There is more than one way to produce a secure identity card. But the choice of card materials impacts both the personalization technology and issuance model. Thus it is crucial that an issuer understand the capabilities of the card materials when evaluating personalization technologies and issuance models. In a very real sense, the three decisions go hand in hand forming the three pillars of secure ID issuance.

NIST, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and the NSTIC National Program Office are working together on a new project focused on protecting privacy and security when reusing credentials online. The trio is accepting comments on the project, which will examine how commercially available privacy-enhancing technologies may be integrated into identity broker solutions.

Confyrm was awarded $2.4 million in 2014 to demonstrate ways to minimize loss when criminals take over online accounts or create fake accounts. The project aims to tackle a key barrier to federated identity: knowing whether accounts used in identity solutions are legitimate and being controlled by their rightful owner.

Privacy Vaults Online, Inc. (PRIVO) certifies client compliance with regulations related to children’s privacy. The company delivers services for registration and parental permission management.

A decade has passed since REAL ID was signed into law. The controversial driver license legislation was met with staunch opposition from many states, some going so far as to legislate against compliance. For the most part, however, the opposition has subsided and there has been significant improvement to both issuance processes and document security.

Cyberattacks over the next five years will cost U.S. health systems $305 billion in cumulative lifetime revenue; Gemalto has been awarded the Intergraf ISO 14298 certification for its operation in Gdansk, Poland; Evolis has introduced the Primacy Black Edition, a revamped version of its flagship printer, Primacy.

In the past three years the U.S. government has spent more than $20 million on 14 unique pilots to foster a secure, online identity ecosystem. To evaluate if taxpayers have gotten value for the investments, re:ID asked each pilot recipient what they have accomplished and what lessons have been learned. Over the coming weeks we will be posting more details on each of the pilots and lessons learned.