TSA considers biometric ACIS program but airports are not convinced By Zack Martin, Editor The Transportation Security Administration wants airports across the country to use and issue an interoperable credential. If a flight attendant at Chicago O’Hare International Airport was on a crew flying in and out of Atlanta’s Hartsfield Airport the ID card and […]

The Federal Trade Commission signed of on the sale of Digimarc’s driver license unit to L-1 Identity Solutions. This erases concerns that antitrust issues would hold up the deal, says Jeremy Grant, senior vice president and identity solutions analyst at the Stanford Group Company. The ruling could have slipped till July, which would have delayed […]

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ID Solutions Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply software to the Transportation Security Agency’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential program. ID Solution’s ID Search Engine provides fingerprint match services to TSA’s TWIC enrollment applications to help assure that none of these credentials are issued to a given applicant more than once […]

Crossing the borders between Qatar and Saudi Arabia can now be done with a smart card rather than a passport. The two countries agreed to accept the national ID cards for passage in an effort to facilitate travel and commerce. All members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait […]

Delta Airlines has partnered with registered traveler vendor Clear to offer expedited security lanes at New York’s JFK and LaGuardia airports, and Los Angeles International, starting this summer. The partnership also includes new enrollment centers in select Delta Crown Room Clubs in Atlanta that provide a way for customers to join Clear’s Fast Pass program. […]

Airport workers and air carrier employees require access to secure areas in sensitive airport locations. Currently there is no standard for a strong authentication credential to identify these workers as they move within and between airports. The Transportation Security Administration is investigating such a credential through its Aviation Credential Interoperability Solution (ACIS). Avisian Publishing’s Chris […]