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• SCALA Associate Director’s Letter

  In the past months our organization had been extremely busy working to successfully hold the C4–SCALA Annual conference (July 6 – 8, 2009) in order to help expand the use and understanding of smart card technology in the areas of Financial Payments. Our joint event created an open forum to discuss where the technology is leading us, but also to understand why the end users acquire them.

• Article: Secure Card Personalization

  In addition to incorporating smart card technology, the design of a secure credential must also focus on the personalization of the plastic to ensure that the visual identity badge is tamper-proof and cannot be copied. Many visual technologies are available in the market that can be specified to increase the integrity of the ID card.