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 ...

As the business world struggles with data-security lapses and intrusions, federal agencies are preparing for strict new standards to protect their facilities and information systems. This week marks ...

AKB-140SB and EasyTouch 130SB Combine Built-In Smart Card Authentication With Quiet or Mechanical Switches for ...

Warning: This week's column may be too technical for some. Programmers and CIOs should find it informative, though if you are a programmer or CIO and still cannot understand it, perhaps it is time to ...

The company said the reader, which will be available as a beta in July, is aimed at government users. It supports the U.S. Department of Defense's Common Access Card standard as well as S/MIME ...

Axalto last week offered up a smart card based on Microsoft’s .Net technology, which could make it easier for corporations adopting .Net for Web services to develop card-based security. Axalto last ...

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. – A new report by Smart Card Alliance, a nonprofit multi-industry association, describes security considerations for organizations that are intending to deploy smart card ...

Industries and companies that traditionally used machine-readable card technologies such as barcodes and magnetic stripes are gradually switching to smart cards. There has been an alarming rise in ...

Chip maker Broadcom said Sunday that it will pay US$41.9 million for SC Square, a move that will bring expertise in smart-card security to the Irvine, California, architect of silicon for ...

A semiconductor company is suing a Dutch university to keep its researchers from publishing information about security flaws in the RFID chips used in up to 2 billion smart cards. The cards are used ...

Continuing education is a good thing, especially if it means you can do it during the time you would normally be crawling under desks, slithering through conduits in the ceiling or grubbing in some ...