identity cards
RSS identity cardsUK ID cards rollout hit by delay as launch date revealed
News The new rollout date reveals how the government's schedule has slipped: volunteers living in the Greater Manchester area were originally due to be issued with the biometric identity cards in October. The... [16 Nov 2009]
The REAL ID Act: Why Real ID Cards Should Be Based on Smart Card Technology
White Paper The Smart Card Alliance strongly recommends that smart card technology be adopted as the underlying infrastructure for state driver's licenses issued to comply with the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 Smart cards... [14 Nov 2009]
Smart Cards and Biometrics in a Privacy-Sensitive Secure Personal Identification System
White Paper Both government and commercial organizations are implementing secure personal Identification (ID) systems to improve confidence in verifying the identity of individuals seeking access to physical or virtual locations. [14 Nov 2009]
Privacy and Secure Identification Systems: The Role of Smart Cards as a Privacy-Enabling Technology
White Paper Protecting privacy means protecting individuals' rights to control how personal information is collected and promulgated Protecting privacy also includes protecting against identity theft or the use of an individual's... [14 Nov 2009]
Logical Access Security: The Role of Smart Cards in Strong Authentication
White Paper With the growing use of wired and wireless networks to access information resources and the increasing occurrence of identity theft and attacks on corporate networks, password-based user authentication is increasingly... [14 Nov 2009]
The Information Card Ecosystem: The Fundamental Leap From Cookies & Passwords to Cards & Selectors
White Paper The emergence of a long-awaited digital identity layer for the Internet means the evolution from an identity model based on one-dimensional cookies and passwords to a new model based on two-dimensional... [13 Nov 2009]
Identity Management Systems, Smart Cards and Privacy
White Paper The requirement - how to identify people unequivocally while also protecting their privacy-shapes every discussion of how to design, build, or implement a new, secure, identity management system. Designing a new... [12 Nov 2009]
Using Smart Cards for Secure Physical Access
White Paper Standards-based smart Identification (ID) cards can be used to easily authenticate a person's identity, determine the appropriate level of access, and physically admit the cardholder to a facility. Smart... [12 Nov 2009]
Authentication Mechanisms for Physical Access Control
White Paper The Protocol for Lightweight Authentication of IDentity (PLAID) is an authentication protocol that uses standards-based symmetric and asymmetric cryptography in a unique way to protect the communications between smart... [12 Nov 2009]
PCI Compliance at the Source
White Paper Software security breaches add up in recent headlines: $13 million in losses.million credit cards stolen. These all-too-familiar grim statistics of identity theft and data loss illustrate the depth and... [12 Nov 2009]
RF-Enabled Applications and Technology: Comparing and Contrasting RFID and RF-Enabled Smart Cards
White Paper Many applications are now using Radio Frequency (RF) technology to automatically identify objects or verify the identity of people. These RF-enabled applications range from tracking animals and tagging goods for... [12 Nov 2009]
Digital Identities and the Promise of the Technology Trio: PKI, Smart Cards, and Biometrics
White Paper It argues and explains that if three key technologies were implemented together namely biometrics, smart cards, and PKI, then they can deliver a robust and trusted identification and authentication infrastructure. [02 Oct 2009]
VeriSign Identity Protection Authentication Services Helps a Top Document Management Services Provider Lead the Way With Two-Factor Authentication for Clients
White Paper Morgan Street deployed VeriSign Identity Protection Authentication Services and VeriSign Identity Protection Security Cards. The challenge was to maintain client confidence while... [19 Sep 2009]
A Leading Registrar Offers VeriSign Identity Protection Authentication Services to Avoid Fraudulent Domain Name Transfer
White Paper Name.com deployed VeriSign Identity Protection Authentication Services and VeriSign Identity Protection Security Cards. In 2003, Name.com was launched as a unique, independent, and fully... [19 Sep 2009]
First ID card watchdog named
News The government has appointed its first identity commissioner to keep tabs on the UK's ID cards scheme. Sir Joseph Pilling will take up the watchdog role from next month, where he will be responsible for... [14 Sep 2009]
