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New NSTIC pilots announced
$15.5 million awarded for pilots to help states, students and patients
GSA using facility-specific ID badges
Report find badges that are ‘unsecure, unregulated’
White House doubles down on PIV, PKI, strong citizen ID
Fall 2016 Regarding ID
20 Dec, 2007Tiers of Trust consortium promotes lower cost solution based on FIPS 201 to the first responders
If you don’t need a full-blown, FIPS 201-compliant PIV card like those being tested in Summer Breeze-like trials, the recently established Tiers of Trust Consortium may have an alternative solution. It was created to provide a lower cost smart ID card without all the bells and whistles that FIPS 201 requires. “While this regulation (FIPS […]
19 Dec, 2007Entrust digital signatures help secure more than 18 million U.S. ePassports
Entrust will be providing the public key infrastructure (PKI)-enabled digital signatures for U.S. ePassports. The digital signature verifies that the digital credential has been issued by the U.S. Department of State and that it has not been tampered with since its issuance. ePassport travel documents contain an electronic chip that stores sensitive personal information that […]
13 Dec, 2007The Security Industry Association releases 2008 Legislative Agenda
The Security Industry Association’s (SIA) 2008 Legislative Agenda has been released and includes advocacy in a range of new areas in addition to ports, rails and public transit systems. Agenda highlights include: ports (TWIC), public transit, schools, healthcare, HPSD-12 and physical security, waste facilities, and training programs. he Security Industry Association Releases 2008 Legislative Agenda […]
13 Dec, 2007Precise Biometrics received supplementary hardware order for national ID card project in Portugal
Precise Biometrics has won a follow-up order linked to the biometric Portuguese ID card from its partner Zetes Burótica. Fourteen hundred units of Precise Biometrics’ combined fingerprint and smart card reader, Precise 250 MC, will be delivered by the end of this year. Precise Biometrics is also a key supplier of various components and services […]
12 Dec, 2007State of South Carolina awards L-1 Identity Solutions contract for fingerprint enrollment services
L-1 Identity Solutions has received a contract from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) to provide digital fingerprinting services for civil applicants statewide. The program allows applicants to take advantage of lower electronic FBI processing fees and enables significantly faster processing times. L-1 Enhanced Definition TouchPrint™ live scan systems will be used to collect […]
11 Dec, 2007Saudia Arabia chooses Entrust to empower national ID program
Saudi Arabia will build its national ID card and e-government initiative on a solid foundation based upon Entrust’s PKI and secure messaging solutions. The 27-million citizens will use the new platform to access more than “150 e-services (the government) has planned through 2010. In the near term, the national ID will serve as a base […]
L-1 Identity Solutions has received an order from the Turkish National Police for its L-1 TouchPrint™ Enhanced Definition 4100 Slap and Roll Live Scan for its criminal booking and civilian enrollment applications. They will use the devices to upgrade live scan systems and aid in the identification of criminals. In addition, slap and roll tenprint […]
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