EXTENSION INC. is planning to start a group to advocate the issuance of smart card IDs for health care, says Todd Plesko, CEO at the Fort Wayne, Ind.-based company. With the push to deploy electronic medical records underway there needs to be a way to properly identify patients while also keeping the information secure. Plesko […]

Palm vein biometrics is touted as a secure, hygienic biometric technology. Vic Harring, vice president of sales and business development at the advanced technology group for Fujistu Frontech North America, spoke with Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin about the company’s newest scanner and where he sees it being deployed. iTunes Aggregator m4a mp3 Older podcasts.  […]

Health care is not only a hot political topic but also one of great interest in the identification industry. How patients and caregivers will be identified is a discussion taking place all over the country. Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin talks with Randy Vanderhoof executive director of the Smart Card Alliance, about the organization’s health […]

The first Identity as a Service (IaaS) Solution for health care from idOnDemand will be featured at the 2010 Annual Health care Information and Management Systems Society Conference & Exhibition on March 1-4. The exhibition is a gathering of health care and IT management systems in the world and is set to be held at […]

HID Global announced the introduction of the OMNIKEY 5321 CR USB Reader, a waterproof contactless PC-linked smart card reader that enables the use of logical access in hygienic environments. The reader is designed to be an extension of HID’s logical access reader line, enabling end-users to experience the convenience, speed and security of contactless technology, […]

Vasco Data Security Inc., a software security company specializing in authentication products, announced that it is extending its PKI-based product line with two new authenticators: DIGIPASS KEY 200 and DIGIPASS KEY 860. DIGIPASS KEY 200 is a USB device with a PKI smart card and secure USB mass storage on a single device. DIGIPASS KEY […]

By Pamela D. Mitroff, Director of Public Relations and Communications, Secure Services Corp. Smart cards, available since the 1970s, contain a computer chip embedded on the card, making them a mini-computer. Because of this computing power, they are considered the “gold standard” for secure data exchange. Smart cards can be programmed with a multitude of […]

Delfigo Security, a logical access security provider, announced that the Department of Cardiology at Children’s Hospital Boston has selected DSGateway to help ensure secure access to its newly developed clinical care system. DSGateway requires no hardware or software and uses multiple factors including biometrics to validate users accessing the system and enables traceability for HIPAA […]

It’s a harsh reality, but in this economic environment there are layoffs and companies need to make sure employees that are let go can’t access networks and files after they walk out the door. Agoura Hills, Calif.-based Symark is a company supplying software that enables IT administrators to see who accesses what files, giving them […]

FaceKey, a developer of biometric technologies specializing in fingerprint and facial recognition, has announced that they have been selected by nursing home Meridian Care to provide San Antonio homes with FaceKey’s EntryGuard time and attendance employee tracking system. EntryGuard is the fingerprint recognition system that will be replacing Meridian’s existing time clock system. In addition […]