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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The Dutch Ministry of Defense (MoD) has chosen Identive’s SmartFold smart card readers to provide secure remote network access for its employees. The agency has a lot of restricted and sensitive data that has particular management requirements. The MoD felt that the Identive contact smart card reader would provide the desired level of security, yet be flexible enough to incorporate into the existing network security infrastructure. read more »Codebench Inc. and Hirsch Identive announced the integration of Codebench’s PIVCheck Plus software with Hirsch Identive’s Velocity Management Software, which aims to provide federal government and commercial customers with a solution for identity validation, authentication and PACS registration using mobile handheld devices. read more »Identive Group has shipped an additional 122,000 smart card readers to support Spain’s national electronic ID card program which the government launched in 2009. More than half of Spain’s 46 million citizens now carry the ID cards. read more »Prisoners at Tihar prisons, located near New Delhi, India, will now be using smart cards instead of paper coupons for their food purchases. As reported by The Economic Times, the former system of paper food coupons led to misuse and illegal activity within the jail. Some prisoners would use it for currency in order to get banned substances or buy favors from others. read more »Proxama has announced a partnership with semiconductor supplier ARM Holdings to create secure payment mechanisms for mobile handsets. The UK-based partners say they will combine ARM’s TrustZone technology with Proxama’s Mobile Wallet to develop a “highly secure” environment for NFC-enabled mobile contactless payments and mobile internet payments. read more »The Ralph Carr Judicial Center in Denver, Colorado has selected AMAG Technology’s Symmetry Homeland V7 Security Management System,to provide integrated access control and security management solutions from HID Global. read more » |
