Software giant tightens up in-house security after hacker break-in. With notable exceptions such as the U.S. Defense Department, smart cards that contain encryption-based digital certificates for ...

On Monday, the Redmond, Wash., software giant announced a deal to acquire Ottawa-based Alacris, an ISV partner and maker of ID and smart-card management software, for an undisclosed amount and to ...

Microsoft Tuesday released the next beta of its Certificate Lifecycle Manager, a key piece of security infrastructure that supports deployments of two-factor authentication, such as smart cards.

Microsoft has acquired Alacris, a vendor of certificate management and identity assurance software products, the companies announced Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Each of Alacris’ 24 ...