Catcher Holdings announced an important feature enhancement to its CATCHER® family of command and control platforms with the addition of smart card readers provided by SCM Microsystems, Inc. The SCM technology is being integrated into both the CATCHER® Rhino and CATCHER® Grizzly integrated computer communications platforms, enabling the devices to read the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card mandated under Homeland Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), the Department of Defense Common Access Card (CAC), the First Responder Authentication Credential (FRAC) and Mifare-based cards. The readers meet both the ISO 14443 and ISO 7816 standards for contactless and contact smart card identify verification. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/archive-4.gif)
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MaxSec Group has been awarded a $1.3 million smart card contract with the Commonwealth of Australia, according to Proactive Investors Australia. The contract, honored through MaxSec’s wholly owned entity BQT solutions, includes the supply of 6,000 smart card readers to the Australian Government by the end of June 2012. read more »Missouri State University has selected Blackboard Transact to implement a contactless student ID card. This enables the new system to integrate student identification, door security, commerce and campus payment into a single contactless card. read more »The market for smart cards and secure ICs achieved double-digit year-over-year growth for shipments in 2011, demonstrating increases of 16% and 15%, respectively, according to ABI Research read more »On Track Innovations (OTI) has received an order for 30,000 of its NFC and contactless payment readers for deployment in the U.S. OTI did not reveal who will receive the readers, but assured that the devices would be used to support the migration towards contactless payments and NFC in the U.S. read more »HID Global announced that the company’s pivCLASS readers and authentication systems have achieved compliance with the U.S. General Services Administration Evaluation Program for certifying that products meet FIPS 201 federal identity specifications. read more »The South Africa Department of Home Affairs announced a new plan for its smart card-based national identity system that will eventually replace the current civic and immigration systems, according to Business Day. read more » |
