Ping Identity launched new products and updates that are aimed at deprecating the use of passwords for authentication. The company is launching PingID, a security solution for one-swipe mobile authentication. The launch also features upgrades to the company’s PingFederate, PingAccess and PingOne product lines.

Identity-as-a-service enables smaller enterprises the ability to use smart cards, PKI and other advanced identity technologies.

Identity news briefs from Fujitsu, ImageWare Systems, BIO-key International Inc., IDEX ASA, HID Global, DigitalPersona, Coppel Corp and Identiv.

Kelly Grizzle, principal software engineer, SailPoint Digital identity is becoming increasingly important as enterprises strive to protect and control access to online resources. A series of maturing standards is helping make identity management and single sign-on a reality for organizations deploying systems. As 2013 came to a close SecureIDNews.com looked at four different identity standards and […]

Massachusetts-based authentication provider Delfigo Security has received United States Patent Number 8407774 for Cloud Authentication Processing and Verification. The patent covers a method for cloud authentication that combines login accuracy and login access speed based on multifactor authentication. This method also includes data processing and storage efficiencies. The patent was filed under the U.S. Patent […]

Fujitsu and ImageWare Systems Inc. have signed a contract to deploy a new cloud-based, multi-modal biometric identity management product and model. The new solution is built on Fujitsu’s Global Cloud Platform and utilizes ImageWare’s CloudID products and multi-modal Biometric Engine. These companies will license these products on a service or transactional basis. With the partnership, […]

The finalists for the 2013 Contactless & Mobile Awards, sponsored by Visa, have been announced. These awards recognize those companies, organizations and retailers who have done the most to embrace and implement contactless and NFC technology into their day-to-day operating practices. The competition is open to all implemented contactless applications within the relevant sectors, regardless […]

The Department of Defense and other federal agencies that employ the strong authentication credentials for daily use may have found an email assurance solution. Certipath discussed its email assurance solution at Smart Card Alliance’s 11th Annual Government Conference held in Washington, D.C. “Digitally signed emails don’t have a lot of info about the assurance level […]

At this week’s Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona, SecureKey Technologies Inc. will be showcasing its new cloud-based authentication products for mobile devices. Some of the apps SecureKey will be demonstrating include Mobile POS, which enables secure EMV card reading on smart phones and tablets; mobile multifactor authentication through NFC and embedded secure elements and […]

Master Lock, a manufacturer of padlocks and related security products, has completed an agreement to acquire N4 Systems, the company behind Field ID, a provider of safety management software. Through the acquisition, Field ID will become a new, complementary offering in Master Lock’s Life Safety business. Field ID’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) product offering gives customers the […]