Gemalto Honored with Homeland Security Award

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, received an honor at the Government Security News Homeland Security Awards gala in Washington DC. The company’s government-certified Personal Identity Verification credential won the Best Smart Card Solution award. This Gemalto identity credential allows government agencies to link existing proximity-based physical access control systems and new FIPS 201-compliant…

Increased security in PIV programs with new fingerprint reader

Precise Biometrics releases a fingerprint reader for embedded, secure handling of fingerprint extraction and verification – the Precise 250 PIV. The combined fingerprint and smart card reader embeds ANSI 378 technology and builds on the top-ranking fingerprint extractor in the US interoperability program Ongoing MINEX. The readers are made in the US and available the…

Gemalto’s U.S. Secure Production Center Awarded NASPO Security Assurance Certification

Gemalto has  announced its advanced manufacturing and service center in Montgomeryville, PA., has received the security assurance certification from the North American Security Products Organization (NASPO). The audit renewed the certification of Gemalto’s security practices and procedures against the ANSI/NASPO Class II “Assurance Standards for the Document and Product Security Industries.” This voluntary certification continues…