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Council and Task Force Report
Alliance Members: Participation in all current councils is open to any Smart Card Alliance member who wishes to contribute to the council projects. If you are interested in participating in any of the active councils, please contact Cathy Medich.
Transportation Council
- The Transportation Council is working on a new white paper that will provide an overview of an approach for transit/financial payment convergence that leverages conventional co-branding affinity card business models and the multi-application capabilities provided by smart card technology. Please contact the project co-leads, David deKozan (david.dekozan@cubic.com) or Brian Stein (bstein@scheidt-bachmann-usa.com), or Cathy Medich (cmedich@smartcardalliance.org) if you'd like to participate in this project.
Physical Access Council
- The Council has elected its 2007 Steering Committee. The Steering Committee will be electing officers later this month. Steering Committee representatives are:
- Government/end users: Tim Baldridge, NASA; Bob Gilson, DoD DMDC
- Smart card chip developers/smart card manufacturers/smart card software developers: Sal D'Agostino, CoreStreet; Don Malloy, Innovative Card Technology
- Smart card reader manufacturers: Bob Merkert, SCM Microsystems; Steve Rogers, Integrated Engineering
- Physical access control system vendors: Roger Roehr, Tyco Fire & Security; Lars Suneborn, Hirsch Electronics
- Integration service providers: Lolie Kull, EDS; Dwayne Pfeiffer, Northrop Grumman
- Biometrics: Walter Hamilton, IDTP
- The Physical Access Council is currently working on a short white paper discussing how to optimize FIPS 201 PIV card physical access transaction times and how to prepare for changes in user experience.
- The Council developed and submitted a response to the request for comments on the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC) TWIC biometric reader recommendation. To gather input for the NMSAC TWIC letter, an informal poll was conducted from March 15-21, 2007 to solicit input on Alliance member and industry attitudes concerning the use of biometric templates in an RF-enabled identity verification system. Over 85% of respondents (201 respondents total) indicated that biometric templates should be cryptographically protected "absolutely, in every case" or "mostly, whenever possible," supporting the Council recommendation that the TWIC program specify cryptographic protection of biometric information.
- The Council developed and submitted a letter to respond to the NIST fingerprint match-on-card implementation evaluation RFC.
- The Physical Access Council had a strong presence at ISC West on March 28-30. The Council was featured in the Alliance booth, with a demonstration of a dual-interface FIPS 201 PIV card being used for both physical and logical access. The Alliance also had a panel, "Migration of Physical Access Control Systems Based on the Impact of Government HSPD-12," which included Council members Dwayne Pfeiffer (Northrop Grumman), Lars Suneborn (Hirsch Electronics), Roger Roehr (Tyco), Bob Gilson (DoD) and Patrick Hearn (Oberthur Card Systems).
- If you are interested in participating in the Physical Access Council, please contact Council chair, Dwayne Pfeiffer (dwayne.pfeiffer@ngc.com), vice chair Bob Merkert (rmerkert@scmmicro.com), secretary Steve Rogers (steve@smart-id.com) or Cathy Medich.
Healthcare Council
- The Healthcare Council has published a new white paper, "Smart Cards in U.S. Healthcare: Benefits for Patients, Providers and Payers." The paper describes the challenges within the healthcare industry and the clear opportunities for the use of smart card technology to benefit all healthcare industry stakeholders. The white paper is available on the Smart Card Alliance web site
- If you are interested in participating in the Healthcare Council, please contact Council chair Frank Avignone (favignone@healthmeans.com), vice chair Chuck Wilson (chuck.wilson3@verizon.net), or Cathy Medich.
Contactless Payments Council
- The Contactless Payments Council is holding an issuer webinar on Thursday, May 3, at 12pm ET. This webinar is designed to provide issuers with a detailed understanding of what is driving the move to contactless payments in the U.S. and provide guidance from current contactless debit and credit card issuers on how future issuers can take advantage of the many benefits that contactless payments bring. Presenters are Deborah Baxley, IBM, Peter Ho, Wells Fargo, Carl Stauffeneger, KeyBank, and Jeff Tansill, BB&T. Sponsors are CPI Card Group, Discover Network and INSIDE Contactless. Registration for the webinar is available at: http://register.sourcemediaconferences.com/webevent/smart_registration_form.cfm?sourcecode=promo1.
- The Council has published a PowerPoint version of the merchant implementation guide, covering infrastructure requirements and best practices, training and education. A companion white paper is also being developed
- Upcoming activities include
- An in-person, members-only meeting at CardTech SecurTech, on Wednesday, May 16, from 12-1:30. Participants in the Council's Merchant Advisory Group will be invited to attend this meeting.
- A new white paper to educate the targeted audiences on the use of mobile phone proximity payments and the benefits when linked to a contactless payment credit or debit card.
- A merchant-focused contactless payments webinar in late June/early July.
- If you are interested in participating in the Contactless Payments Council, please contact the Council co-chairs, Sunil Dewan (sunil.dewan@firstdata.com), Mohammad Khan (khanm@vivotech.com), or Charles Walton (cwalton@insidefr.com), or Cathy Medich.
Identity Council
- The Council has elected its 2007 Identity Council officers and Steering Committee representatives. 2007 Council officers are: Neville Pattinson (Gemalto), chair; Steve Howard (Thales e-Security), vice chair; Tres Wiley (Texas Instruments), secretary. Steering Committee representatives are:
- Chip vendors: Linda Brown, Infineon; Tres Wiley, TI
- Card vendors: Kathleen Carroll, HID Corp.; Neville Pattinson, Gemalto
- Systems integrators: Steve Howard, Thales e-Security; John McKeon, IBM
- Biometrics: Gilles Lisimaque, IDTP; Steve Rogers, Integrated Engineering
- Identity system and/or software providers: Marty Dugan, L-1 Identity Solutions; John Santisteban, Fargo
- End users: Bill Boggess, DoD DMDC
- At large members: Mike Neumann, StepNexus
- The Identity Council is currently developing a response to the REAL ID Act Notice of Proposed Rule-Making.
- The Identity Council developed a letter and statement responding to the State of Washington/DHS memorandum of agreement for the pilot of an enhanced driver's license to be used for border crossing. The Council recommends that states retain the ability to specify the technology used in the enhanced driver's license and raises serious concerns about the privacy, security and operational issues associated with the use of long-range vicinity-read RFID (as previously proposed by DHS for the WHTI passport card).
- The Council has completed an extensive glossary of identity-related terms.
- If you are interested in participating in the Identity Council, please contact the Council officers, Neville Pattinson (Neville.pattinson@gemalto.com), Steve Howard (showard@thalesesec.com) or Tres Wiley (treswiley@ti.com), or Cathy Medich.
Other Councils
- A members-only council web site is available at http://www.sca-councils.org. This is a password-protected site that contains council working documents and contact lists. Each Council area has a separate password since Councils may have different membership policies. If you are a Smart Card Alliance member and would like access to the council site, please contact Cathy Medich.
- If you are interested in forming or participating in an Alliance council, contact Cathy Medich. Click here to download a description of the council structure, proposal process and council interest feedback form.
New Members
Personix, Shoreview, MI www.personix.com
Membership Level: General
Member Contact: Steve Knapp, SVP/GM
Description: Full service and secure card manufacturing and personalization services
City of Phoenix Public Transit, Phoenix, AZ
Membership Level: Government
Member Contact: Jeff Dolfini, Admin Assistant
Description: Public transit agency in metropolitan Phoenix
TrustBearer Labs, Fort Wayne, IN www.trustbearer.com
Membership Level: Associate
Member Contact: David Corcoran
Description: Provides products and software development services for trusted devices into web-based applications
USA Technologies, Malvern, PA www.usatech.com
Membership Level : General
Member Contact : Wendy Jenkins, VP of Marketing
Description: Provides payment services for self-service point of sale industry
IDCentrix, El Segundo, CA www.idcentrix.com
Membership Level: General
Member Contact: Francine Dubois, President & CEO
Description: High security identification card issuance systems based on innovative new technology
Membership Upgrade (to Leadership Council Member)
SAIC, McLean, VA www.saic.com
Tyco – Software House, Lexington MA www.swhouse.com
Inside Contactless, Menlo Park, CA www.insidecontactless.com
Web Site News
New content includes:
- Contactless Payments webinar registration, available at [ click here ]
- Contactless Payment Deployment: Merchant Implementation Guide presentation, available at [ click here ]
- Smart Cards for Government and Payment Conference information, available at [ click here ]
- New online smart card training course, available at [ click here ]
March 2007 web statistics
- 77,071 visitor sessions for the month
- 2,486 visitor sessions per day
- 417,666 total page views for the month
- 106,289 Industry News items viewed
- 6,654 Card Reader Catalog items displayed
- 8,496 PDF downloads
If you have any suggestions on content that you'd like to see on the Alliance web site, please send them to info@smartcardalliance.org.
Alliance in the News
The Alliance has an active communications program to promote industry messages in business, vertical market, and technology publications. Coverage results from both Alliance press releases and interviews with publications writing articles about smart cards. Selected recent coverage is shown below with links to online articles.
Access Control & Security Systems, 4/17/2007, Immigration officials and law enforcement agents[ link to article ]
Access Control and Security Systems, 3/26/2007, Smart Card Alliance To Address Effects Of HSPD-12 at ISC [ link to article ]
Access Control and Security Systems, 3/6/2007, Online smart card training course now available [ link to article ]
AS Mag, 3/15/2007, Smart Card Alliance To Address Effects Of HSPD-12 at ISC [ link to article]
Congressional Quarterly4/14/2007, Endorsement of Smart Card Technology by Defense Dept. Bodes Well for Homeland Security [ link not available]
Congressional Quarterly, 4/12/2007, State Dept. Gears Up to Issue Small, Inexpensive Passport Cards for North American Travel [ link not available]
Contactless News, 3/28/2007, No change, no problem with smart card enabled parking meters [ link to article ]
Contactless News, 3/6/2007, Smart Card training made easier with online Smart Card Alliance course [ link to article ]
CR80 News, 3/28/2007, No change, no problem with smart card enabled parking meters [ link to article ]
Electronic Payments International, 3/26/2007, Micropayments: maximum potential [ link not available]
Electronic Payments International, 3/26/2007, Contactless is taking over the world [ link not available]
Federal Computer Week, 3/12/2007, Congress, states and DHS face off over Real ID [ link to article ]
findBiometrics.com, 3/10/2007, Government Identity Credentials Are Hot Topics at 2007 Smart Cards in Government Conference[ link to article ]
Government Technology, 4/12/2007, Smart Card Alliance Government Conference Opens With DoD Network Security Case Study[ link to article ]
Help Net Security, 3/21/2007, FIPS 201 Personal Identity Verification card demonstration [ link to article ]
Help Security Net, 3/6/2007, Smart card training made easier with an online course [ link to article ]
HR Magazine, 4/1/2007, Using Chips To Track Workers Discouraged [ link not available]
InfoWorld, 3/1/2007, Lawmakers working to ban hacked RFID door cards [ link to article ]
PCworld.com, 3/1/2007, Lawmakers Working to Limit RFID Door Cards [ link to article ]
PR Minds, 4/11/2007, Mexico City To Hold Smart Cards conference [ link to article ]
PRLog.org, 4/11/2007, Mexico City To Hold Smart Cards conference [ link to article ]
Retail Week, 4/13/2007, Losing contact [ link not available]
RFID News, 3/28/2007, No change, no problem with smart card enabled parking meters [ link to article ]
Secure ID News, 3/29/2007, Gemalto puts Canadian financial institutions on fast track to smart bank cards [ link to article ]
Secure ID News, 3/28/2007, No change, no problem with smart card enabled parking meters [ link to article ]
Secure ID News, 3/22/2007, Smart Card Alliance to address HSPD-12 impact on ID management, physical access control [ link to article ]
Secure ID News, 3/13/2007, Government identity credentials hot topics at Smart Cards in Government Conference [ link to article ]
Secure ID News, 3/13/2007, Smart Cards in Government, payments focus of Mexico City Conference [ link to article ]
Secure ID News, 3/6/2007, Smart Card training made easier with online Smart Card Alliance course [ link to article ]
Security Products, 3/8/2007, Training Made Easier for Smart Cards with Online Course [ link to article ]
Washington Technology, 3/12/2007, 6th Annual Smart Cards in Government Conference [ link to article ]
Wireless News (10Meters.com), 4/10/2007, Thales Joins Smart Card Alliance Leadership Council [ link not available]
Wireless News (10Meters.com), 4/8/2007, ImageWare to Showcase Biometric Solutions at Smart Cards in Government Conference [ link not available]
Wireless News (10Meters.com), 4/1/2007, Gemalto Rolls Out EMV Pilot Package for Canadian Financial Institutions [ link not available]
SCA Latin America News
The Smart Card Alliance Latin America project kicked off on October 19, 2004 with the presentation of the Department of Commerce Market Developer Cooperator Program (MDCP) award totaling $288,000 that forms a partnering effort between the International Trade Administration and SCA to develop international trade and support education, training, and resource development for smart cards in Mexico, Brazil, and the Caribbean Islands. The Alliance staff has held organizing meetings with ITA field office personnel in Mexico and Brazil to discuss ways to bring smart card awareness and education to the government and commercial markets in those countries. The Alliance has also met with ITA personnel based in Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and Miami who are in support roles and are prepared to assist the Alliance's Latin American project.
In July 2005 the Latin America Chapter was launched. Organizations with smart card-related business interests in all Latin American countries and the Caribbean, plus any organization based in North America or internationally with interests in the Latin America markets, should contact Edgar Betts, Manager Business Development - Latin America at 1-954-590-3795 or ebetts@smartcardalliance.org. Memberships are available for Leadership Council, General, Government, and Associate levels.
A recent report released by Frost & Sullivan called The Americas Smart Card Market Analysis projected microprocessor smart card shipments of 136.4 million in 2005, and with over a 59 percent annual growth rate projected through 2010. The Latin American smart card market growth is due to many market factors including the migration of mobile telecommunications operators to GSM technology, the migration to EMV in the financial sector, the move to smart transit fare cards and new government and commercial secure identification initiatives. Responding to these market factors, the Smart Card Alliance today announced the formation of a new Latin American chapter to bring together smart card suppliers, partners and customers in order to address the challenges facing smart card deployment in the region.
“The Latin American smart card market is now emerging and could develop more rapidly than other markets by effectively learning from similar smart card initiatives and by forming business partnerships that can quickly deliver successful implementations,” said Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the Smart Card Alliance.
The main mission of the Smart Card Alliance Latin American chapter is in line with the overall goal of the Alliance: to stimulate the understanding, adoption, use and widespread application of smart cards. The Alliance plans to use specific projects such as bi-lingual education programs, market research, advocacy, industry relations and open forums to keep Latin American chapter organization members connected to industry leaders and innovative thought.
“The Smart Card Alliance has played a valuable role in developing the U.S. market in both the public and private sector. Our organization provides an educational and collaborative forum in which all of the stakeholders—manufacturers, issuers and end users—can work together to develop the cross-industry real-world solutions needed to deploy smart card systems. Our organization is uniquely positioned to bring a collective energy and focus to this technology in Latin America,” said Vanderhoof.
Next Steps:
Below is a summary of the important Latin America Chapter programs and industry activities planned for 2007.
- White Paper translation. The Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) has translated five white papers into Spanish and Portuguese to allow the local markets to have access to valuable information in their language. The selection of the white paper to be translated was important in order to be significant to the local markets of Latin America. This action helps the Alliance create an image of not only a U.S. focused institution, but an international and local.
- Website. The Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) website; though very informational of our institution it has limited deliverable and resources useful for the local markets.
- Online Educational Program. The Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) in its efforts to expand its website deliverables to the market it has agreed to host a member online educational program. The program contains information about smart cards in both Spanish and English, covering from basic to some advanced knowledge.
- Mexico Conference. The Smart Card Alliance together with Global Platform will present the Smart Cards in Government and Banking Mexico 2007 Conference on May 8 – 9, 2007 in Mexico City. Conference registration information, sponsorship opportunities and exhibiting opportunities will be available shortly. For more information, contact Edgar Betts at ebetts@smartcardalliance.org.
- Educational Institute – Certification Course. The Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) Physical Access Council has worked on developing an Educational Institute (E.I.) course that will be used at Expo Seguridad Mexico conference in April 2007 on the use of smart cards for physical access. This course will be a classroom style course provided to the attendees of Expo Seguridad Mexico in the security market. It is intended to be a follow-up course to the physical access course that is provided by The Latin American Security Association (ALAS) at their conference events.
- Educational/Promotional Video. The Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) has held meetings with The Latin American Security Association (ALAS) and Obraweb to create online videos for the SCALA website. The idea would be to film one of SCALA’s Educational Institutes (E.I.) in high quality video to provide industry information and promote attendance to the Alliance.
- Member invitation. The Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) with the leadership of the Transportation Council has developed a list of organizations in the transportation industry to send a formal invitation to join the Alliance and the transportation council. Due to the limited response of organizations in the region to join the Alliance and participate, the leadership of this council has agreed to use the contacts that the Alliance has acquired and invite them behalf of the transportation council to join our organization.
- Articles for targeted industry magazines. The Alliance Latin America, Media Outreach Council has established several meeting in Brazil with other participating member organizations to organize the direction and responsibility of the council. As the council achieved it organizational logistics it began developing articles for publishing at identified magazines on behalf of the Alliance.
How to get involved:
If you would like to get involved in any of the Latin American activities listed above or wish to be added to the contact list for future announcements, please send an email to info@smartcardalliance.org.
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