compared to standard credit cards in terms of vulnerability and risk to data breaching. The biometrics are electronically read and converted to a sequence of ones […]