Biometric ID for first responders could help police and firefighters better respond to emergencies. Those authentication technologies, however, come with risks and challenges, according to a new draft report from NIST. In “Using Mobile Device Biometrics for Authenticating First Responders,” NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence says that as more public safety organizations (PSOs) adopt […]

Two new efforts from the tech giant point to more mainstream use of electronic passports and offering pandemic status updates for travelers.

Secure ID and card printer solutions provider, Evolis, is seeking to make life easier for students and staff with its automated card issuance kiosks. The self-service solution offers campuses a means to completely automate the card issuance process, free up valuable time for staff, and slash lines and wait times for students.

A digital passport authentication project in the UK will include the participation of IDEMIA. This deal marks the latest digital ID development in that country, and an example of a potential public-private partnership in that area. IDEMIA says it has secured a contract to take part in the pilot, which was announced in July 2019, […]

Trusted identity solutions provider, HID Global, announced an expansion to its Seos credential family, adding two new products to the line. The Seos 16K marks the first credential certified to the highest IT security level with 16 kilobytes of memory, and Seos Essential is the company’s new, single-application credential that delivers trusted security and data protection for less complex deployments.

Look to Ontario, Canada as one of the next spots for digital ID innovation and deployment. The government of Canada’s most populous province envisions a digital ID program that, in the administration’s words, enables people and businesses in Ontario to be able to securely and conveniently prove their identity online, saving people time and money […]

Digital ID and biometrics could win more mainstream acceptance in the UK thanks to a partnership between the UK Post Office and Yoti, which will see the launch of a new app designed for a variety of identity verification functions. According to the company, the effort combines the Post Office’s experience in identity services and […]

As Estonia continues to build out its electronic machine readable travel documents capability — another feather in the cap of in the nation’s digital ID infrastructure — the Baltic country has turned to secunet for needed assistance. Estonia has become the latest European country to employ the secunet eID PKI suite for their certificate management, […]

Even with digital ID on the rise in 2021, physical credentials still play a major role in authentication — and in many ways will be closely tied to their virtual cousins. And that means the security of those physical identification documents cannot be taken for granted, according to a recent report from the Secure Identity […]

Applications will be accepted for the Florida mobile driver’s licenses in 2021, and the state has tapped Thales to provide verification and other services for that digital ID program. As Thales put it, Florida stands as the first state in the U.S. to provide mobile driver’s licenses that not only have leading-edge security mechanisms but […]