lifeasdaddy - Security technology providers at the London 2012 Olympics. You'd need to be a mojor sponsor.

Interesting story here on BBC news.  Apparently, the technology security at the London 2012 Olympics will be provided by major sponsor VISA.  This could lead to some less than optimum approaches:

Establishing identity was a crucial way of filtering out terrorists intent on disrupting the games, Mr Wyatt said in his keynote speech to the InfoSecurity conference in London last week.

He outlined some of the technologies that could play a part in providing a secure authentication system, including Transport for London's Oyster card and a mobile authentication system developed by Nokia.

But, he said, neither would make it to the table because neither of these firms were sponsors of the games.

"We will have to wait for Visa to come forward with a system to cover the ticketing and ID system," he said.

Derek Wyatt MP was speaking at a conference.  His comments have been picked up widely on the internet. 

[   tip from Schneier ]