AlphaCard Blog - Security

Registered Traveler ID cards coming to D.C. airports

By Vicky Radcliff|2015-06-22T21:05:49+00:00November 14th, 2007|

Washington D.C. area airports may become the newest users of a unique travel ID card program. The Registered Traveler program, the brainchild of the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA), makes security checks at airports less of a hassle for frequent travelers. Registered travelers pay a small fee and then undergo a thorough background check before being issued an ID card which allows them to bypass the snaking lines of passengers that have become common at airport security checks.

[…]

Comments Off

El Paso ID Forgery Controversy Points to Larger ID Card Policy Issues

By Vicky Radcliff|2015-06-22T21:05:56+00:00November 5th, 2007|

El Paso, TX City Rep Rachel Quintana is in trouble – she’s currently under investigation for forgery, using an old ID card from her previous employment at FedEx to purchase a discounted ticket on Southwest Airlines. Several El Paso city officials believe that Quintana’s integrity has been severely challenged due to this incident – while some see it as a political stunt. Either way, Quintana used an ID card belonging to FedEx to purchase a ticket from Texas to California nearly one month after she left the company.

[…]

Comments Off

First Responders to receive smart, trackable ID cards

By Vicky Radcliff|2015-06-23T17:19:00+00:00October 19th, 2007|

What’s one of the most important things in disaster recovery? The natural response is to say to help – as much as possible and wherever needed. However, first responders – groups like fire fighters, police officers, medical personnel and the national guard, have recently struggled with responder tracking during major disasters like Hurricane Katrina and 9/11. Government officials struggle to locate, organize and effectively battle the crisis to which they are responding. First responders, who may quickly move from place to place and agency to agency in order to maximize efficiency and help, need to work and communicate quickly and focus as much as possible on the task at hand instead of the infrastructure of support.

[…]

Comments Off

Chinese RFID cards distributed to ensure happiness

By Vicky Radcliff|2015-06-23T17:19:06+00:00August 28th, 2007|

Authorities in Guangdong Province, China (one of the country’s wealthiest areas) have introduced a plan which aims to boost security, prevent crime, and make cities and villages in Guangdong safer for everyone. RFID cards, to be issued to all residents, are a key element of this plan. Citizens would be required to carry one of these ID cards on them at all times, and information from the cards will be used to bolster a government program called the “public security information network.” The RFID cards, which will hold information like bus records and credit card purchases, will likely transmit the information stored on the card to checkpoints at certain intervals. RFID cards, or contactless smart cards, have the ability to transmit information to a reader or interceptor through radio waves.

[…]

Comments Off

Pool ID cards help keep track of kids

By Vicky Radcliff|2015-06-23T17:19:10+00:00June 6th, 2007|

Ah, the idyllic days of summer, where the days consist of mischief, little league games, playing with friends, and swimming at the town pool. Perfect, right? Maybe for kids - but parents can quickly get worried when they don't know where little Johnny or Suzie ran off to. The Shanklin Municipal Pool in Goshen, Indiana has instituted an ID card program which city officials hope will help prevent this.

Comments Off

PA school district debates ID card policy

By Vicky Radcliff|2015-06-23T18:34:17+00:00June 1st, 2007|

Parents, students and teachers are at odds over a new ID card program proposed for the Dover, PA school district. Dover high recently added a comprehensive series of video surveillance cameras - 26 in all - in and around the high school campus. But, school administrators say, that's just not enough.

Comments Off

Town employees receive ID cards to ensure safety

By Vicky Radcliff|2015-06-23T17:19:14+00:00May 24th, 2007|

Officials were prompted to institute the new ID rule after a man in Marion, MA convinced residents he was the city's building inspector, allowing him to enter and rob homes easily. The city councilor in charge of the proposal says that the ID badge program is an easy and inexpensive way to assure residents that city employees are in fact who they say they are. The ID card initiative is hoped to prevent problems like those in Marion from occurring.

Comments Off

Gov. Gregoire claims new border ID will replace REAL ID requirements

By Vicky Radcliff|2015-06-23T17:19:17+00:00May 17th, 2007|

After publicly joining the governors of several other states in a clear disapproval of the REAL ID act of 2005, Washington governor Christine Gregoire has voiced support for a new state ID program that would replace the state’s requirements for the REAL ID card.

[…]

Comments Off

Irish ID Card Proposal to Limit Underage Drinking

By Vicky Radcliff|2015-06-23T17:19:21+00:00April 25th, 2007|

69% of Irish 16 and 17-year olds have admitted to underage drinking, and in a response, the Irish government is issuing a voluntary tamper-proof ID card, with plans to eventually make it compulsory.

Comments Off

RFID uses combine to create new retail security tool

By Vicky Radcliff|2015-06-23T18:16:46+00:00April 9th, 2007|

Traditionally, RFID use has been limited to two distinct areas - tracking and access control. A popular tool for tracking shipments and bulk orders, manufacturers and shippers put RFID chips in stored merchandise in order to make shipping and package movement more efficient and less wasteful. More secure RFID chips embedded in employee ID cards are helpful in ensuring access control in secure and sensitive work environments.

Comments Off

Security

Categories