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It was a great privilege for Michael and I to attend a reception at Buckingham Palace for this year’s recipients of the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.The Reception was hosted by HRH Prince Charles and flanked by Princess Beatrice and the Duke of Gloucester. Around 500 guests from winning companies sipped champagne and nibbled on hors d’oeuvres in t..

For those that are unsure what Identity Week is, it comprises of three big world events – SDW (Secure Document World), Digital:ID and Planet Biometrics. This event aims to help create a more secure world, where trusted identity solutions enable different industries to provide citizens, customers and employees with a wide range of services, entitlem..

This new composite authentication solution, put simply an authentication solution that utilises dozens of methods, will transform the way your organisation protects the integrity of digital applications. Using a composite authentication approach, this solution exceeds two-factor (2FA) and multi-factor (MFA) authentication to secure every user, appl..

Universal Smart Cards are pleased to announce the addition of the all new MIFARE® DESFire® Light card to our product range. This latest member of the MIFARE® DESFire® family, brings with it a whole host of benefits and is ideal for limited and extended use applications.MIFARE® have designed their latest DESFire chip with single-application uses in ..

Universal Smart Cards is extremely proud to announce being awarded a Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade.The company was originally founded in Hertfordshire, and now has its Sales & Marketing teams based in Lancashire at Rising Bridge, Accrington, and the Technical and Fulfilment Centre in Portsmouth.Having shipped over 136 million ..

Universal Smart Cards will be attending the world’s largest Internet of Things conference on the 25th April. The expo event will bring together key industries from all over the globe, giving people the chance to explore the latest innovations within the Internet of Things and covers the impact it has on the many industries including manufacturing, ..

For those that haven’t heard of HESCA, it stands for Higher Education Smart Campus Association. Their aim is to provide establishments with a platform to discuss the development and the introduction of smart technology solutions for education campuses. During their events they include a number of presentations from British and international special..

The mobile World Congress is the largest mobile event, which brings all of the latest innovations and leading-edge technology together from more than 2,000 companies. The MWC has a highly-rated conference programme assembling latest’s visionaries to explore the hottest assets in the industry. It gives people the opportunity to get educated through ..

Smart card specialist, Universal Smart Cards have launched the exclusive developer kit for Java Card. The state-of-the-art tool comes as a result of an innovative partnership between Universal Smart Cards and German semiconductor and systems solution manufacturer, Infineon.The kit is designed to work with the latest Java Card platform from Infineon..

Universal have been undergoing a huge project! The move of the technical centre has just finished its final stages and are now settled in to the new establishment. For this move to happen it has taking a lot of hard work and dedication from everyone down at the centre.The technical centre offers a variety of services such as; personalisation, secur..