Two white papers released today and new 2010 officers and steering committee announced

Princeton Junction, N.J., March 12, 2010–Two new white papers are now available to help transit agencies that are planning to upgrade their fare collection systems, the Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council said today, also announcing new officers and steering committee for 2010.

Amsterdam, Mar 8, 2010–Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that its MASSIM solution has received a 2009 SmartGrid Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) and Intelligent Communications Partners.

ID-One™ PIV BIO Selected a Winner by Network Products Guide

Chantilly, VA, March 1, 2010–Oberthur Technologies, a global leader in the delivery of high security solutions and the #1 provider of smart credentials to the U.S. Federal government, announced today that Network Products Guide, industry’s leading information technology research and advisory guide, has named ID-One™ PIV BIO a winner of the 2010 Product Innovation Awards. This annually venerated award recognizes and honors vendors, large and small, from all over the world with innovative and ground-breaking products that are bringing essential and incremental changes and are setting the bar higher for others in all areas of information technology.

Chantilly, VA, March 1, 2010–Oberthur Technologies, a global leader in the delivery of high security solutions and the #1 provider of smart credentials to the U.S. Federal government, is supplying doctors and first responders with FIPS 201 compliant, physical and logical access Personal Identify Verification (PIV) cards to assist in response to disaster.

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., March 2, 2010–The Smart Card Alliance Latin America Chapter (SCALA) today announced its 2010 executive committee including new Chair Fernando Mendez of Visa, Inc. The executive committee leads the organization’s advisory board.

Extends Footprint in Middle East and Broadens Application of Secure Credential Offering

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 3, 2010–LaserCard Corporation (NASDAQ:LCRD; http://www.lasercard.com), a leading provider of secure ID solutions, has been selected to manufacture and supply vehicle registration cards for a Middle Eastern nation. A recent $850,000 purchase order follows an initial order valued at approximately $560,000 shipped earlier this fiscal year.

AUSTIN, TX, March 2, 2010–Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that its Protiva™ Strong Authentication Server is now fully integrated with Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010. Thanks to this combined solution, organizations can provision, deploy and manage smart card-based one-time password devices linked to Gemalto strong authentication server, while using the same Microsoft interface to which they are already accustomed.

Smart Card Alliance 2010 Payments Summit Highlights

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., MARCH 1, 2010–Contactless payment is now the de facto standard for U.S. transit fare collection systems, and will likely become a principal market driver for the expansion of bank-issued contactless cards. But that is just one of many factors building interest in the United States around chip cards for payments, according to experts presenting at the Smart Card 3rd Annual Payments Summit. The event was held February 23rd–25th, 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Solutions support strong authentication, security in depth, trajectory and threat prediction

Brookline, MA USA, 24 February 2010–Probayes Technologies (Grenoble, France) has joined with IDmachines LLC (Brookline, MA, USA) to bring its security and productivity solutions based on Bayesian modeling, inference and learning to the United States marketplace. Probayes Keystroke Dynamics, Fraud Detection and Operational Risk Management products provide strong authentication and security in depth in addition to powerful predictive analytics. These end-user applications are supported and complemented by a Software Development Kit (SDK) and Bayesian modeling toolkit to speed use of knowledge development for security and a wide range of applications across disciplines.

Torrance, CA, February 23, 2010–AMAG Technology, an innovator of security management and video solutions, announces its 2009 Eagle Awards for its Top Certified Resellers.