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Advancing contactless payments: Infineon , Fingerprint Cards join forces to drive mass deployment of biometric cards

August 14, 2020August 21, 2020by Steve AtkinsLeave a comment

Payment cards with integrated fingerprint sensor make contactless payments more convenient, more secure and hygienic. The contactless card remains in the hands of the cardholder throughout the entire payment transaction, while eliminating the need for PIN entries or signatures to authorize even high-value payments. Infineon Technologies AG and Fingerprint Cards AB have joined forces to…

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Are you really John Doe?

August 7, 2020August 21, 2020by Steve Atkins1 Comment

The reasons why secure biometric systems still require hardware-based security By Bernd Zwattendorfer, Infineon Technologies The proof of a claim of a person’s identity – both identification and authentication – are fundamental processes for granting or denying access to services. These being either physical (yes, you really booked the hotel room) or digital online (yes,…

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Wibu-Systems, CodeLock combine tech for robust digital document protection solution

July 23, 2020August 21, 2020by Steve AtkinsLeave a comment

Wibu-Systems, a security technology leader in the global software licensing market, and CodeLock and Licensing Systems (Pty) Ltd., an information security technology company, have joined forces for CodeLock to offer a novel encryption tool that provides a fast and easy way to secure valuable documents and sensitive digital information traveling across disparate mail servers. With…

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SECORA™ ID S: highest security and flexibility for region-specific electronic ID cards and eGovernment solutions

June 17, 2020August 21, 2020by Steve AtkinsLeave a comment

With SECORA™ ID, Infineon Technologies AG offers an easy-to-integrate security platform for contactless digital ID documents. The first product variant, SECORA™ ID S, is a particularly flexible, Java-based solution. It simplifies and accelerates the design and production of region-specific sovereign documents such as eIDs in card format. The solution includes the security chip, the operating…

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Wibu-Systems Flexible Software Licensing Options Keeps Pace with Customer Demands

June 10, 2020August 21, 2020by Steve AtkinsLeave a comment

Wibu-Systems, a security technology leader in the global software licensing market, has enabled new software monetization options for its long-standing customer, Civilserve, the exclusive sales partner for GGU Software, with the addition of its CodeMeter Cloud licensing solution. The modular scalability of CodeMeter allows Civilserve to now offer the complete GGU-Software geotechnical package with dongle,…

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Australian DHA’s New Biometric System Goes Live Using Unisys Stealth(identity) and IDEMIA Biometrics

June 5, 2020August 21, 2020by Steve AtkinsLeave a comment

and IDEMIA have announced that the Australian Department of Home Affairs’ (DHA)new Enterprise Biometric Identification Services (EBIS) system has gone live. EBIS is based on the Unisys Stealth(identity)™ multi-factor identity management and authentication solution and, using IDEMIA’s facial and fingerprint recognition algorithms, is one of the world’s most accurate biometric identity management systems used for…

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IUNO2PAKT: Real world solutions for safer industrial communication

June 5, 2020August 21, 2020by Steve AtkinsLeave a comment

, the German national reference project for IT security in Industry 4.0, returns with a second iteration under the name of IUNO2PAKT, new goals, and partners to offer a vast range of solutions meant to counter the cyber challenges Germany and the global community are facing on the cusp of the digital industrial revolution. Fraunhofer…

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Paragon ID: COVID-19 pushes contactless usage on public transport

May 12, 2020August 21, 2020by Steve AtkinsLeave a comment

The covid-19 pandemic has imposed new measures, new rules and a whole new organization in our personal and professional lives. Trends that had been identified for the next 2 to 5 years have suddenly accelerated and become an unexpected reality for which we haven’t been fully prepared. With the majority of the world’s population staying…

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