Strong authentication remains a cybersecurity priority under the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) cross-agency priority goals that were announced in the 2015 federal budget. In its 2015 budget ...

Princeton Junction, N.J., March 3, 2011-The requirement for strong, multi-factor authentication needs to be incorporated into Stage 2 of Meaningful Use in order to adequately protect identities, ...

Many companies now use smart cards for employee IDs and for accessing buildings and data centers. But how secure is the authentication used in this technology? According to the National Institute of ...

The Smart Card Alliance released a new white paper detailing how smart cards are best able to secure IT systems in enterprises and the health care, financial service and transit industries, ...

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., May 2, 2016 – Today, the FIDO Alliance is working to provide simpler, stronger authentication to reduce reliance on usernames and passwords, which are susceptible to a wide ...

Virtually every day another news story highlights the importance of network security – corporate networks are breached, databases are accessed by unauthorized individuals, and identities are stolen ...

When creating an access control system, it is important to remember that there is no single, correct solution — there are combinations of solutions. However, when it comes to security, there is no ...

If you use GPG keys, learn about the benefits to storing them on a smart card. GPG has been around for a long time and is used to secure everything from your email to your software. If you want to ...

The Smart Card Alliance Healthcare Council is urging the use of two-factor authentication with smart card technology as a way to protect against medical identity theft. According to a recent Ponemon ...