Zebra Technologies, a Lincolnshire, Ill. provider of specialty printing and automatic identification solutions, has rolled out its latest model, the Zebra ZXP Series 8, a retransfer printer that includes options for smart card encoding and networking. The printer is designed for such applications as high-security ID cards, driver licenses, gift cards and financial cards. The […]

L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. expanded its line of government access control solutions with the release of the TWIC-Station, a new access control device capable of reading a range of secure government credentials based on the FIPS 201 standard including Transportation Worker Identification Credentials, Personal Idetification Verficiation IDs and Common Access Cards. The device also offers […]

While making their case for a more than $100 million upgrade in biometric technologies, Immigration New Zealand, the country’s immigration agency, stated that had the biometric systems been in place by 2006, the agency would have caught known terrorist and co-conspirator in the 9/11 attacks Rayed Mohammed Abdullah, according to a Stuff.co.nz article. Further, identity […]

By Kelli Emerick, executive director, Secure Document Coalition Change has come to Washington, to our nation and to ID management. An Obama administration is different than any other administration we’ve ever seen. Not just because Barak Obama is the first African-American to be elected President by the people of our country, but because he is […]

Gemalto announced it is delivering electronic identification cards to the National Information Center (NIC), the IT entity of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior. The Identification Card-Phase 2 program extends the country’s initial electronic ID initiative launched in December 2007. As part of the new contract, Gemalto will provide the NIC with eID cards for the […]

The Imprimerie Nationale, the French national printing house, has announced the selection of Smart Packaging Solutions (SPS) to manufacture portions of future secure ID cards for France. SPS is a specialist in identity solutions, providing microelectronic components for national identity cards, drivers’ licenses and biometric passports. Imprimerie Nationale is the only company authorized by the […]

VeriSign, Inc. has announced a new platform designed to meet the needs of governments looking to implement and manage their own Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). The new VeriSign PKI Platform is an in-premise solution modeled after the same architecture that VeriSign has deployed as a managed service for customers around the world. This deployment model […]