China not only boasts the “world’s largest” RFID-enabled government ID card initiative, but a wide range of other RFID projects in transportation, animal-tagging, anti-counterfeiting and real-time location systems tracking. And it’s a market that in 2008 will reach $1.4 billion in revenue, according to ABI Research. Perhaps the sexiest project in the works is the […]

The Port of Tampa in Florida is having its security upgraded before the 2009 Super Bowl. The 40,000 port workers will begin enrolling in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program, which will be rolled out in September. Workers have primarily used a flash pass to gain entry into the port, but soon the smart card […]

The dates for Security Document World and Identity Loop 2008 will be April 22 and 23, 2008 at the New Connaught Rooms in Covent Garden, London. The events are designed for government officials, company executives and technologists in the ePassport, visa, e-ID, driving license, registered traveler, law enforcement, digital identity, employee ID, security printing, biometric […]

TrustBearer Labs will be providing support for the Finnish National Electronic Identification Card (FINEID) with its OpenID service. OpenID is an online authentication standard that allows a single username to be used with any websites that support OpenID. “National ID card holders can now securely and efficiently manage many of the things they do on […]

Futronic Technology Company’s FS88 USB2.0 Fingerprint Scanner was certified by FBI to be compliant with PIV-071006 Image Quality Specification for Singer Finger Reader. This means that FS88 meets the US Federal Information Processing Standard 201(FIPS 201) for Personal Identification Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors. After FBI certification, FS88 is listed in the US […]

Titanium Group Ltd., San Jose, Calif., has developed a facial recognition sign-on system for the Hong Kong Immigration Department. The biometric sign-on solution, with audit trail, uses human face authentication combined with traditional user ID and password for securing the department’s Electronic Passport System. Further information was not available.   

In May Kuwait is scheduled to start accepting the Gulf Passport, a smart card enabling expedited passage between six countries. The project was undertaken by the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council. The ID card will enable easy movement within the six member states: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the UAE.