The U.S. Government Publishing Office has produced 5 million Trusted Traveler Program cards; Turkey taps Gemalto for ePassport covers; VASCO announced the execution of an agreement to acquire privately-held Silanis Technology; Tyco released the emerald TS300f Intelligent Fingerprint Terminal.

Route1 Inc. announced that it has entered into a services agreement with Fasken Martineau; ZKAccess, released its ML10-B biometric fingerprint door lock with built-in Bluetooth technology; Janrain announced Martin Day as its first chief financial officer.

Over the last few years, the cyber security industry has undergone a paradigm shift from focusing solely on attack prevention to taking measures to identify and mitigate threats that have already managed to infiltrate perimeter defenses. Properly segmenting a network and ensuring the efficacy of access control policies is a primary factor in keeping security events from becoming high-profile breaches.

Tascent closes $18.5 million in funding; Entrust Datacard releases updated credential software; Gemalto releases cloud-based encryption application; HID offers long-range UHF option for parking garages; Galaxy Control Systems earns FIPS 201 certification; MorphoTrust achieves ISO certification for card production.

Gemalto’s Breach Level Index reports 888 data breaches in the first half of 2015, compromising 245.9 million records worldwide. This is up 10% from the first half of 2014. The number
of breaches was flat compared with the last six months of 2014 that saw 892 breaches but increased by 10% compared to the 803 data breaches in first half of 2014.

HID and Microsoft talk about “tapping” for access to cloud apps, Zvetco unveils fingerprint biometric safe, TeleSign launches unified API for two-factor authentication, LEGIC adds Bodet to ID network.

At this point you’ve seen the commercial touting how a toddler won’t have to remember passwords but will be able to login with a smile. Windows Hello bakes biometrics into the latest Microsoft operating system and it’s facial recognition has stood up against some early tests with identical twins.

Norwegian managed cloud provider Intility has deployed SMS PASSCODE’s Password Reset Module to more than 500 companies and 15,000 users on the Intility platform. Prior to deploying the solution, Intility’s policy of having users frequently change their password resulted in constant calls to the help desk.

HID Global releases biometric and contactless ID card reader; VOXX buys biometric vendor EyeLock; Usher is FIDO certified; New print module from Entrust Datacard.

The idea of using a single credential for both physical and logical access is an idea as old as smart cards. It makes sense, the card used to open the door in the morning should be the same one used to access a computer, secure networks and authenticate to applications. But this concept of identity convergence has seen only modest acceptance outside of the federal government with its deployment of PIV credentials.