Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

Episode 46: Mexico's national ID card

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Within the next six months Mexico will start enrolling up to 110 million citizen in its multi-modal biometric ID card system. Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin speak with Terry Hartmann, vice president of identity solutions at Unisys, about the program and why it’s groundbreaking.



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