The first Amazon Go store sells food and convenience items without registers or checkout clerks. Shoppers scan their app on entry and grab items at will. You don’t even need to see the total as you stockpile beer and chips late at night until you next check your Amazon account and find …

Why is polycarbonate, or PC, becoming the advanced card material of choice for many high security issuers and government ID programs? Likely because it blends unique features, multiple layer construction and laser engraving for personalization making it a durable and counterfeit-resistant choice for physical identification cards.

In a move that will add a host of biometric reader and software capabilities to its portfolio, Gemalto announced that it will acquire the Identity Management Business from 3M. The cornerstone of the transaction will be 3M’s Cogent biometric line came to 3M via the Cogent acquisition in 2010.

Note from Editor Zack Martin: After a dozen years of covering the identity space, I am switching roles and am going to try and help solve some of the problems that exist. I am making the move from an observer to a player on the field, ready to get my hands dirty attempting to solve some of our digital identity woes.

The Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP) is a standard that defines a two-way channel between access control readers, components and control panels for secure communication. It replaces the industry’s aging Wiegand communication and opens doors for true interoperability between PACS products from participating vendors. This short piece provides a great primer on the standard and its potential impacts.

In the first settlement in a case filed under the 2008 Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, salon operator L.A. Tan will pay $1.5 million to members in a class action suit. The company used fingerprints for member access to facilities but did not experience a breach or harm members in any way. Thus the case sets a troubling precedent as lawyers frequently search out such cases for personal gain, while class members receive token returns.

A new 90-page report from Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity outlines 16 recommendations for addressing immediate cybersecurity weaknesses, in part by fixing online identity and authentication gaps. The group and President Obama call on incoming Trump administration to take steps during first 100-days in office.

Building on the security of the FIDO specifications, Gallagher’s new mobile PACS offering enables physical access keys to be remotely provisioned to mobile devices. Bluetooth, Biometrics and …