Author: sca

Gemalto PIV Card for Enhanced U.S. Government Security Doubles Memory Capacity, Earns GSA Approval

ARLINGTON, VA, October 27, 2009–Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that its large memory Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card is now listed on the General Services Administration (GSA) Approved Product List (APL). Gemalto has already begun volume deliveries of the card for the U.S. federal government’s PIV program. The card has already…

Charismathics CSSI now FIPS 201 Compliant

PIV smart card middleware and is first to be validated with NIST SP 800-73-2 specification Peculiar, Missouri, USA, Munich, Germany, 27 October 2009–charismathics, a global leader in IT security components and smart card middleware, announced today that the National Institute of Standards and Technology has certified the charismathics CSSI PIV Middleware as FIPS 201 compliant….

CoreStreet Takes Validation and Authorization “To the Edge”

New Solutions Extend CoreStreet’s Leadership in Providing Department of Defense with State-of-the-Art Validation Solutions, Cambridge, Mass., October 26, 2009–CoreStreet, the leader in credential validation solutions, today announced the licensing of the CoreStreet Tactical Validation Authority (TVA) software, as well as the certification of the CoreStreet Tactical Attribute Repository Responder (TARR) software. The CoreStreet TVA is…

MaxID Corp. and CoreStreet announce sale of handheld TWIC readers to the United States Coast Guard

Virginia Beach, Virginia and Cambridge, Mass., October 26, 2009–MaxID, a global manufacturer of biometric handheld equipment, and CoreStreet, the leader in credential validation solutions, today announced the sale of ten iDLMaxG TWIC-accredited handheld biometric reader devices to the United States Coast Guard. The iDLMaxG units delivered to the Coast Guard are bundled with the CoreStreet…

INSIDE Contactless Debuts MicroPass 6000 Dual-Interface Payment Platform

Multi-Interface, Multi-Brand, Multi-Application, Multi-Form-Factor AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, October 26, 2009–INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced open-standard contactless chip technologies, today introduced the MicroPass® 6000 dual-interface intelligent payment processor, designed as an EMV-compliant platform for a new family of MicroPass products that will offer unmatched flexibility, efficiency and fast time to market for card manufacturers and…

Payments and Identity – October 2009

For the last few months, I’ve been talking about payments and fraud in the U.S., and what I think we can do about it. I promised myself that I would get off this subject this month and talk about other important things–like next week’s 8th Annual Smart Cards in Government Conference, in Washington, DC. I…

NBK partners with Visa and Zain to launch the first EMV-Chip compliant NFC mobile payment trial in the Middle East

ViVOtech is providing the underlying technology, including the NFC wallet, over-the-air (OTA) card provisioning software, tap to download software for prepaid cards, smart posters and the mobile coupon application. SANTA CLARA, Calif., October 20, 2009–OctoberNational Bank of Kuwait (NBK), the largest bank in Kuwait and Visa Inc, the world’s leading payment solution provider have partnered…

INSIDE and ADELYA Team to Bring Loyalty Cards to Mobile Phones

Largest Retail Deployment of Contactless Loyalty Sticker Technology in France AIX-EN-PROVENCE France, October 21, 2009–INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced a partnership with ADELYA, a Software-as-a-Service company specialized in contactless and mobile loyalty and relationship programs, to enable consumers to quickly conduct retail loyalty, ticketing, low-end ID and…

Atmel Starter Kit Prevents Data Counterfeiting in Medical and Electronics Markets

Cryptographic authentication chip allows developers evaluation capabilities of CryptoAuthentication, While maintaining authenticity of end-product firmware and protecting sensitive transmitted data San Jose, CA, October 21, 2009–Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced its CryptoAuthentication™ Starter Kit. The AT88CK109STK3 is a modular and versatile development kit for Atmel’s CryptoAuthentication™ AT88SA102S and AT88SA100S client security devices and AT88SA10HS…

CoreStreet Selected by AlwaysOn as an OnDC Top 100 Winner

Recognized for game-changing technology and positive impact on public sector Cambridge, Mass., October 20, 2009–CoreStreet, the leader in credential validation solutions, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnDC Top 100 Winners. Inclusion in the OnDC 100 signifies major developments in the creation of new business opportunities that contribute…