Entrust Inc. demonstrated a successful public key infrastructure certificate exchange using the United Kingdom and Slovenia systems in a multi-country test environment during tests in Prague last week. The vendor confirmed that the security infrastructure for second-generation e-passports, based on Extended Access Control (EAC), is ready for global deployment. One of the key objectives of […]

Sarnoff Corporation, a developer of iris imaging technology, will be demonstrating two new iris capture technologies at the Biometrics Consortium in Tampa, Fla. later this month. The two systems, called Drive-Through and Compact, are both designed to read the iris of a moving user from a distance without requiring them to stop and stare into […]

De La Rue Identity Systems is supplying the New York State DMV with the solution to issue its new enhanced driver license. The new document includes a combination of advanced anti-counterfeit and security technologies. The new document can be used in place of passports for travel by land or sea to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean […]

The United States, the largest payment card market in the world, will be the featured country during the 23rd edition of CARTES & Identification Nov. 4 through Nov. 6 in Paris. The country has adopted contactless payments as well as secure identity programs such as the 13 million Common Access Cards that have already been […]

Gemalto announced it has been selected to supply Gemalto’s Sealys eTravel solution to India’s National security printer, India Security Press. This system is used to start India’s electronic passport rollout for Indian officials and diplomat, and in a second stage, the government intends to deploy it for the general public. This Sealys eTravel offering forms […]

FBI Director Robert Mueller testified in front of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on the Judiciary about the IT advance the agency is making. Of particular note is the FBI’s Next Generation Identification system that will add other biometric technologies and information to the criminal database. “It will also produce faster returns of information, […]

More than 200 Southwest Airlines pilots will participate in a biometric screening program at Baltimore Washington International Airport over the next two months. The SecureScreen program is using biometric and identification technology from Chicago-based Priva Technologies. Southwest pilots participating in SecureScreen undergo enrollment using Priva’s Cleared Security Platform, which stores their fingerprints, photograph, and other […]