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HID Global®, a provider of trusted identity solutions, announces that its Soma Atlas™ CLAP Operating System won the Best Innovation Award at the 6th annual Calypso Awards Ceremony in Cannes last month. With this operating system, HID Global is bringing a new level of trust to low-cost contactless tickets for public transportation. This innovative technology enables next-generation automated fare collection. HID Global is the world’s first ticketing solution provider to be certif...

GlobalPlatform, the standard for secure digital services and devices, announces its Board of Directors for fiscal year 2019. Six Board seats were open and after a close election, the following individuals were re-elected to serve a further two-year term: Consecutive years Nils Gerhardt – Group VP and Head of Product and Project Management, Production IT and Professional Services for the Region Americas, Giesecke + Devrient Mobile Security. Marc Kekicheff – Vice President of Chip...

Tactilis Pte. Limited, developers and manufacturers of a new biometric computer card technology, have entered an agreement for three pilot projects with the International Organisation of Migration (IOM), a related agency of the United Nations. The pilot activities will evaluate the concepts, performance and viability of biometric system-on-card technology when deployed in three different migrant and foreign worker environments, namely visa card, cross border card and migrant camp card. There ar...

From January 20-22, 2019 Business France will be hosting two national pavilions at Intersec Dubai, the largest international meeting platform for the Security and Safety industry. INTERSEC is indeed a unique platform for companies looking to expand in the Middle East and Africa markets. Middle Eastern countries are particularly attractive markets for the security sector and are expected to grow by about 10% per year over the period 2018-2022. A strong, efficient French industrial presence is se...

Pulse Secure, the provider of secure access solutions to both enterprises and service providers, announced a Technical Alliance Partnership with BNTPRO to jointly sell and support a solution that offers SecTrail, an Identity Control and Management Platform developed by BNTPRO, as part of an integrated solution with Pulse Secure Connect Secure VPN appliances. The agreement will ensure that joint customers benefit from seamless compatibility, enhanced features and simplified support and upgrades....

Johnson Controls announces that it has partnered with Civic Technologies, the global digital identity leader. Johnson Controls will integrate the Civic Secure ID Platform (SIP) with C-CURE 9000 Security and Event Management Systems from Software House to provide visitor management with greater data privacy and protection, enabling building visitors to securely present their verifiable identity using the Civic App. This partnership will enable properties secured by C-CURE 9000 a more convenient...

Blockpass and Infinito Wallet have announced the launch of the world's most secure and convenient KYC-enabled security token wallet, providing regulatory compliance while putting traders in full control of their security tokens. The wallet is an integration of the Blockpass KYC Connect solution and the world leading universal wallet. As can be evidenced in a spate of recent partnerships and developments, Blockpass believes that the future of decentralised trade - and therefore the future of all...

ReconaSense, a provider of access control and security intelligence, announced two new members of the executive team. Pat Aiello joins as the vice president of global sales and Melanie Meyer Sommer serves as the vice president of marketing. Pat’s customer-centric and engaging leadership style will help accelerate the company’s go-to-market strategy to better serve its customers and partners. Melanie brings a passion for creating new market categories, brand building and digital mark...

Advantech’s device-to-cloud solution realises the possibility for edge devices to pass equipment and environmental data to cloud platforms directly. They also enable the utilisation of cloud platform tools to perform statistical analysis and visualisation of data, so that users can understand the status of the equipment and environment at a glance. In addition to solving typical problems associated with building IoT applications, which tend to be widely distributed and composed of many de...

HID Global, a global provider of trusted identity solutions, unveiled a new subscription-based delivery model simplifying access to its broad suite of identity and access management (IAM) software and services. The new HID ActivOne is an end-to-end digital identity management and authentication solution for large organisations, securing the identity of people, critical data and assets -- all with the flexibility of a subscription.  Organisations realize that it is not possible to rely on a...

AimBrain, the Biometric Identity as-a-Service platform, announced its place on the ForgeRock Trust Network. The Trust Network, which recently celebrated the traction made by the end of its first year, is a global partner programme designed to provide organisations with access to the most comprehensive range of authentication, risk and fraud management, identity proofing and identity enrichment solutions, all of which have been integrated onto the ForgeRock Identity Platform. AimBrain is joining...

Ping Identity, the provider of Identity Defined Security, announced the public preview of PingOne for Customers. The cloud-based Identity as a Service (IDaaS) offering is built for the developer community and provides API-based identity services for customer-facing applications. It can help large enterprises launch apps faster, replace custom identity services that are difficult to maintain, and facilitate the transition from on-premises deployments to cloud-hosted services. By making it easy t...

HID Global, a provider of trusted identity solutions, announced that its HID goID solution has been extended to provide an end-to-end system for deploying and managing a mobile citizen ID program. From issuance through verification, HID goID is backed by the same high security standards for data, communication and privacy protection that are used in today’s physical electronic ID (eID) programs.  “This is a major step in delivering the full value of our goID solution, as we ext...

LifeSafety Power Inc., global provider of intelligent networking power solutions, has forged a technology partnership with Identiv, renowned provider of physical security and secure identification solutions, providing greater integration and visibility to connected power solutions in access control specifications. Access control rack configuration The technology partnership between Identiv and LifeSafety Power presents an out-of-the-box, sleek, space-saving access control rack configuration th...

HID Global, a provider of trusted identity solutions, announced the Crescendo Mobile smart card to bring convenience to high security for accessing computer, network or cloud applications. The new HID mobile smart card utilises digital certificates on users’ mobile devices for client authentication. The HID Crescendo Mobile solution provides organisations seeking to eliminate passwords with a solution that combines the high security of physical authenticators with the usability of a mobil...

HID Global, a worldwide provider of trusted identity solutions, announced a new ID card retransfer printer with breakthrough speed. The HID FARGO HDP6600 High Definition Printer/Encoder reduces the time it takes to print the first ID card by half while doubling overall throughput as compared to many alternatives. This new printer is designed to save customers time, money and energy.  The HID FARGO HDP6600 printer is the company’s sixth-generation retransfer printer under HID’s...

Suprema ID, a global provider of biometrics and ID solutions, announced it would showcase the world's slimmest fingerprint authentication scanner with FBI FAP30 certification at Trustech 2018, in Cannes on 27-29 November 2018. The new FAP30 comes in a robust IP65-rated dust and waterproof structure, with an ultra-slim optical sensor, featuring proprietary advanced LFD (Live Fingerprint Detection) technology to prevent spoofing frauds. The FAP30 fingerprint scanner maintains the highest FBI PIV/...

The 38th International East - West Security Conference organised by Capricorn Conferences and Exhibitions was held on 5th and 6th November 2018 at the elegant Hotel West End on the Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France. Delegates representing private and public sector organisations from the Russian Federation and Ukraine participated in an intensive two days of presentations by speakers drawn from the UK, USA, Italy and Russia, supported by simultaneous translation in English and Russian. Confere...

Schools are continuing to upgrade security measures for pupil safety. However, on top of all the fundamental challenges schools face, implementing well-rounded and effective security solutions can seem a great difficulty. Andrew Shaw, architectural consultant for Allegion UK, discusses the advantages of electro-mechanical solutions. Schools can equate to some of the most complex security challenges for architects, specifiers and school officials alike. This is because choosing the right solutio...

Aadhaar authentication, for attendance marking, has now been made mandatory for employees working in the government organisations. Matrix Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance Device – COSEC VEGA FAXQ – is the first of its kind. This device enables employees to directly mark their attendance, without having to manually entering their Aadhaar number. They can either use a smart card or the keypad on the device followed by their fingerprint authentication to mark their attendance. If u...

Identiv, Inc., a global provider of physical security and secure identification, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Thursby Software Systems, Inc., an Arlington, Texas-based provider of security software for mobile devices. The acquisition is expected to strengthen Identiv’s identity offerings with complete solutions for secure and convenient logical access across smart cards and derived credentials on Apple iOS and Android mobile devices. It is also a major strategic step...

Plasco ID, global integrator of identification solutions, announces it has hired Jeff Bill as its Chief Operating Officer. Bringing a valuable combination of industry experience and proven results, he will focus on business operations and strategic initiatives. Physical card access control A veteran in visual and physical card access control, Jeff formerly held the position of President at Bristol ID, global technology card business; prior, he served as General Manager for Brady’s Peopl...

Amer Hafiz, technical director at Nortech Control Systems, reviews the evolution of identity credentials in access control. Access control is defined as ‘the selective restriction of access to a place or other resource’. For an automatic access control system to function, it requires a means of identifying individuals to determine their access rights. The form of identification can be anything from a memorised password or PIN (personal identification number) to biometrics (measuremen...

Matrix Comsec, a pioneer of technologically advanced security and communications solutions, is preparing to spread its footprints in the Canadian market. Security and communication solutions Matrix is renowned enterprise and each of their solutions are designed and manufactured in the company’s exclusive DSIR (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research) certified Research and Development Center. More than 40% of the company’s manpower is dedicated to the development of c...

GET Group North America, a provider of end-to-end solutions for secure credentials with over 20 years of experience in identity management, announced the availability of the CoreID Identity Management System (IDMS). Seamlessly combining biometric capture capabilities with back-end database functionality, Core ID can be used to issue and track physical or digital credentials throughout the credential’s lifecycle, as well as to manage enrolment workflows and ensure only the appropriate enrol...

Centrify, globally renowned Privileged Access Management (PAM) and Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) solutions provider, announced it is spinning out its IDaaS business as a standalone company named Idaptive. Centrify is sharpening its strategic focus on redefining the legacy approach to Privileged Access Management with cloud-architected Zero Trust Privilege to stop the leading cause of breaches — privileged access abuse. Idaptive will deliver Next-Gen Access to protect employees, partners an...

Reading-based IT security company, VoiceVault Ltd. specialising in voice biometrics has entered administration after experiencing future funding issues. Its business and assets are now up for sale. Voice biometrics specialist firm VoiceAuth - Complete Voice Biometric SaaS platform supporting both cloud and on-premise deployment Voicevault Limited entered administration on 8 October 2018, with Andrew Stephen McGill & Gilbert John Lemon of Smith & Williamson appointed joint administrator...

“With C•CURE 9000 at the heart of so many high security solutions, it is not surprising that end-users want to be kept informed on any emerging cyber threats and how we are dealing with them,” said Gordon Morrison, GB Sales Director for the Tyco access control and video brands. “In this respect the well-established Tyco Cyber Protection Program, which we see as part of our long-term' holistic approach to supplying customers with quality solutions, is helping us maintain a...

The Royal Boon Edam International B.V. (Boon Edam) announced the launch of the Circlelock Combi, a half portal that attaches to an existing door – therefore, transforming the entrance into a high security entrance, which is capable of protecting against both unauthorised entry and piggybacking. Renovation and construction costs can escalate quickly, when locking down a highly sensitive area. Now, users can attach the Circlelock Combi easily and quickly, to either the secure or non-secure...

Protecting major brands against counterfeiting and grey market activities is a global challenge, which yields the same result regardless of the industry: lost sales and a poor customer experience that are damaging to the brand. HID Global, a worldwide provider of trusted identity solutions, has responded to this escalating issue by increasing its investments in HID’s IoT-based brand protection services and expanding its community of partners who develop and deliver seamless front-end expe...