Last month ended with the conclusion of our 3rd Annual Payments Summit in Salt Lake City and March has been a continuation of non-stop conferences one after the other involving IT security (RSA Conference), healthcare (HIMSS), mobile (International CTIA Wireless), physical access security (ISC West), and banking (BITS Financial Services Roundtable Fraud Steering Committee meeting). And April will start with the joint government Interagency Advisory Board (IAB)/Smart Card Alliance meeting on April 1st. Despite the strain of a seemingly endless flow of planes, trains, and automobiles related to attending all but one of these events, having the opportunity to be engaged in so many different markets in a compressed period of time is one of the most stimulating aspects of my work for the Smart Card Alliance. Read more…