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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 (cmedich@smartcardalliance.org).
Transportation Council
- Nominations are now open for 2008 Transportation Council officers and open Steering Committee seats. The Council will elect a new chair, vice chair - transit, vice chair - parking and vice chair - tolling, and fill 3 seats on the Steering Committee. Nominations are due by November 30.
- The Transportation Council is planning an in-person meeting in Salt Lake City, UT, from Feb. 27-29, 2008. Additional information about this meeting will be distributed to the Council email list later this year.
- The Council is working on a white paper that will provide an overview of an approach for transit/financial payment convergence that leverages co-branding card business models and the multi-application capabilities provided by smart card technology. Please contact Cathy Medich (cmedich@smartcardalliance.org) if you'd like to participate in this project.
- The Council is working on a white paper on serving the unbanked and underbanked. This white paper will provide an educational overview of the various methods available for providing and re-loading fare media to people who do not have credit or debit cards, nor checking or savings accounts, and generally lack relationships with traditional banking institutions. Please contact Cathy Medich (cmedich@smartcardalliance.org) if you'd like to participate in this projects.
- If you are interested in participating in the Transportation Council, please contact the Council chair, Paul Korczak (paul.korczak@nyct.com), vice chairs, Craig Roberts (croberts@uta.cog.ut.us) and Ian Newberg (inewberg@moorestown.parkeon.com), or Cathy Medich (cmedich@smartcardalliance.org).
Physical Access Council
- The Physical Access Council submitted industry comments on the draft SP 800-73-2 to NIST. Comment development and review included contributions from members from Actcom, DoD/DMDC, HID Global, Hirsch Electronics, IDTP, MDI Security, Oberthur Card Systems, Sagem/Morpho, Thales e-Security, SCM Microsystems, and Tyco.
- The Council has launched a collaborative project with the RTCA Special Committee 207 to provide comments on a standard, DO-230b, which addresses integrated airport access systems. If you are interested in participating in this project, please contact Steve Howard (steve.howard@thalesesec.com), who is leading this effort, or Cathy Medich (cmedich@smartcardalliance.org).
- If you are interested in participating in the Physical Access Council, please contact Council chair, Roger Roehr (rroehr@tycoint.com), vice chair Bob Merkert (rmerkert@scmmicro.com), secretary Lolie Kull (lolie.kull@eds.com) or Cathy Medich (cmedich@smartcardalliance.org).
Healthcare Council
- The Healthcare Council is currently holding elections for the 2008 Steering Committee. Ballots have been distributed to Council members, with votes due by December 5.
- The Healthcare Council is defining a series of 2008 activities including: participation in healthcare industry events, media placements of consumer-oriented stories, definition of an industry stakeholder advisory group, and addition of healthcare content on the Alliance web site. If you are interested in participating in the Healthcare Council, please contact Cathy Medich (cmedich@smartcardalliance.org).
Contactless Payments Council
- The Contactless Payments Council has set up four new work groups to define and work on next activities. Work groups are: merchant business case, consumer education and awareness, security and mobile payments. The groups are now defining their initial activities.
- 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 (cmedich@smartcardalliance.org).
Identity Council
- The Identity Council published a new Q&A, Questions and Answers about the Proposed Use of RFID for U.S. Border Crossing Documents, as a companion to the white paper, The Consequences to Citizen Privacy and National Security in Adopting RFID Technology for Border Crossing Identity Documents.
- The Identity Council is starting outreach in several states to educate media on technology choices for enhanced driver's licenses.
- The Council has established a new online identity authentication work group. The work group has started a new white paper, Using the PIV Model for Enterprise Access Control. If you are interested in participating in this project, please contact Bray Becker (bray.becker@lmco.com), who is leading this effort, or Cathy Medich (cmedich@smartcardalliance.org). The work group is also developing a statement of work for a second white paper, Improving Trust in Internet Identities. We are currently looking for additional member contributors for this project; if you are interested in participating in the Internet identities project, please contact John McKeon (jmckeon@us.ibm.com), who is leading this effort, or Cathy Medich (cmedich@smartcardalliance.org).
- 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 (cmedich@smartcardalliance.org).
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 (cmedich@smartcardalliance.org).
- If you are interested in forming or participating in an Alliance council, contact Cathy Medich (cmedich@smartcardalliance.org). Click here to download a description of the council structure, proposal process and council interest feedback form.
New Members
AWID, Morgan Hill, CA www.awid.com
Membership Level: General
Contact: Bill Kuypers, Vice President
Description: RFID Systems for access control and asset systems using reader and tag systems.
American Banknote, Fort Lee, NJ www.americanbanknote.com
Membership Level: General
Contact: John Ekers, VP Technology
Description: a global manufacturer of plastic cards used for identification, payment, and security applications
Web Site News
Updated web content
October 2007 web statistics
- 70,782 visitor sessions for the month
- 2,283 visitor sessions per day
- 389,578 total page views for the month
- 48,986 Industry News items viewed
- 2,721 Card Reader Catalog items displayed
- 7,263 PDF downloads
- 32,914 Product and Service Directory page views
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.
November 2007
- Associated Press, 11/3/2007, Some question security of enhanced drivers’ license plan [link not available]
- Burlington Free Press (AP), 11/4/2007, Critics call border plan for licenses insecure
- The Columbian (AP), 11/5/2007, Some question security of drivers license plan
- engadget, 11/5/2007, Smart Card Alliance calls RFID licenses unsafe
- Foster’s Daily Democrat (AP), 11/5/2007, Enhanced drivers’ license plan questioned
- The Green Sheet, 11/12/2007, Contactless still in the race
- Insurance Journal (AP), 11/6/2007, Security of Vermont’s Enhanced Drivers’ License Questioned
- Laconia Citizen (AP), 11/5/2007, Enhanced drivers’ license plan questioned
- Newsday, 11/3/2007, Some question security of enhanced drivers’ license plan [link not available]
- Penton Insight, 11/1/2007, White Paper Helps Security Directors Migrate To FIPS 201 [link not available]
- The Rutland Herald (AP), 11/5/2007, Some question security of drivers license plan
- The Times Argus (AP), 11/5/2007, Some question security of drivers license plan
- Tri City Herald (AP), 11/3/2007, Some question security of drivers license plan
- USA Today, 11/21/2007, One more thing cellphones could do: Replace wallets
- WCAX-TV (AP), 11/4/2007, Some question security of drivers license plan
- Wireless News (10Meters.com), 11/4/2007, Smart Card Alliance Names New Board Members and Executive Leadership for 2008 [link not available]
October 2007
- CardLine, 10/19/2007, Charlie Card Use Reaches 60% at Boston Transit Stations [link not available]
- CardLine, 10/12/2007, Meijer Benefits by Making Just 1% of Transactions Contactless [link not available]
- Contactless News, 10/13/2007, Smart Card Alliance Conference day 2 roundup
- Dark Reading, 10/26/2007, SCA Names New Board, Execs
- Dark Reading, 10/15/2007, Smart Card Alliance Highlights Healthcare
- Data Collection Online, 10/29/2007, Smart Card Alliance Announces New Board Members And Executive Leadership For 2008
- EMS Responder.com, 10/1/2007, Money Woes Slow Adoption of First-Responder ID Cards
- Governnment Computer News, 10/18/2007, Using RFID delays DHS Pass card release
- More RFID, 10/11/2007, Smart Card Alliance Conference Highlights
- Network World, 10/18/2007, Hospital puts medical records snapshot on smart cards
- Progressive Railroading, 10/16/2007, Transit agencies continue to push the fare collection technology envelope, smart-card association says
- RFID Solutions Online, 10/29/2007, Smart Card Alliance Announces New Board Members And Executive Leadership For 2008
- RFID Solutions Online, 10/21/2007, Smart Card Award: Corestreet Named “Best of Show” At 2007 Smart Card Alliance Conference
- RFID Solutions Online, 10/11/2007, Smart ID Issuing Underway For Federal Employees, Maritime Workers And Registered Travelers
- St. Albans Messenger (VT), 10/24/2007, New driver’s licenses carry security flaw
- SecureID News, 10/19/2007, Corestreet named “Best of Show” at Smart Card Alliance Conference
- SecureID News, 10/13/2007, Smart Card Alliance Conference day 2 roundup
- SecureID News, 10/10/2007, Smart Card Alliance Conference roundup
- SecurityInfoWatch, 10/22/2007, Smart Card Alliance Conference Highlights
- Sys-con media, 10/12/2007, Smart Cards Key to Mobility and Security
- Sys-con media, 10/10/2007, Smart Card Alliance Conference Highlights
- Telecom Paper, 10/30/2007, Smart Card announces board, executive committee for 2008 [link not available]
- Washington Technology, 10/18/2007, Alliance: Pass card deadline impractical
- Washington Technology, 10/1/2007, A matter of funding
- Wireless News (10Meters.com), 10/16/2007, Smart Cards Key to Mobility and Security From Payment to Personal Healthcare Records [link not available]
- Wireless News (10Meters.com), 10/16/2007, Smart Card Alliance Conference Highlights [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 1-954-642-8969 or ebetts@smartcardalliance.org. Memberships are available for Leadership Council, General, Government, and Associate levels.
In May, 2007 the Smart Card Alliance held the first smart card business conference and exhibition in Mexico City. The two day event, developed jointly with the GlobalPlatform organization featured drew more than 200 attendees and featured industry experts from across the Latin American region representing the government ID and security markets and the bank card and mobile payments markets. The event was the first of many future educational and business networking events planned to unite the suppliers and issuers of smart card technology together under the guidance of the Smart Card Alliance Latin American Chapter.
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.
- NEW Website. The Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) website has been redesigned with all new content. The new web site URL is http://latinamerica.smartcardalliance.org; or you can select “Latin America Chapter” from the Smart Card Alliance home page.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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