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Executive Director’s Letter – September 2010

The Hot Topic in Washington These Days is Cybersecurity Linked To a Trusted Identity Cybersecurity linked to a trusted identity has become the hot topic around the identity and security circles of late. After nearly two years of discussion centered on ICAM (Identity, Credentialing, and Access Management), the federal initiative defining a government-wide architecture for…
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INSIDE Contactless Completes Purchase of Atmel’s Secure Microcontroller Solutions Business

Series D Funding Raises 50 Million Euros ($65 million) from Current and New Investors to Finance Acquisition Aix-En-Provence, France, September 30, 2010–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of contactless secure transaction chip technologies, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Atmel Corporation’s (Nasdaq: ATML) Secure Microcontroller Solutions (SMS) business. Pursuant to the agreement, INSIDE paid…
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LaserCard Receives $2.2 Million Order for Secure ID Credentials for Saudi Arabia National ID Card Program

Mountain View, Calif., Sep. 30, 2010–LaserCard Corporation (NASDAQ:LCRD), a leading provider of secure ID solutions, has received a follow-on purchase order valued at approximately $2.2 million for chip-ready, optical security media-based credentials for the Saudi Arabia national citizen ID card program. Delivery has been completed in the Company’s current fiscal quarter, ending October 1, 2010….
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Gemalto Expands Canadian Personalization Facility for Enhanced EMV Migration Services

Austin, TX, Sept 30, 2010–Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announced the expansion of its state-of-the-art facility in Burlington, Ontario, to serve its growing EMV customer base in Canada. The investment will double the capacity and accommodate the need for delivering additional cardholder services. The site is the first in Canada to personalize dual-interface…
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INSIDE Contactless First to Be Certified for STAR CertiFlash

MicroPass-Based Implementation Receives Type Approval from STAR Network Aix-En-Provence, France, September 28, 2010–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced that its award-winning MicroPass® payment processor is the first implementation to receive type approval from the STAR® Network for its STAR CertiFlash™ contactless PIN debit security application. INSIDE’s MicroPass-based implementation…
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LaserCard Corporation Receives $2.8 Million Order for Costa Rica Foreign Resident Cards

Optical Security Media ID Cards Bolster Border Security Mountain View, Calif., Sep. 16, 2010–LaserCard Corporation (NASDAQ:LCRD), a leading provider of secure ID solutions, has received a follow-on purchase order valued at approximately $2.8 million to supply Costa Rica’s Immigration Authority with Foreign Resident Cards. The credentials feature LaserCard’s optical security media, the same technology at…
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Gemalto’s U.S. Secure Production Center Awarded NASPO Security Assurance Certification

Austin, Texas, Sept 21, 2010–Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced its advanced manufacturing and service center in Montgomeryville, PA., has received the security assurance certification from the North American Security Products Organization (NASPO). The audit renewed the certification of Gemalto’s security practices and procedures against the ANSI/NASPO Class II “Assurance Standards for…
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Gemalto Delivers Complete New-Generation Solution for Moroccan Biometric Passport

Supply contract covers a three-year period Amsterdam – Sept 15, 2010–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced the delivery of a complete solution for the Moroccan Mint: Dar As-Sikkah (Bank Al Maghrib), for the Kingdom of Morocco’s biometric passport program. The Gemalto solution includes the highly secure operating system Sealys…