The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) engaged HJP Consulting to run a seminar on the International Civil Aviation Organization Public Key Directory (PKD) for government authorities of the Republic of Albania. The seminar was conducted by Markus Hartmann, CEO, and Dirk Hartmann, senior consultant of HJP Consulting, Germany. HJP demonstrated the benefits […]

Arab News reports that Saudi Arabia is now mandating that foreigners provide fingerprints and other biometrics to enter the country. The mandate is covered by the government Cabinet’s approval of an amendment to Article 4 of decision N. 202 on 22/6/1430H which stipulates that biometric identification, including fingerprints pictures or other methods, is required for […]

Suprema Inc. has won the Mexican national electronic passport project. This project will develop a passport issuing system for 2.7 million electronic passports throughout the country. Suprema has finished its initial shipment, which includes over 500 units of biometric and passport issuing devices such as the RealPass-V epassport reader and the RealScan-10 live scanner and […]

At December’s Security Investor Conference, more than 60 companies in the identity and security markets will discuss their solutions for the enterprise, residential and homeland security markets as well provide insight into financial plans and investment opportunities. The event will be held December 12-13 in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. This annual […]

Access IS launched the desktop OCR640, its latest version of a “full-page” passport reader intended for scanning both e-passports and ID cards. The images of a passport photo page are captured in IR, UV and visible light to help improve authentication. The OCR640 also reads all the stored data from a chip within an e-passport […]

Trüb has been supplying Lithuania with secure polycarbonate datapages since early 2008, and the success of the partnership thus far has led to a contract renewal. Trüb’s relationship with the Lithuanian Personalization Center of Identity Documents and the Ministry of Internal Affairs began in 2007 after the company underwent a thorough evaluation process. At the […]

Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird unveiled Canada’s new e-passport, featuring new security elements. The passport will contain complex historical imagery on all of its pages that will be difficult for counterfeiters to duplicate, as reported on Before It’s News. The passports also feature digitally printed photos of the passport holder embedded into the passport […]

The Imprimerie Nationale, the official supplier and printer to the French government, has chosen Datacard Group to provide systems for France’s e-passport program. Datacard will install Datacard PB6500 passport issuance systems. These automated, inline high-volume passport production systems will be able to issue up to 25,000 passports a day. The system’s configuration includes automated leafing, […]

Datacard Group revealed enhancements to the Datacard PB6500 passport issuance system, enabling government agencies worldwide to optimize passport security while lowering operational costs. The PB6500 system offers true field modularity and a small footprint, and the system’s booklet leafing technology is highly accurate and helps to reduce expensive waste and re-issues due to errors. Datacard […]

HID Global announced that its patented crack prevention technology for IC chip-enabled polycarbonate eID and e-passport credentials has been validated in the tests conducted by Smithers Pira. In laboratory testing, 100% of cards created using HID Global’s crack prevention solution were found to be immune to premature aging caused by the minuscule cracking that in […]