When it comes to computer hackers going after corporate data networks, “we’re not winning,” FBI executive assistant director Shawn Henry told Devlin Barrett of the Wall Street Journal last week. The comment is true, considering that 2011 brought us 535 breaches, with 30.4 million sensitive records involved.  The biggest breaches included Sony, Epsilon and NASDAQ.  [...]

With a presidential election upon us this year, voter ID is once again a big issue in the US.  So as to ensure that every voter in November’s ballots is indeed who they claim to be, many believe that voters should be required to show their driver’s license (the de facto form of ID for [...]

This week the Gemalto team is in Las Vegas for ISC West 2012, teaming up with other companies in the Smart Card Security Pavilion (booth 16143) to showcase some of our security solutions for government and enterprise. Some of the technologies within the Pavilion may be new to some.  Most security professionals are familiar with [...]

How many trains have you missed because you’re stuck in line waiting to a buy a ticket or to refill your fare card?  Even missing one is probably one too many.  If you follow the transit industry, you may have heard that several large U.S. agencies have announced plans to move to open fare transit [...]

Facebook and Google have been under the spotlight recently for the way they deal with online identities. These are just some of the most high profile examples, but have helped drive heightened awareness of our online identities and privacy settings. This week’s SXSWi is understandably awash with debates about what the future might look like [...]

This week the Gemalto team heads to the 19th annual South by Southwest Interactive(SXSWi) festival in my hometown of Austin, Texas.  We will be there from March 9th to the 13th hosting the IdeaNext lounge (check out http://www.ideanext-gemalto.com/home for all the details). Though many think of music, film, and media when they think of SXSW, [...]

This week, Gemalto is heading to Washington, DC for the Smart Card Alliance’s annual government conference.  We will be blogging from the event and after, as there is sure to be a lot of news regarding some of the most pressing topics in government, healthcare and trusted IDs on the Internet. Some of the topics [...]