HID Global along with INSIDE Contactless is adding another major innovation to already exhausting credentials by introducing iClass access controls to the handsets that are NFC-enabled. This along with identity credentials will result in the plastic cards that are used today being replaced by applications that are helpful in identifying the consumer or the commercial. Thus being a one of a kind venture in the field of cell phone security.

News concerning such issues doesn’t generally receive a lot of attention in the media and mostly remain ignored or unnoticed but when a little birdie spreads the word that INSIDE Contactless has certain monetary dealings with the two moguls in the mobile handset industry namely Unlocked Nokia Cell Phones and Motorola, it is bound to cause a stir. This also brings to the forefront the biggest problem to the venture i.e. the lack of NFC-enabled phones available in the market today. Keeping this in mind the thought of owning a phone that would enable contactless payments and identification possible seems far-fetched. But again that is a different story altogether and doesn’t call for concern or alarm and should be left to the initiators to worry about.

Sources from inside the company reveal that INSIDE has gone so far, as to update its micro read NFC controller to make use of the required protocols and command sets so that it can communicate with the HID iClass readers. The company has also decided to feature iClass support in all the NFC products that will be launched by them in the future. This will ensure that users using INSIDE’s iClass enabled microread NFC controller will now be able to use the iClass virtual credentials support upon requirement. In order to use these virtual credentials and the credential management and crypto functions, they have to be activated. The software’s are provisioned by HID Global and it is they who will activate your required credentials.