9 Computer software and firmware for the identification and authentication of near field communication (NFC) tags; Computer software for issuing and managing encrypted and digitally signed and authenticated identity representation data for use in the field of physical and logical access control, stored value transactions, transactions involving secure identity, and transactions involving biometric data; computer software for generating and managing secure identity representation data; mobile device software for downloading and implementing access control functionality for identity verification and access or denial of access to digital data, physical premises or computer networks; Computer software and hardware for providing authentication and identification data for NFC tags; Integrated circuit chips featuring personal identification information for use in smart cards, RFID cards, RFID tags, RFID key fobs, RFID labels, NFC tags, NFC labels, and NFC equipped devices, namely, mobile phones, smart phones and mobile tablets; computer application software for smart phones, tablet computers and other hand held communication devices namely, software for authenticating, identifying, reading, writing, and exchanging of information onto NFC tags; Computer software for integration of information logic and data between NFC tags and NFC capable devices; Computer software for the issuance and management of digital certificates and digital keys used for authentication or identification of NFC tags; Computer software for encrypting and authenticating data; Computer software for encryption; Computer software for use in the encryption and decryption of digital files; mobile device software for downloading and implementing access control functionality for identity verification and access or denial of access to digital data, physical premises or computer networks; physical access control systems and devices, namely, smart cards containing personal identification information, RFID cards, NFC enabled devices in the nature of RFID tags, smart card readers, RFID readers, NFC readers and electric system control panels; Logical access control systems and devices, namely, smart cards containing personal identification information, RFID cards, NFC enabled devices in the nature of RFID tags, smart card readers, RFID readers, NFC readers, and electric system control panels; physical and logical access control systems and devices, namely, smart cards containing personal identification credentials, RFID cards, NFC enabled devices in the nature of RFID tags, smart card readers, RFID readers, NFC readers and electric system control panels; Encoded smart cards containing programming used for controlling access control systems; electronic card readers; electronic card readers/enroller; Electronic RFID card and NFC enabled device readers and controllers for controlling access to a premises; Near field communication (NFC) technology-enabled readers; Printers; Color printers; Identification card printers; Encoded printed identification cards; Blank plastic identification cards; Electronic identification card printers; Computer software and hardware in the field of controlling network functions and access in the field of network and server security; Electronic Access Control system comprising computer software and magnetically encoded identification badges for tracking visitors and event management; Optical memory cards; Optical security media cards for biometric identification; Optical security media technology applied in identity card applications, namely, biometric identification apparatus; parts of computer printers, namely, drum units; Wallet-size optical memory/optical security media identity cards used to contain microscopically laser-inscribed data and/or eye-visible information and images; Encoding devices used to write data and eye-visible information and images to the optical security media; card reading devices used to read data from the optical security media; Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) cards, tags, and key fobs; multiple technology-based RFID cards which combine RFID technology with magnetic stripe technology, magnetic alloy wire technology, contact smart chip technology, bar code technology, anti-counterfeiting technology, or photo identification technology; Providing downloadable, custom graphics for RFID portable credentials, namely, cards, tags, fobs, tokens and NFC enabled smart phones