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Monday, March 12, 2012
U.S. a magnet for Canadian card fraudsters Gartner analyst: “Don’t send your criminals over the border. Keep them there.”
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Perfect authentication remains elusive Users pick easy-to-crack passwords like the name of a dog or a favourite movie, but multi-factor authentication may end the insanity
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Smart card forecast indicates 'user anxiety' hurdle Frost & Sullivan forecasts the market will grow by 35 per cent per year, and one driver will be the security advantages of the hardware, despite a widespread perception that data on contactless cards can be skimmed by crooks
Sunday, September 17, 2006
US agencies scramble to meet security deadline Two years ago U.S. President George Bush ordered the federal government to be ready by this Oct. 27 to issue a standards-based identity card that federal employees and government contractors would use for computer and building access.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
US government plans to outsource smart ID card systems U.S. federal officials are looking to outsource the IT infrastructure that's needed to support a planned smart-card system for authenticating employees governmentwide. And the outsourcing plan makes sense, given the scale and complexity of the smart-card initiative, IT analysts said last week.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
US gov't plans to outsource smart ID card systems U.S. federal officials are looking to outsource the IT infrastructure that's needed to support a planned smart-card system for authenticating employees governmentwide. And the outsourcing plan makes sense, given the scale and complexity of the smart-card initiative, IT analysts said last week. 
Thursday, May 08, 2003
UAE to issue two million smart card IDs in 2004 The United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) is to issue identity smart cards to its two million population beginning in the middle of 2004, according to smart card vendor Gemplus International SA, which has won the contract to supply the system in conjunction with Sagem SA.
Thursday, August 23, 2001
DND implements smart card security The Canadian Department of National Defence realized that its paper-based system had to go.
Thursday, August 23, 2001
National Defense implements smart card security For the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND), protecting the country is the number one concern. But in order to serve and protect more efficiently, the DND realized that its previous paper-based system — literally keeping paper copies and records of sensitive information — had to go.
Thursday, March 08, 2001
US Postal taps digital authentication The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on Wednesday announced a new service that will issue digital signatures on smart cards through post offices across the country using "in person proofing" as part of the process.
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