Campus Cards, College and University Identification and Security

Microsoft’s Bill Gates expresses strong support for smart cards, PKI, biometrics

Thursday, May 6, 2004 in Library

Microsoft is serious about security and sees a growing role for smart cards, PKI, and biometrics. It unleashed a 20-city Microsoft Summit tour in April, while its CEO, Steve Ballmer, talked up security and the software giant’s role in it, in an April speech to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and other government officials in Washington. Meanwhile, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates made it clear in a six-page e-mail to subscribers at the end of March that “security is as big and important a challenge as any our industry has ever tackled.”

There are 820 words in the rest of this article …

Library Access Required

Library subscribers have access to the full archives of more than 10,000 original news items and feature articles published by AVISIAN’s suite of ID technology publications (ContactlessNews.com, CR80News.com, DigitalIDNews.com, FIPS201.com, NFCNews.com, RFIDNews.org, SecureIDNews.com, and ThirdFactor.com).

For just $99, you receive unlimited password-protected access to content on all of AVISIAN’s sites for an entire year. Your subscription helps fund the continued creation of independent, insightful content. Find out more.

Sign in as a Subscriber

If you are already a subscriber, you may sign in now. Enter your Email Address and Password and click Sign In.

Email Address →
Password →
Action →

If you have forgotten your password, enter just your Email Address, and click Send Password.

Email Address →
Action →
Place your ad here for just $200

Text ads on CR80News bring 70,000+ impressions each month.

Click to learn more

Listen to the latest re:ID Podcast


The weekly podcast covers relevant issues and breaking news from AVISIAN's suite of ID technology publications.

Listen now.