Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

HID releases Asure ID SDK

Monday, September 19, 2011

HID Global announced the release of its Asure ID Software Development Kit (SDK) that enables more powerful card personalization software for FARGO and desktop card ID printers.

As part of the company’s Asure ID card personalization solutions used by organizations to design, manage, print and encode identification cards, the kit is a set of modules and tools for third-party developers to incorporate Asure ID card personalization features into their own credential management systems.


Asure ID’s SDK enables developers to streamline the card personalization process by integrating technology card programming and card design templates into credential management systems. This allows end users to leverage one software interface to design, encode and print ID cards.

Asure ID SDK is designed to also simplify the card personalization integration into access control and other applications through Asure ID SDK tools and its application programming interface (API) commands. [end] 

Multimodal biometric security provider ImageWare Systems Inc. has released version 2.0 of its Biometric Engine (BE) physical security identification product.

This product is designed for airports, seaports and other critical points-of-access for government and private enterprises. This update takes into account the SAFE Port Act, which requires foreign shippers to secure cargo being shipped to the U.S. and ensure the identity of those loading it. Shippers must manage this by 2013.

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Key Source International announced GSA approval for it’s biometric keyboard and stand-alone biometric pod. KSI products are approved under FIPS 201 for Federal Employees and civilian contractors.

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California-based BridgePoint Systems has introduced its TrustPoint 3-Factor Biometric Reader for physical access control systems.

With the TrustPoint product, users enter a PIN into the reader. The reader then performs a biometric finger scan and completes a one-to-one match between it and the biometric template stored on a PIV credential, a process that takes less than two seconds. The smart card reader also verifies the templates digital signature.

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HID Global announced that the company’s pivCLASS readers and authentication systems have achieved compliance with the U.S. General Services Administration Evaluation Program for certifying that products meet FIPS 201 federal identity specifications.

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