Gemalto have announced that the MEDEA+ ONOM@TOPIC+ project has won the EUREKA Innovation finalist trophy. This pan-European award shows Gemalto’s innovation capacity applied to two domains: in providing citizens with secure interoperable eGovernment services, and in delivering advanced mobile solutions. Leading a consortium of top-tier industrial players, Gemalto developed innovations that have led to real-life… Read More
38 strong years and counting – IFSEC 2010 review
Posted by Lina Rudinskaite, UBM Live For the 38th successive year, IFSEC delivered a first-class event for the international security industry when it took place from 10 – 13 May 2010 at the NEC Birmingham. Established as the world’s largest annual security event, thousands of visitors descended on Birmingham to see more than 750 industry-renowned… Read More
Gemalto R&D project selected for pan-european EUREKA innovation award
Gemalto has announced that the MEDEA+ ONOM@TOPIC+ project has been short-listed as one of the three finalists for the EUREKA Innovation award. EUREKA is a pan-European initiative uniting 38 member countries with shared goal to support companies and research institutes in transnational R&D projects. The selection by the EUREKA jury demonstrates Gemalto’s innovation capacity applied… Read More
Infineon Announces Production of Security Chips in U.S. Foundry; IBM Burlington Plant Qualified to Supply Security Chips for Secure Government ID Programs
Infineon Technologies AG have announced that IBM will manufacture Infineon-designed highly-secure integrated circuits (ICs) used for secure identification applications, including electronic passports compliant with international travel regulations and the U.S. Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards. The planned production at IBM’s chip fabrication plant in Burlington, Vermont, provides U.S. manufactured components for suppliers to U.S. government… Read More
BSI chooses the GlobalTester™ developed by HJP to test the new ID card
HJP Consulting is expanding the GlobalTester Software™ for the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) in order to implement the conformity tests for the new German ID card and the associated reading devices. Following successful use with the conformity tests for e-passports, the BSI will once again be using the GlobalTester™ platform to evaluate the test specifications provided by… Read More
Seamless travel throughout Europe on a single smart card:
Calypso, ITSO & VDV are the first to demonstrate interoperable multi-application smart ticketing in international public transport use. Three European smart ticketing organisations Calypso Networks Association (Belgium), ITSO (UK) and VDV (Germany) have demonstrated that a single smart card can be used for public transport across all three ticketing systems. In an innovative international multi-application demonstration, tickets from three national transport ticketing… Read More
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