As credential issuers want to get a longer lifespan out of the documents card durability is becoming an important factor when choosing new materials. Federal and state agencies, as well as other high-value issuers, want to get as much out of a document as possible, and a 10-year lifespan seems the ultimate objective. To achieve this issuers are moving away from 100% PVC cards – the cheapest and most common type – to composite cards made up of a variety of materials, often including polyesters, polycarbonate or Teslin substrate.

2016 is quickly approaching and in anticipation of the Workshop: Applying Measurement Science in the Identity Ecosystem, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has released some white papers to help move the conversation along.

Registered traveler programs are booming as airlines welcome record numbers of passengers. CLEAR, one of the programs that started it all a decade ago, is back and now operating in 13 U.S. airports and three Major League Baseball stadiums.

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the Winter 2015 Regarding ID magazine. Some highlights from this issue include: Wallet holds DNA for digital ID, Protecting kids’ online identities, Municipal governments issuing IDs and Clear IDs resurrected at airports, stadiums.

The rise of eID credentials is a trend that’s made landfall with countries in virtually every corner of the planet – but not every corner. The Americas lie in direct opposition to one another in terms of their implementation of national eID credentials. South America has a stable of countries, eight as of 2015, with eIDs. North America, however, is yet to climb aboard while Central America and the Caribbean fall in the middle both geographically as well as in the adoption of eID.

Tony Ball wants to make security easy. The president of the identity and access management business at HID Global says the security industry has dropped the ball when it comes to user experience.

Without a passport, legal international travel is virtually impossible, but the potential to cross international borders using fraudulent documentation continues to open sovereign nations to major security threats. Standards are meant to ensure that all international travel documents are valid and legitimate. These standards have evolved to incorporate technological advances, but it is not clear whether these improvements are being utilized globally to the fullest extent.

TSCP was awarded a $1.26 million NSTIC grant in 2013 to deploy trusted credentials for conducting secure transactions among small and medium-sized businesses and financial service companies, such as Fidelity Investments and Chicago Mercantile Exchange.