By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications The Smart Card Alliance has seen some good days and some really bad ones. Following 9-11 and the mini-recession that terrorist attack caused, the Alliance’s lost nearly one-half its membership – falling from 160 to 86 organizations. Now, it has made its way back to nearly pre 9-11 […]

Bioscrypt’s minutiae-matching fingerprint technology has gained NIST certification for use by the U.S. in its Personal Identity Verification system. The certification followed extensive valuation of 14 providers of minutiae-based fingerprint template generating and matching algorithms. Of those, only six qualified for template matching and eight for template generation. Bioscrypt qualified for both. Read the full […]

Axalto chose CardTech/SecurTech to announce its latest dual interface PIV, FIPS 201-compliant smart cards that combine in one smart card chip secure contact and contactless interfaces that give agencies a choice in how the credentials can be used and the flexibility to integrate with both physical and logical access systems. Read the full article at […]

Labcal Technologies will be incorporating UPEK’s TouchChip Fingerprint Sensor (on display at CTST) into its Be.U Mobile handheld reader, developed for use in employee ID verification, e-passports, and law enforcement. The reader can be used with existing AFIS systems and performs 1:1 matching with an ID document, contact or contactless and 1:N matching by storing […]

Imaging and biometrics software provider Aware will be showcasing at CTST its PIVSuite that addresses the FIPS 201 standards, including fingerprint background check file creation and validation, ID card personalization and facial image analysis and optimization. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

Fingerprint security solutions provider UPEK will be demonstrating at CTST what the company calls the first silicon fingerprint sensor that complies with FIPS 201 standards. The TouchChip is already being deployed in national ID programs in Thailand and Malaysia, and offers, says UPEK, a cost savings over larger and more expensive optical sensors. Read the […]

Lenel’s new IdentityDefender, released at GovSec in Washington this week, provides a turnkey solution for issuing ID cards that comply with FIPS 201. The system includes four modules that collectively manage all phases of the credential issuance process. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

With the support of FIPS 201 PIV II certified smart cards and biometric technologies from multiple vendors’ ANSI/INCITS 378 templates, Intercede announced the release of MyID PIV, a smart card and identity management system designed to help US Federal Government agencies and their contractors meet HSPD-12 mandates. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

Government ID card supplier Oberthur Card Systems of America says it has achieved FIPS 201 certification. The company offers an identification solution that couples smart card manufacturing with card personalization, carrier attachment and activation services. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

This morning (April 18) the monthly meeting of the influential Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was held in Washington D.C. SecureIDNews was on hand to cover the event and has provided, with permission from the IAB, an audio recording of the event. To listen to the sessions, click on the link below to access a list […]