Campus Cards, College and University Identification and Security

ISC Brasil 2008

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Dates: June 18-20, 2008
Venue: Transamerica Expo Center
Location: Sao Paulo, Brasil
URL: http://www.iscexpo.com.br/ Contact: ituca@alcantara.com.br

Description: ISC is one of the most recognized security shows around the world. It has more than 35 years experience in the USA and has been delivered with equal success in Brazil. ISC Brazil presents the leading international companies with the most innovative solutions for corporate buyers and offers a high quality learning program. [end] 

Cryptomathic data protection solution, CardInk, has been selected by Sagem Orga do Brasil smart card manufacturer to deliver secure EMV debit and credit cards.

As the second generation of EMV data preparation system for single and multiple application cards, CardInk works to issue MULTOS cards. This addresses the growing need for deploying multiple-application cards to end-users in the secure banking community.

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Cubic has announced that the sate of Queensland, Australia has issued its one millionth Go Card under Cubic’s contactless fare collection system TransLink.

Queensland’s Premier Anna Bligh personally handed out the one millionth card to Wellington Point resident Jill De Gros during a ceremony in Brisbane.

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The Canadian contactless payments market is set to take off as large stores rapidly adopt the new technology, and smaller merchants threaten to make the jump as well, according to itbusiness.ca.

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Companiesandmarkets.com has released a new report providing statistics on market size, competitor market shares and forecasts for the Japanese payment card market.

The report, “Payment Cards in Japan,” also provides an overview of regulation, competitor activities, issuer strategy and product innovation, including developments in contactless, mobile payments, online and prepaid cards up to 2014.

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SPYRUS Inc. has received a third FIPS 140-2 Level 3 verification for its Hydra Privacy Card, the first and only commercial product of its kind. The USB encryption devices have already received the certificate 1179 for file-based encryption and certificate 1320 for the SPYCOS crypto core, as well as the certificate 1394 for the XTS-AES sector-based encryption devices.

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Three Auburn University students aren’t thrilled with the school’s mandatory meal plan. They’re so “not thrilled” that they’ve filed suit against the university, claiming the plan violates restraint of trade and Alabama law.

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