In this contributed editorial, Janice Kephart, partner with IDSP and former member of the 911 Commission, outlines her thoughts on the current national debate over the recently-proposed travel restrictions. The focus, she says, should be on strengthening vetting processes for all incoming travelers and increasing use of biometrics …

Transitioning the service and experience gained from years of securing vendor access to military bases, SureID is now offering a secure vendor management solution for private companies. Ultimately the company plans to launch a nationwide network of enrollment centers to put the onus on the vendor organizations to obtain credentials for their staff.

Norway’s BankID is used 430 million times each year by some 3.5 million citizens to access banking, government services and more. It comes in the form of an keyfob and a mobile app, and its use is now expanding to secure apps residing on the actual handset. This is a significant first step toward a robust digital identity that will …

Ultra-violet (UV) inks let passport and card issuers embed strong security features into the identity document itself. UV printing is considered a Level 2 – or covert security feature — because the images are not visible to the naked eye. A new embedded security feature from ITW enables layering of multiple UV images to deter counterfeiting of passports, ID cards and …

Until the end of March, public comment will be accepted on NIST’s new version of its influential digital identity related, SP 800-63 spec. The document has defined the four levels of identity assurance and helped shape government e-authentication projects. This new version dumps the prior four LOAs and instead breaks out the grading system into three new standalone areas.

Buried in the executive order that has garnered global attention for prohibiting travel to the US from seven specific countries, is a one sentence mandate to expedite biometric exit tracking for all visitors. This has been the law of the land for many years, but it has never been accomplished for various reasons related to infrastructure, technology and cost. The new administration seems to be taking this area extremely seriously and …

For residents of five states that are not in compliance with Real ID and do not have a current extension, they will no longer be able to use their driver licenses for entry to Federal facilities. For more than half the country’s states and territories, however, extensions expire this year and if not rectified these citizens could be denied access to airline flights this time next year. That is if …