Under a new homeland security directive, all government workers must authenticate their identities with "smart cards" before performing simple tasks like faxing or scanning documents over e-mail. The ...

OMEC Smart Card LLC is considering Northeast Ohio for its first North American facility, according to a news release. The Shanghai, China-based company is "considering the purchase" of a building in ...

ID authentication specialist Yubico is making a bid to replace federal employees’ smart cards with its little USB keystick, known as a YubiKey. “Several agencies are gearing up large-scale ...

Thanks to smart cards, U.S. Navy ships are no longer “floating banks,” troops stationed overseas don’t have to carry large amounts of cash, and the U.S. doesn’t have to ship boatloads of currency to ...