Windows 8 is not yet here but charismathics customers can already be sure that as soon as it is officially released, they will be able to run their PKI solutions efficiently as always. charismathics announces Windows 8 compliance, featuring a custom Key Storage Provider. Latest intelligence on Microsoft®‘s Windows 8 availability talks about September 2012.…
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Watchdata’s Cryptographic Algorithm Validated by National Institute of Standards and Technology
Watchdata, a company that develops data security and smart card technology solutions, announces that Watchdata-FIPS-TimeCOS® Hardware Cryptographic Library Cryptographic Algorithm has been tested and validated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as conforming to the Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP). The successful validation results are published on NIST’s official website on April 20, 2011.…
New fingerprint readers for Banking & Corporate segments from Precise Biometrics
Biometric systems are no longer reserved for Government users. Enterprise markets such as Banking and Corporations are increasingly seeing the benefits offered by biometric solutions. To accommodate these new opportunities, Precise Biometrics is launching a new generation of competitive fingerprint readers which are designed to meet a range of specific customer demands. The name of…
iEnigma® – The re-invention of the smart card
By Sven Gossel, charismathics As technologies evolve, product cycles have a well known pattern: from being a star to becoming a commodity. Well – here is the next star of the industry: iEnigma® , a software application for smart phones, just turn your smart phone into your digital identity and serve all needs for the enterprise,…
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…
Finally: make use of your Trusted Platform Module
By Sven Gossel, charismathics While smart card use seems a widely accepted method to authenticate the user to the secured environment of the enterprise, people are questioning the sense of the Trusted Platform Module built onto PC motherboards. Companies bought it with practically any of the computers in use today, but hardly make use of…
HID Global Establishes Initiative for Third-Party Product Developers to License Its Trusted Identity Platform™ (TIP)
HID Global, the trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, announced during the ASIS 2010 conference that it has engaged with strategic developers to license the company’s Trusted Identity Platform (TIP). The initiative extends technology licenses to qualified development partners to enable the building of trusted nodes for the TIP infrastructure. HID Global’s TIP…
Full speed ahead for infosecurity on the road
By Detlef Houdeau, Infineon Technologies Automotive security applications have been around for over 25 years. Parallel to the growth of electronic control systems, electronic security applications have been developed to protect vehicle and driver from misuse, theft as well as cyber attacks. Anti-theft electronics were included in the BMW 7 series in 1982 and a…