In this podcast episode, SecureIDNews’ Gina Jordan talks with Colin Wallis about Kantara’s three pilots recently funded by the Department of Homeland Security. Each pilot focuses on a unique aspect of digital identity – such as addressing first responder authentication and the use of derived credentials from PIV cards. The pilot recipients include Lockstep Technologies, Gluu, and Exponent.

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.

Ecuador will launch its new contactless citizen eID card program with the help of NXP Semiconductors. The program will be among the largest eID card offerings in Latin America and will rely on NXP’s SmartMX2 secure microcontroller and the JCOP Operating System. In addition to the identification function, the new multi-purpose eID cards will enable […]

A recent report from Australia Post outlines a forward-thinking plan for a nationwide digital identity initiative. Though the country’s postal service is focused on the specific needs of Australians, the majority of the challenges and ideas are universal. Titled, A frictionless future for identity management: A practical solution for Australia’s digital identity challenge, the document […]

On June 6, the Securing Federal Identity conference will be held in Washington DC. The single day event has a stacked agenda of important topics presented by key leaders in government ID and security. The overriding theme this year seems to be the migration of federal identity solutions to mobile environments. Whether using derived credentials […]

The US Department of Homeland Security is funding three projects to explore the use of mobile devices for digital identity. Grants valued at up to $2.4 million were awarded to the Kantara Initiative, an industry organization that develops digital identity specifications and programs. The three projects develop and deploy mobile solutions for attribute verification, authentication […]