In this targeted webinar, hear how issuers are combining physical cards and mobile IDs to increase convenience and security. Learn about HID Global’s goID solution that is helping issuers deliver mobile credentials in tandem with secure physical cards, and hear how one country is using it today to improve security and better serve citizens. Get ready for a future where your cards will be complemented by a mobile credential.

Advancing facial recognition at airports, JetBlue today announced it is the first airline to work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on paperless and deviceless self-boarding. Using technology from SITA, passengers will use facial recognition technology to identify themselves at the gate during boarding. Starting in June, the new process will be available on […]

“We don’t want to confuse existing customers or future customers that Cogent’s been lost or disappeared,” says Gemalto’s Neville Pattinson, in this episode of the re:ID Podcast series. “It’s now an additional part of the Gemalto portfolio. So we’ll continue to brand it in terms of Cogent from a biometrics side.” In the podcast, you’ll learn just what the Gemalto acquisition of 3M’s Identity Management Unit brings to the company’s government and enterprise offerings and how it sets the company up for a deeper run in many large scale identity projects.

Embedded card security features – or document security features – are classified into three levels based on how they are read in the field. Level 1 are overt features that can be read by the naked eye, while Level 2, Covert features require basic tools and Level 3, Forensic features can only be seen in a lab setting using sophisticated equipment. While all levels can play a role in total document security, Level 1 has emerged as the essential features as they can be verified readily with only minor training.

A major hurdle has been cleared in the Morpho acquisition by U.S. private equity firm, Advent International. The European Union antitrust regulators approved the acquisition of Morpho, the biometrics and security operations of the French aerospace company Safran. The approval is conditional on the sale of Morpho’s payment smart card business in France, but Advent […]

The acceleration of connected devices, the IoT and other technology changes ‘at the edge,’ is redoubling interest in public key infrastructures (PKIs). Due to their inherent ability to provide trust at scale, PKIs can clear up the confusion and secure both human and non-human identities.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced a series of six key cybersecurity policy priorities for 2017. The regulations and policies would help address security challenges facing businesses in light of ongoing cyber assaults. A number of the recommendations are relevant to security and identity industry professionals, including …