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Join Us for an IdentityU Event: White Hat Security Seminar
Someone once said “On the internet, no one knows you’re a dog.” The bigger truth is, in the digital world, it is hard to really know who anyone is. This creates real problems for those of us tasked with securing buildings, data and entire organizations. Before we can grant privileges, we need to authenticate the identity of the requestor. But as we see every day, the traditional means of identity authentication are not always effective from keeping prying eyes off of your data, email and cloud resources. Please join us along with...
Read More Leave A CommentIdentive NFC Tags Power Dubai Shopping Mall Loyalty Program
Dubai’s Wafi Shopping Mall recently introduced a new service that enables its shoppers to collect and redeem loyalty points through their mobile device using either NFC or Bluetooth technology. With the new app developed by ViaFone Technologies and powered by Identive NFC tags, shoppers will have the ability to share information with friends via social media channels, receive instant notifications of special offers or promotions, and collect personalized discounts. Prior to the new service, Wafi Rewards members faced the tedious task of having to carry around physical loyalty cards in...
Read More Leave A CommentIdentive’s NFC Tags Selected by Store Electronic Systems for Innovative Retail Application
NFC tags power electronic shelf labels to deliver product information directly to consumers’ smartphones Store Electronic Systems (SES) (NYSE Euronext: SESL, FR0010282822), the leader in Electronic Shelf Labeling (ESL) systems for food and non-food retail, had recently selected Identive’s near field communication (NFC) tags to power innovative electronic shelf labels that allow consumers to access a wealth of information about product pricing, composition, origin and manufacturing, through a smartphone. Three million Identive NFC tags have been ordered for this ground-breaking retail application, which is the world’s largest of its kind....
Read More Leave A CommentIdentive Heads to the 4th Annual Auto-ID & Sensing Solutions Expo
As we near the universal, widespread adoption of NFC technology, the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge along with our friends at NFC Bootcamp have launched an inaugural three-day event of what they call “NFC Week” in Boston. Preceded by a two-day NFC Bootcamp currently under way, where a number of our Software Development Kits will be used by attendees, the 4th Annual Auto-ID & Sensing Expo will kickoff tomorrow, June 13th, at the MIT Media Lab. The Identive team will be well represented among other industry thought leaders throughout the RFID, NFC...
Read More Leave A CommentRecord Number of Healthcare Facility Public-Safety Related Deaths in 2012
Hospitals are becoming a more dangerous place to work, according to a report published by the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety. IAHSS reports that the number of homicides at member facilities is the highest for the 20 years it has been keeping such statistics. According to the report, in addition to the 8 reported deaths, healthcare facility crime increased in nearly every category since the most recent survey in 2010, with significant rise in the number of simple assaults, larceny and thefts, vandalism, rape and other sexual assaults. A...
Read More Leave A CommentHIPAA Enforcement Widens
Too many small and medium size organizations believe that governance and compliance are things that only the “big guys” need to worry about, and delay implementing measures that provide proper levels of security. And, as with most government compliance mandates, enforcement did start at the top, as HHS targeted organizations like Blue Cross of Tennessee ($1.7M fine) and the Alaska Department of Health ($1.5M fine) for data breaches as defined under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). But the recent loss a laptop that contained patient data at the...
Read More Leave A CommentIdentive Introduces Innovative Payment Tag for Mobile Phones
• Patent-pending peel & stick RFID tag enables contactless payments on current generation smartphones • Technology utilizes standard card production processes SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 22, 2012 – Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), a provider of products and services for the identification, security and RFID industries, today announced tomPAY™, an innovative radio frequency identification (RFID) peel & stick tag that allows payment card manufacturers to offer contactless payment capabilities using consumers’ existing mobile devices. The new tag is being showcased at the NFC Solutions Summit, a conference and exhibit...
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