Within five years, we should see smartphones becoming an integral part of the ecosystem for the creation, management and use of secure identities. In some instances, phones will replace cards, but in ...

Companies are offering new smart cards with improved technology, including security and counterfeiting resistance, in hopes of hastening their broader use. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

New banking technology and shifts in telephone usage are changing the economics of the smart card industry, where worldwide sales of cards containing microprocessors are set to outstrip sales of ...

A recent Datamonitor survey showed that 62% of enterprises have experienced problems relating to passwords being shared, borrowed or stolen from within their organizations. The survey of 200 ...

Software giant tightens up in-house security after hacker break-in. With notable exceptions such as the U.S. Defense Department, smart cards that contain encryption-based digital certificates for ...

Smart cards can also include additional strong authentication capabilities such as or Public Key Infrastructure (“PKI”) certificates. When used for PKI applications, the smart card device can provide ...

SINGAPORE--The island-state has the highest per capita usage of chip cards in the Asia-Pacific region, followed by Taiwan, Malaysia and South Korea, according to a Visa survey. Conducted in November ...

July 9, 2003 – There has been a drastic rise in breaches of corporate computer networks this year. In the first quarter alone, there were 42,586 security incidents, compared with 80,094 for all of ...

The U.S. government has been stepping up its use of smart cards to help lock down its computer networks, but hackers have found ways around them. Over the past 18 months, security consultancy Mandiant ...

Luzerne County Transportation Authority will launch its new mobile fare collection system on Monday, Jan. 2. The technology gives riders an contactless payment option using a payment app on their ...