--- title: "sca, Author at Secure Technology Alliance - Page 111 of 235" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/author/sca/page/111/" source_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/author/sca/page/111/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [Home](https://www.securetechalliance.org/)Articles by: sca # Author: sca ### AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, Oct. 29, 2009–INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced it has signed an agreement with Discover Financial Services, LLC for the development of future Discover Zip® contactless payment devices. Through this partnership, INSIDE has committed to support Discover Zip in upcoming versions of its award-winning MicroPass® contactless… ### Arlington, VA, October 28, 2009–Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced FIPS 140-2 level 3 certification for its Smart Guardian (SG) FIPS smart card-based encrypted USB drive with personal identity verification (PIV) integrated authentication ability. This first of its kind secure storage device is a zero-footprint smart card protected flash drive that meets… ### Partnership Ensures Fast, Easy Personalization and Activation of All MicroPass Contactless and Dual Interface Products in All Form Factors AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France and ENGLEWOOD, Colo., October 27, 2009–Two of the mobile payments industry’s technology leaders, INSIDE Contactless and Dynamic Card Solutions (DCS), today announced a partnership to facilitate and speed the deployment of a new wave… ### 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… ### 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…. ### 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… ### 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… ### 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… ### 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… ### 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… [ ** ](#)