Smart Card Talk

March 2006 • Volume 11 Number 3

Member News

Plastic Card Specialist print-ID becomes new LEGIC® License Partner in Germany

LEGIC Identsystems AG, leading manufacturer of contactless smart card technology for personal identification applications and print-ID, supplier of products and services in the field of plastic card printing, have concluded a new license partnership. [ read the full release ]

Staff time & attendance from primion for Baden-Baden‘s renowned baths

In 2003, comprehensive renovation was undertaken of the Caracalla thermal baths in Baden-Baden, Germany. A new staff time & attendance system was also installed as part of the conversion and renovation work. Because of the different opening times, there are numerous worktime and shift models that must be administered. primion‘s Visual Time solves the task "comprehensively and conveniently“, and is at the same time both flexible and easy to use. [ read the full release ]

Security Industry Veteran Marc Freundlich to Lead ASSA ABLOY Hospitality North America

Effective February 1, 2006, Marc Freundlich was promoted to president of ASSA ABLOY Hospitality Inc. and will report to Timothy Shea, CEO of ASSA ABLOY Hospitality group. Mr. Freundlich was previously the president of Indala Corporation (an ASSA ABLOY Group company) for the past 3 years. During his tenure at Indala, the business contributed outstanding growth in profitability, and has become a major contributor to the overall success of the Global Technologies Division. [ read the full release ]

ONLINE SECURITY THREATS HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR SMART CARD-BASED AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMS
Smart Card Alliance details benefits at SecurityWeek Brazil, Cards Brazil

The news reports have become an ever-increasing drumbeat: a hacker somehow breaches the computer network of yet another bank, credit firm or retailer, gaining access to vital data from thousands of customer accounts. Time and again, the result is consumer mistrust as identities are stolen and organizations scramble to limit the damage. [ read the full release ]

Raak Technologies Announces Support for Microsoft’s Certificate Lifecycle Manager for a complete Enterprise Smart Card Solution
Free smart card evaluation kit for Microsoft Certificate Lifecycle Manager Beta 1 release now available

Raak Technologies today announced the release of new products that support Microsoft’s recently introduced Certificate Lifecycle Manager. Microsoft Certificate Lifecycle Manager is a policy and workflow-driven solution that helps organizations manage the lifecycle of digital certificates and smart cards. Certificate Lifecycle Manager streamlines the provisioning, deprovisioning, configuration, and auditing of digital certificates and smart cards, while increasing security through strong multi-factor authentication technology. [ read the full release ]

ASK to supply contactless payment cards for Singapore
Partnership with Network for Electronic Transfers Singapore (NETS) signals new era for CashCard® applications

ASK has been selected by NETS, Singapore’s leading electronic payments provider to supply a new generation of its contactless payment card CashCard. The CashCard e-purse was originally launched in 1996 on a contact-based smart card. With the advent of new technology, the CashCard is being re-packaged to benefit from user-friendly, speedy and reliable contactless interface. [ read the full release ]

CARDLOGIX ANNOUNCES RoHS COMPLIANCE FOR SMART CARD PRODUCTS

CardLogix, a leading manufacturer of smart cards and software, announced today that all of its products fully conform to the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive that restricts the amount of hazardous substances in products used within European Union (EU) countries. Bruce Ross, CardLogix CEO, stated that RoHS compliance is consistent with the company’s ongoing commitment to quality improvement and environmental responsibility. “In addition to the reduction and elimination of hazardous substances, CardLogix recycles plastic cards, paper and gold as an integral part of our company process”. He noted that all products shipped worldwide conform to these environmental standards and are stamped with the RoHS logo as assurance of that conformance. [ read the full release ]

Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council Announces First Year Successes, New Officers, Upcoming Initiatives

The Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council today announced its first year results, upcoming project plans and new officers, including its new Chair Paul Korczak from MTA New York City Transit. A focused group within the overall structure of the Alliance, the Transportation Council works to help accelerate the deployment of standards-based smart card payment programs within the transportation industry. [ read the full release ]

WINMAGIC TO DEVELOP FIRST FULL-DISK ENCRYPTION SOFTWARE TO FULLY INTEGRATE WITH INFINEON’S TRUSTED MODULE PLATFORM (TPM) SECURITY CHIP
Integrating WinMagic’s SecureDoc Full-Disk Encryption With Infineon’s TPM Chip Makes It Simple To Protect All Data On Desktops And Easily-Stolen Laptops

WinMagic Inc. (www.WinMagic.com), the innovative leader in full-disk encryption, today announced at CeBIT (Hall 7, Booth A20) that its SecureDoc solution will be the first full-disk encryption software to fully integrate with the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) authentication and secure data storage chip from leading TPM security chip provider, Infineon Technologies – making it simpler and more cost effective to combine the benefits of full-disk encryption with positive user authentication and secure key storage within a complete security solution. [ read the full release ]

CARDLOGIX CERTIFIED FOR ISO 9001-2000 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SMART CARD PRODUCTS

CardLogix Corporation, a leading manufacturer of smart cards and software, announced that it has been recognized and approved for its quality management system in accordance with the ISO-9001-2000; ANSI/ASW Q9001:2000 International Quality Standard. This standard, established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is concerned with quality management in manufacturing and meeting customer, as well as other, regulatory requirements. The audits and certification of CardLogix was performed by Underwriters Lab, Inc., (UL) an independent, not-for-profit standards certification organization. With this approval, CardLogix is qualified as a supplier for a new level of contracts from both enterprise and government organizations. The company’s approval can be referenced at (www.ul.com) under file number A14381 category number 3577. [ read the full release ]