Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

Security Printing Conference 2009

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Dates: January 27-29, 2009
Venue: Reval Lietuva Hotel
Location: Vilnius, Republic of Lithuania
URL: http://www.security-printing.com
Contact: Natalie King, natalie.king@pira-international.com or +44 (0)1372 802164

Description: Join colleagues for the biggest security printing conference specifically for the CEE and Russia/CIS region. Now in its 9th year, this flagship event will feature a key line up of government and border officials, state printers and commercial operations to give you a key insight into the latest security threats, and technologies to counter them. [end] 

Polish Security Printing Works has signed a contract to supply and distribute e-IDs and biometric passports in the Republic of Armenia.

First announced in November 2010, the project calls for some 300,000 blank biometric passports and a million e-IDs to be delivered to Armenia over the next five years. As part of the contract, the company will also supply the software as well as the necessary equipment to operate the new technology.

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HID Global announced it has expanded its card personalization portfolio with the introduction of its FARGO HDP8500 Industrial Card Printer/Encoder, a secure printing/encoding solution, at CARTES & IDentification 2011 in Paris, France.

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The U.S. Government Printing Office designed and printed an FBI special events credential that was used at Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis by public safety personnel.

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Atlanta-based Echoworx, a credential management and managed encryption service provider, has opened up its Security Cloud to the industry at large, including MDMs, MEAPs, cloud services and other organization. By plugging into the cloud, they can enable PKI integration across multiple platforms and devices.

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The Rising pan-European and International Awareness of Biometrics and Security Ethics (RISE) Project has announced it will be concluding its biometrics conference covering responsible research and innovation in biometrics on December 1 - 2.

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Digital security provider Gemalto has launched Dexxis EMV instant issuance card product, designed to streamline and speed up banks’ migration to EMV by bringing card issuance processes in-house.

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