Incubator Program Yields BLE and NFC Credentialing

DATE: Thu, Sep 25, 2025
PUBLICATION: RFID Journal

Technology consulting company Exponent has finished the second phaseof a project for the Kantara Initiative, Identity and Privacy Incubatory (KIPI) program to provide mobile authentication and credentialing for emergency responders. The system enables the use of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Near Field Communication (NFC) withNIST‘s OPACITY standard so that individuals can identify themselves automatically via their smartphone.