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AMAG Technology's Symmetry Software Portfolio Becomes FIPS 197 Certified

Smart Card Alliance — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:29:00 -0400

Torrance, CA, September 2, 2010–AMAG Technology, a security management and digital video solution provider, announces that its Symmetry Security Management software portfolio has obtained Federal Information Processing Standard 197 (FIPS 197) certification.

FIPS 197 is the US Government specification for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has set up a validation program for the AES implementations that includes passing the Advanced Encryption Standard Algorithm Validation Suite in a NIST National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program accredited Cryptographic Module Testing laboratory.

Considered a benchmark for security in government, FIPS 197 is used by Federal departments and agencies when security information needs cryptographic protection. Symmetry’s FIPS 197 certification meets the requirements of numerous Federal government customers.

“The FIPS 197 certification demonstrates AMAG’s commitment to the Federal market to provide security that meets the highest government standards,” said AMAG Technology, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Matt Barnette.

For more information about AMAG Technology’s FIPS 197 Certified Symmetry Product Portfolio, visit http://www.amag.com or contact Customer Service at 800-889-9138.

About AMAG Technology

AMAG Technology’s Symmetry Security Management and Video Solutions can be found in a wide spectrum of markets: government, commercial, education, transportation, healthcare, utilities and banking. Based out of Torrance, California with sales and support located throughout the US, AMAG sells its Symmetry Product Portfolio of access control and network video systems through its Symmetry Authorized Resellers throughout North America. AMAG Technology is part of G4S Technology, a leading manufacturer of scalable, integrated security management systems headquartered in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. AMAG Technology has been at the leading edge of access control technology for over 30 years.

Contact

Kim Rahfaldt
Public Relations Manager, AMAG Technology
Kim.Rahfaldt@amag.com, 920-262-9822

Executive Director's Letter - August 2010

Smart Card Alliance — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:48:00 -0400

2010 Member Survey results ranks meetings and papers at the top of Smart Card Alliance membership value

As the summer draws to a close, and so ends the brief respite from the frenetic pace of our busy careers, now is a good opportunity to assess what we accomplished in the last year and recommit ourselves to improve the things we could have done better.

The results from the 2010 Smart Card Alliance Annual Member Survey have been tabulated and analyzed. Our members responded in great numbers, with 47.3% of all member organizations participating. One question we ask is for members to give us a score on a 100 point scale that indicates satisfaction with the Alliance, with a score of 80 or higher meaning “clearly satisfied.” Our average satisfaction rating for 2009/2010 was 85.2. In addition 89.1% of the survey respondents gave the Alliance a score of 80 or higher, which is the highest percentage of clearly satisfied members that we have ever had. The Board of Directors , the staff and I consider this figure to be the best measure of whether the Smart Card Alliance is fulfilling its mission in the eyes of our supporters and the overall smart card industry. Read more…

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Smart Card Alliance Holds Transportation Council Meeting Hosted by MTA New York City Transit

Smart Card Alliance — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:41:00 -0400

Princeton Junction, NJ, August 30, 2010–Open standards payment for public transportation will be the focus of the Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council two-day meeting hosted by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority / New York City Transit in New York City on September 22nd and 23rd. In addition to roundtable discussions and presentations, the meeting will be highlighted by a tour of the New York/New Jersey Contactless Fare Payment Trial.

The meeting is open to all Smart Card Alliance members, Transportation Council members, and non-member transportation agencies. The agenda and registration information is available at http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?i=a386d1d2-341f-4038-b707-4b37c22eaee0.

“This is an ideal time and place for our members and transportation industry professionals to meet, learn and share knowledge about the latest innovations in transit and payments,” said Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the Smart Card Alliance. “The New York/New Jersey open standards fare payment trial is a prime example of transit agencies establishing goals to improve the efficiency of their fare collection systems and convenience for commuters.”

The New York/New Jersey Contactless Fare Payment Trial involves the Metropolitan Transportation Authority / New York City Transit, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and New Jersey Transit. In the trial, commuters use a contactless MasterCard® PayPass™ or Visa® payWave® card or device to pay directly for fares with their credit or debit card accounts. Meeting attendees will tour locations where this trial has been operational since June 1, 2010. For more information about the trial, visit http://www.ridenynj.com.

“We are pleased to be welcoming the Smart Card Alliance to New York, and look forward to learning more about other projects around the world. In addition, we are happy to give our colleagues a demonstration of the New York/New Jersey Transit Trial, which commenced on June 1, 2010. The technology that we’re testing will make life easier for our customers and help reduce our cost of doing business at the same time,” said MTA chairman and CEO Jay H. Walder. “By using an open network, we’ll break down regional barriers and let people travel across the region with a card that’s already sitting in their wallets.”

Council meeting agenda topics include updates on active and planned open standards transit payments projects from leading U.S. and international transit agencies. The Alliance has invited representatives from transit agencies from New York/New Jersey, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Chicago, Paris, London and other cities to share their knowledge and experience on the challenges and opportunities to expand beyond closed loop fare payment approaches. They will examine and discuss how they can enable customers to access commuter rail, light rail, subways, and buses using contactless payment cards, stickers, and mobile devices for fare payment.

For more information about the Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council and to view available resources, visit http://www.smartcardalliance.org/pages/activities-councils-transportation.

About the Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council

The Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council is focused on promoting the adoption of interoperable contactless smart card payment systems for transit and other transportation services. The Council is engaged in projects that support applications of smart card use. The overall goal of the Transportation Council is to help accelerate the deployment of standards-based smart card payment programs within the transportation industry.

About the Smart Card Alliance

The Smart Card Alliance is a not-for-profit, multi-industry association working to stimulate the understanding, adoption, use and widespread application of smart card technology.

Through specific projects such as education programs, market research, advocacy, industry relations and open forums, the Alliance keeps its members connected to industry leaders and innovative thought. The Alliance is the single industry voice for smart cards, leading industry discussion on the impact and value of smart cards in the U.S. and Latin America. For more information please visit http://www.smartcardalliance.org.

2010 Continues to Be an Award-Winning Year in Innovation for Oberthur Technologies

Smart Card Alliance — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:51:00 -0400

Chantilly, VA August 19, 2010–Oberthur Technologies, one of the world’s largest providers of smart cards technology and related services, has received several prestigious awards for its innovation in the first part of 2010

In June, Oberthur received two International Innovation Awards from ACT Canada, a non-profit association that focuses on smart card technology in Canada. The International Innovation Awards recognize organizations that have introduced innovative new technologies, applications or services into the payment card market.

In the Banking Finance Service category, Oberthur’s Smart Pin won for being the first service that allows card issuers to securely deliver card PINs via mobile text message.
In the Business Model Service category, Oberthur’s EMV-In-A-Box won for being able to provide issuers a complete, turnkey EMV Migration solution- containing consultancy, training, project management and technical support- in as little as 12 weeks.

In May, Oberthur Technologies won the coveted Élan Award for Unique Innovation at the International Card Manufacturing Association (ICMA) EXPO, held in Scottsdale, Arizona. ICMA is the largest association of plastic card manufacturers and personalizers in the world. Its purpose is to promote the plastic card industry and the value of its products and services.

ICMA’s Élan provides the manufacturing industry’s only award that distinguishes the latest advancements and achievements in card design and technical innovation. Oberthur received recognition in three categories:

Unique Innovation for Oberthur Technologies’ contactless FlyBuy™ Sticker
Best Government Identification Card for the ID-One™ Cosmo smart card which features a variety of physical security elements including: unique holograms, changeable laser images, guilloche printing, micro-printing and optically variable inks
Judges’ Choice for Oberthur’s clear contactless smartcard with translucent black ink

In March, Oberthur Technologies won a 2010 Product Innovation Award from Network Products Guide, the leading information technology research and advisory guide. The award, in the Smart Card category, was for ID-One™ PIV, Oberthur’s fully federally compliant physical and logical security access card solution which offers identity proofing, card authentication, digital signature, fingerprint on-card comparison, encryption and secure post issuance management.

“Oberthur Technologies drives innovation through leveraging its 5 global R&D facilities,” said Martin Ferenczi, Managing Director, Americas, Card Systems Division at Oberthur Technologies. “These awards demonstrate our understanding of our customers’ needs and delivering useful solutions to meet those needs.”

About Oberthur Technologies

With sales of 904 million Euros in 2009, Oberthur Technologies is a world leader in the field of secure technologies. Innovation and high quality services ensure Oberthur Technologies’ strong positioning in its main target markets:

Card Systems: One of the world’s leading providers of security and identification based on smart card technology and associated services for mobile, payment, transport, digital TV and convergence markets.
Identity: International leader in manufacturing, personalization, and issuance systems for secure documents such as passports, identity cards, driving licenses, or healthcare cards - traditional and electronic - for both government and corporate sectors.
Fiduciary printing: World’s third largest private security printer specialized in high security for the production of banknotes, checks and other fiduciary documents in more than fifty countries.
Cash protection: World leader in the emerging market of intelligent systems to secure cash-in-transit and ATM. Close to its customers, Oberthur Technologies benefits from an industrial and commercial presence across all five continents.

Website: http://www.oberthur.com

U.S. Press Contact

Leana Benson Hersch
Phone: +1 310 868 1318
Email: l.hersch@oberthur.com

Are you still walking, or have you started cycling?

Smart Card Alliance — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:01:00 -0400

Zurich, August 2010–If you want to get around quickly and efficiently in Swiss cities like Lausanne, Vevey, Yverdon or Fribourg, then the hassle of looking for somewhere to park or wearing out the soles of your shoes could soon be a thing of the past. An innovative LEGIC based bike sharing system is taking over Switzerland.

It’s no secret that if you’re taking short trips in the inner city, the fastest, cheapest and most ecological way to travel is by bike. The Swiss company velopass GmbH has recognised this trend, and is working constantly to set up a national network of bike sharing stations. Based on self-service, this allows users to borrow bikes in a variety of Swiss towns and hand them back at any velopass destination station they choose, using just one card.

Hiring couldn’t be simpler: Users register online, and a few days later receive a contactless LEGIC card by post. From this moment on, all the velopass bikes in all the towns taking part are available for them to hire around the clock. The card serves as a means of identification and as an electronic key to the stations.

As a new LEGIC partner, velopass enjoys the great flexibility offered by the LEGIC advant contactless smart card technology. This enables both the integration of a large variety of different applications and also the extension of existing cards, and adapts flexibly to existing general conditions and technical infrastructures. Thus for example existing city cards, electronic travel cards or student cards for local passenger transport can be extended to include the velopass functionality.

The integration of the identification technology went smoothly together with the Italian LEGIC partner Communicare. They had already introduced the Bicincittà bike sharing system in Italy, which in the meantime is successfully in use in more than 40 towns and communities.

Now Switzerland is following. After the opening of two networks in summer 2009, Lausanne-Morges and Vevey, Fribourg (with citybike and electric bike) and Yverdon joined the velopass’network in 2010. Nearly 400 bikes are now available at a total of 28 stations in 8 cities. The offering is being taken up enthusiastically–especially as the first 30 minutes of every trip are free. The degree of convenience and flexibility which the operators have achieved with their system is unequalled in this sector to date.

Press contacts

Marcel Brand
Manager Marketing Communications
LEGIC Identsystems Ltd
Tel: +41 44 933 6464
mbrand@legic.com

About LEGIC® Identsystems Ltd

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, with headquarters in Switzerland, is a leader in the design and manufacture of 13.56 MHz contactless smart card technology. The LEGIC product portfolio includes highly integrated LEGIC RF Standard, ISO 15693 and ISO 14443 compliant read/write chip sets, security modules and transponder chips.

LEGIC Identsystems currently works with over 200 external co-operation partners world-wide who offer compatible LEGIC all-in-one-card applications including access control, e-payment, parking, e-ticketing and other multiapplications. More than 2 million readers and over 100 million credentials are successfully integrated in more than 60,000 work and leisure places worldwide.

Chinese card manufacturer counts on LEGIC® security

Smart Card Alliance — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:59:00 -0400

Zurich, August 2010–Shenzhen Card Intelligent Science & Technology, Chinese manufacturer of IC cards and electronic tags, is a new licence partner of LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, a leading manufacturer of contactless smart card technology for personal identification. The Chinese card manufacturer will be able to offer to its customers contactless IC cards based on the innovative LEGIC advant technology. The cards will also be used by end users in public transport services and universities.

Shenzhen Card Intelligent Science & Technology is a professional manufacturer of IC cards and electronic tags and was founded in 2004 as a corporation concentrating on IC card and RFID tag production. The company’s product portfolio covers all aspects of card manufacturing and services including the entire production process as well as the personalization, coding and programming.

“We look forward to work with the LEGIC advant technology that fulfils our over-all requirements in terms of flexibility and security. As our customers are from many different industries the basic identification technology has to be very flexible”, explains Yan Bin Jun, General Manager of Shenzhen Card Intelligent Science & Technology. “The decision for the LEGIC multi-application technology was definitely the right choice and an important step for our future business. It especially helps us to serve the growing needs to provide multi-service schemes in enhanced transport ticketing or smart campus cards in schools and universities.”

Dr Otto Eggimann, Vice President Sales and Business Development of LEGIC, expects a fruitful collaboration: “The flexibility of our technology was convincing. Shenzhen Card Intelligent Science & Technology has a good market position with a lot of interesting customers and prospects, of which we are also going to benefit from the partnership.

Press contacts

Frank Zhang
General Manager Business Unit Asia
LEGIC Identsystems Ltd
Tel: +86 21 6288 4107/8
fzhang@legic.com

Marcel Brand
Manager Marketing Communications
LEGIC Identsystems Ltd
Tel: +41 44 933 6464
mbrand@legic.com

About Shenzhen Card Intelligent Science & Technology

Shenzhen Card Intelligent Science & Technology is a professional manufacturer of IC cards and electronic tags and was founded in 2004 as a private-owned corporation concentrating on IC card and RFID tag production. Since its foundation, the company has been using the most advanced technology to create high quality brand and win customers via quality and service. The products include contact-based and contactless IC card and RFID tags (low/high/ultra high frequency).

About LEGIC® Identsystems Ltd

LEGIC Identsystems currently works with over 200 external co-operation partners world-wide who offer compatible LEGIC all-in-one-card applications including access control, e-payment, parking, e-ticketing and other multiapplications. More than 2 million readers and over 100 million credentials are integrated in more than 60,000 work and leisure places worldwide.

AMAG Technology Joins HID Global's Channel Partner Program

Smart Card Alliance — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:00:00 -0400

Membership in Advantage HID Channel Partner Program solidifies AMAG’s commitment to enhancing customer value

Torrance, Calif., August 12, 2010–AMAG Technology today announced that it has become a member of the Advantage HID Channel Partner Program (AHCPP). As an extension of Genuine HID™, the AHCPP is designed to assure the delivery of superior quality and service to HID Global end-users through a select network of sales channel partners.

AMAG Technology’s Symmetry™ Security Management Systems offer intelligent networked solutions scaled to manage access control and video management challenges from small, remote facilities to multi-national organizations positioned around the world. As a member of the Genuine HID AHCPP, AMAG works closely with HID Global to leverage the necessary resources, HID expertise and knowledge to deliver trusted, tailor-made solutions to organizations while providing superior service and support that enhances customer value.

“Customer satisfaction excellence is a critical factor in our customer’s ability to invest with confidence in Genuine HID solutions,” said Eric Widlitz, managing director, Americas, for HID Global. “As a member of the Advantage HID Partner Program, AMAG Technology forms an essential link in the HID Global value chain by extending the core Genuine HID principles of quality, service and integrity to their customers.”

AMAG’s Symmetry Security Management System offers users the next generation of security solutions, bringing the core aspects of building security to intelligent, unified solutions. The cutting edge technology within every Symmetry installation ensures ‘tight integration’ where there is seamless multi-way communication between the various technologies (including access control, video, visitor management, smart card and biometrics) all on one single platform. AMAG Technology prides itself on providing Exceptional Customer Service to its Symmetry Authorized Resellers, and can be found in a diverse range of markets including government, education, finance, transportation, healthcare and utilities.

“We are proud to become a member of the Advantage HID Channel Partner program and partner closely with a leading company that shares our focus on exceptional customer service and creating customer value with technology-based solutions,” said AMAG Technology President, Bob Sawyer. “AMAG customers value the strength and reliability of HID’s solutions and AMAG values the superior support we receive from HID Global.”

For more information about AMAG Technology’s Symmetry Product Portfolio, visit http://www.amag.com or contact Customer Service at 800-889-9138.

About AMAG Technology

About HID Global

HID Global is the trusted source for secure identity solutions for millions of customers around the world. Recognized for robust quality, innovative designs and industry leadership, HID Global is the supplier of choice for OEMs, system integrators, and application developers serving a variety of markets, including physical and logical access control, card personalization, e-government, cashless payment and industry and logistics. Headquartered in Irvine, California, HID Global has over 1,500 employees worldwide and operates international offices that support more than 100 countries. HID Global is an ASSA ABLOY Group brand. For more information, visit http://www.hidglobal.com.

LaserCard Receives a $550,000 Follow-On Order for Italian Citizen ID Cards

Smart Card Alliance — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:08:00 -0400

Mountain View, Calif., Aug. 11, 2010–LaserCard Corporation (NASDAQ:LCRD; http://www.lasercard.com), a leading provider of secure ID solutions, has received a purchase order to supply additional optical security media cards for Italy’s Citizen ID Card program, known as the Carta d’Identità Elettronica or CIE, to be delivered by November 2010. The highly secure, counterfeit-resistant ID cards are used by citizens for identification and travel.

The digital security of Italy’s Citizen ID Card has never been compromised, providing security and law enforcement authorities with an important asset in preventing counterfeiting and the fraudulent use of vital documents. In addition to this program, LaserCard’s multi-technology ID cards are also used by two key Italian government agencies–the Ministry of Justice and the Carabinieri, Italy’s National Police–to help protect their employees and provide secure access to government facilities.

“We are pleased to continue working with our partners and the Italian government to support the ongoing demand for this important national program,” said Robert DeVincenzi, President and CEO of LaserCard Corporation. “Italy’s continuing investment in secure ID credentials based on optical security media underscores the country’s commitment to protecting its internal security and the security of its borders through the valid identification of citizens.”

LaserCard’s advanced ID credentials are trusted by governments worldwide to protect the personal identification of their citizens, foreign residents and government employees, and to provide official documentation such as driver licenses and vehicle registration cards. LaserCard supplies ID credentials for government ID programs worldwide, including the next-generation U.S. Green Card, multiple programs in Italy, the Saudi Arabian and Angolan National ID Cards, the Costa Rica Foreign Resident Card, the Hungarian Professional Driver License and vehicle registration programs for three state authorities in India.

The purchase order was received from LaserCard’s Rome-based Authorized Value Added Reseller, Laser Memory Card S.p.A.

About LaserCard Corporation

LaserCard Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, is a leading provider of secure ID solutions to governments and commercial clients worldwide. It develops, manufactures, and integrates LaserCard® optical security media cards, multi-technology cards, encoders, peripherals, smart and specialty cards, biometrics, and modular software. The Company’s cards and systems are used in various applications, including citizen identification, border security, government service delivery and facility access.

For further information, please visit http://www.lasercard.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

All statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are not historical facts or guarantees of future performance or events. Rather, they are based on current expectations, estimates, beliefs, assumptions, and goals and objectives and are subject to uncertainties that are difficult to predict. As a result, our actual results may differ materially from the statements made. Often such statements can be identified by their use of words such as may, will, intends, plans, believes, anticipates, visualizes, expects, and estimates. Examples of forward-looking statements in this release include the expected date of delivery under the purchase order and the implication that the entire order will be delivered and the $550,000 recognized as revenue in future periods. This and other forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon our assumptions about and assessment of the future, which may or may not prove true, and involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to whether the customer’s scheduled delivery dates are rescheduled or canceled in whole or in part, whether the customer continues to purchase products from the Company and whether the Company encounters card production difficulties as well as the risk factors detailed in the Company’s Form 10-K and 10-Q filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in such reports. Due to these and other risks, future actual results could differ materially from the Company’s expectations. These forward-looking statements speak only as to the date of this release, and, except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release updates or revisions to these statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

For Further Information

Steven G. Larson, VP-Finance
(650) 969-4428
investorrelations@lasercard.com

ViVOtech Offers Voltage Security End-to-End Encryption for Its Contactless Payment Systems

Smart Card Alliance — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:07:00 -0400

Joins Voltage SecureData Open License Program

Santa Clara, Calif., August 10, 2010–Silicon Valley-based ViVOtech, the leader in Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile payments, loyalty and marketing applications and contactless NFC readers, and Voltage Security™, the global leader in end-to-end data protection, today announced that ViVOtech is implementing a Voltage-powered end-to-end encryption point-of-sales (POS) solution in its ViVOpay line of industry-leading contactless NFC payment terminals.

ViVOtech also announced it has joined the Voltage SecureData Open License Program as it dramatically lowers the barrier to implementing end-to-end encryption on POS devices, Electronic Cash Registers (ECRs), mobile payment devices and eCommerce Payment platforms. By using Voltage SecureData, ViVOtech solutions will provide merchants with a wider set of data protection solutions, incorporating end-to-end encryption and tokenization that significantly reduces the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) audit scope and meets or exceeds the recently published Visa Best Practices for Data Field Encryption and Tokenization.

“We are excited to work with Voltage on providing this expanded level of end-to- end security for our merchants and their payment providers. Voltage offers a strong track record of working with leading acquirers and merchants in the payment space,” said Mohammed Khan, president and founder of ViVOtech.

“ViVOtech is a leading innovator in the area of contactless and mobile payment systems. At Voltage our goal is to secure the payment stream across all device implementations, including contactless, mobile and other next generation solutions. Our hardware independent technology allows us to work in an easy, seamless way that provides maximum-strength security with a minimum of administrative hassle,” said Doug Dwyre, vice president of business development for Voltage Security.

ViVOtech payment solutions are powered by Voltage’s breakthrough Format-Preserving Encryption™ (Voltage FPE) and Voltage Identity-Based Encryption™ (Voltage IBE) technologies, which dramatically simplify the deployment and administration of encryption and key management, offering the following advantages:

Cardholder data is encrypted immediately at point of capture and remains protected end-to-end until card hand-off.
Key management is simplified–no need to inject keys into devices or manually rotate encryption keys.
End-to-end encryption can be applied across the widest range of form factors.

Voltage end-to-end payment security solutions are available integrated with a variety of hardware platforms and as a software-only implementation for e-commerce. For a full list of Voltage payment partners please visit: http://www.voltage.com/partners/payment.htm.

About Voltage Security

Voltage Security, Inc., an enterprise security company, is an encryption innovator and global leader in end-to-end data protection. Voltage solutions, based on next generation cryptography, provide end-to-end encryption, tokenization, masking and simplified key management for protecting sensitive information such as card holder data. Voltage products enable reduction in PCI audit cost with rapid implementation and the lowest total cost of ownership in the industry through the use of award-winning cryptographic solutions, including Voltage Identity-Based Encryption™ (IBE) and a new breakthrough innovation: Format-Preserving Encryption™ (FPE). Offerings include Voltage SecureMail™, Voltage SecureData™, Voltage SecureFile™ and the Voltage SecureMail Network™ (VSN), an on-demand managed service for the extended business network.

As a service to the industry and general public, the company maintains the Voltage Data Breach Index and Map which is continuously updated with global data breach information: http://www.voltage.com/data-breach. The Company has been issued several patents based upon breakthrough research in mathematics and cryptographic systems. Customers include Global 1000 companies in banking, retail, insurance, energy, healthcare and government. To learn more about Voltage customers and sign up for the customer news letter please visit http://www.voltage.com/customers.

About ViVOtech

ViVOtech (http://www.vivotech.com) is the leading end-to-end enabler of next-generation mobile payments, loyalty and marketing solutions. ViVOtech provides mobile payment solutions, mobile marketing and loyalty applications software for existing mobile devices, as well as Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled mobile handsets, Over-The-Air (OTA) provisioning infrastructure software, NFC smart posters and contactless terminals. ViVOtech’s products are used by most prominent retailers all over the globe; the company has shipped more than 725,000 contactless and NFC payment terminals to more than 35 countries. In 2009, ViVOtech received the prestigious Frost and Sullivan North American Smart Cards Product Line Strategy of the Year Award. In 2010, ViVOtech received the 2010 Mobility Award for its NFC mobile ViVOwallet software, Smart Card Alliance Award “Outstanding Smart Card Achievement” (OSCA) Award for Innovation in Payments Technology and the Contactless Intelligence “Monkey” Awards for Competitive Advantage through Technology used by Citi Tap and Pay NFC Pilot. ViVOtech’s investors include Citi, First Data Corporation, Motorola Ventures, NCR and Nokia Growth Partners.

LaserCard Receives Follow-on Order for Next-Generation U.S. Green Cards

Smart Card Alliance — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:55:00 -0400

U.S. Legal Residents to Benefit from First ID Card with Pioneering Combination of Optical Security Media, RFID, Biometrics

Mountain View, Calif., Aug. 9, 2010–LaserCard Corporation (NASDAQ:LCRD), a leading provider of secure ID solutions, announced receipt of a follow-on order for approximately $2.7 million of optical security media cards to be issued under the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Permanent Resident Card (“Green Card”) program. Deliveries of the cards are scheduled for the period August to December 31, 2010.

“The new Green Card builds on the proven security of its predecessor with many technology and security innovations, plus enhanced convenience for cardholders through the addition of an RFID tag to speed land border crossings,” said Robert DeVincenzi, President and CEO of LaserCard Corporation.

The new U.S. Green Card was judged the world’s leading government ID card in terms of technology and user utility in a July, 2010 report by analyst firm Frost & Sullivan, who describes the card as setting a new standard for international ID programs through the innovative application of security methods and technology.

LaserCard’s highly secure, advanced ID credentials are trusted by governments worldwide to protect the personal identification of their citizens, foreign residents and government employees, and to provide official documentation such as driver licenses and vehicle registration cards.

About LaserCard Corporation

For further information, please visit http://www.lasercard.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

All statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are not historical facts or guarantees of future performance or events. Rather, they are based on current expectations, estimates, beliefs, assumptions, and goals and objectives and are subject to uncertainties that are difficult to predict. As a result, our actual results may differ materially from the statements made. Often such statements can be identified by their use of words such as may, will, intends, plans, believes, anticipates, visualizes, expects, and estimates. Examples of forward-looking statements in this release include the expected date of delivery under the purchase order and the implication that the entire order will be delivered and the $2.7 million recognized as revenue in future periods. This and other forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon our assumptions about and assessment of the future, which may or may not prove true, and involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to whether the customer’s scheduled delivery dates are rescheduled or canceled in whole or in part, and whether the Company encounters card production difficulties as well as the risk factors detailed in the Company’s Form 10-K and 10-Q filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in such reports. Due to these and other risks, future actual results could differ materially from the Company’s expectations. These forward-looking statements speak only as to the date of this release, and, except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release updates or revisions to these statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Contacts

Steven G. Larson, VP-Finance

(650) 969-4428, investorrelations@lasercard.com

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2010 Continues to Be an Award-Winning Year in Innovation for Oberthur Technologies

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