Secure Technology Alliance

03/05/2019

Only one week until payments professionals from all over the industry gather for the 2019 Payments Summit! There's still time to register: https://www.stapayments.com/

02/18/2019

Healthcare is a prime hacking target – one stolen healthcare record is worth more than 10x the value of a SSN on the cyber black market. Check out our case study with Horizon BCBSNJ on preventing data breaches with safer, smarter identities:

Healthcare Industry Case Study: Preventing Data Breaches with Safer, Smarter Identities

02/11/2019

Internet-connected devices are creating a buzz – but what’s being done to keep us secure? Based on CES this year, it looks like the answer is “not much.” Read our blog on the issue at IoTSecurityConnection

During CES last week, you were likely inundated with announcements and demos of the hottest new internet-connected products. But as Lindsey O’Donnell points out in a recent article on ThreatPost, one thing you didn’t see was how to secure those devices.

10/03/2018

Do you have insights on recent developments in payments? Submit to speak at our 2019 Payments Summit in Phoenix March 11-14! https://www.stapayments.com/call-for-speakers/

09/14/2018

We’re hosting a webinar on IoT security risks and mitigation approaches October 11 at 2pm ET/11am PT. Register and hear about IoT security implementation use cases in industrial financial and automotive industries:

Free Alliance webinar to be held October 11, 2018 at 2pm ET/11am PT PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., September 13, 2018 – It has been almost two years since the record-breaking DDoS attacks used hundreds of thousands of IoT devices-turned-botnets to take down popular websites across the internet. But ho

12/19/2017

With all the IoT devices coming online, an automated way to connect them is needed, or else severe adoption bottlenecks will result. Learn more in our new post on IoTSecurityConnection and see how Intel is putting unique identifiers into their IoT chips, and how this will speed up IoT deployment.

Intel is putting enhanced security into its IoT technology that will positively impact the speed of the deployment of the IoT ecosystem at all levels.

10/16/2017

Our Access Control Council is holding a six-part webinar series on how to plan, procure and implement PIV-enabled physical access control systems (PACS) for government facilities. The webinar series was created for systems engineers, facility managers, physical security personnel, and other government facilities’ stakeholders.

The first webinar will be held on October 19, 2017 at 2:00 pm ET (11:00 am PT) and will provide an overview of the PACS landscape, identify the key stakeholders and outline what to know before starting a new project. To register, visit https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5564948691556327682.

The Secure Technology Alliance Access Control Council is holding a six-part webinar series on how to plan, procure and implement PIV-enabled physical access control systems (PACS) for government facilities. The series, created for systems engineers, facility managers, physical security personnel, an...

09/25/2017

Our IoT Payments event is coming up fast! Register now to hear first-hand from select speakers on the best strategies for developing solutions that meet the “big three” criteria for IoT payments success: security, mobility and usability. Get more info at https://www.iot-payments.com/

03/24/2017

[PODCAST] Executive Director Randy Vanderhoof shares his perspective on the expanded mission and new name of the Secure Technology Alliance, and looks forward to the future of the organization.

Listen to the re:ID podcast via Secure ID News here: https://www.secureidnews.com/news-item/episode-159-smart-card-alliance-expands-to-secure-technology-alliance/

03/15/2017

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03/08/2017

The Smart Card Alliance is now the Secure Technology Alliance! Find out about our name change + our broadened focus: https://www.securetechalliance.org/smart-card-alliance-becomes-secure-technology-alliance-as-the-organization-expands-its-mission-to-include-a-broader-view-of-security-technologies/

The Smart Card Alliance, known for propelling the adoption of smart card technology as the global standard for payment, identity, access and mobile application security, announced today it is expanding its charter to include a broader range of security and privacy-enhancing technologies. To reflect…

02/10/2017

By 2020, the world will have over 20 billion connected devices. With this growth, there is a critical need to ramp up the security of “things” and the data they create.

“Too often, security is an afterthought in emerging markets experiencing rapid growth, like the IoT, that are lacking strong standards and regulations,” said Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the Smart Card Alliance.

Read more on our IoT hub, IoTSecurityConnection: http://iotsecurityconnection.com/posts/new-primer-on-securing-the-iot

To guide the industry, the Smart Card Alliance’s Internet of Things Security Council put together a high-level educational resource, “Embedded Hardware Security for IoT Applications,” outlining the security value of embedded hardware technology in end devices used in IoT applications.