eEye Digital Security’s REM Security Management Console has begun to support the U.S. Department of Defense Common Access Card for two-factor authentication. This announcement comes right before eEye is scheduled to present the CAC-compliant solution at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Conference in Nashville, TN May 3-7. Currently most government Web sites require a […]

ActivIdentity Corporation will introduce a new mobile security solution at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES) 2010 for BlackBerry Users April 27th – 29th in Orlando, Fla. The new product is specifically designed for the BlackBerry user and features a secure microSD card that enables users to sign secure emails digitally or provide two-factor authentication when […]

By Stephen P. Howard, VP Operations, CertiPath LLC & Salvatore D’Agostino, CEO, ID Machines It’s here: next generation physical access control. The key drivers of physical access control systems are interoperability, security, scale and convergence of the logical and physical–people and things. These features come when leveraging the benefits of smart card credentials. Moreover, the […]

A contract for a new supply of e-ID cards for Estonian citizens has just been approved by the Citizenship and Migration Board of the Republic of Estonia and its recent partnering with the Trüb Group. Trüb, producer of national ID cards, driving licenses and data pages for passports as well as bank, customer loyalty and […]

The April meeting of the Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a list […]

By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications President Obama wants people to be better secured when using the Internet. The rising costs and concerns over identity theft as well as weak cybersecurity have caused the president to task a group with finding solutions to the online identification problem. Obama’s group, the National Strategy for Secure Online […]

After year long collaboration, VeriSign announced the completion of the acquisition of TrustBearer Labs LLC. Known for providing strong authentication solutions for online applications, TrustBearer assets will help VeriSign reach a broader presence on various Web browsers and platforms. The online authentication features provide security and identity protections for both the consumers, employees and business […]

USB drives and other forms of external memory don’t mean much to most people, insert, download files and move on. But if an individual is storing personal information, or worse yet other people’s personal information, it can be a problem if these devices are lost or stolen. Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin talks with Neville […]

Entrust Inc. has been providing PKI services to the General Services Administration as part of the USAccess program since July 2007. The GSA reached a milestone this week, activating it 450,000th PIV credential with PKI. The GSA created the USAccess program to facilitate the deployment of the credentials. The program was developed in response to […]

The U.S. Air Force has made some changes to the security policies regarding Blackberry devices, according to a Wired report. The agency is locking the devices down and requiring that the Defense Department Common Access Card be used for authentication. The Air Force also disable most of the Bluetooth functions with the Blackberry and Window […]