When it comes to securing the ID card printer supply chain, the process can be a lot like selling a car. Once a dealership sells a car to an individual, the dealer no longer has insight into whether the buyer sells that car to someone else. “That’s the point where we lose visibility,” says Ryan […]

There was a time when enrolling in an ID system involved keying in some data, gluing a photo to a card and laminating it all together. So much for your father’s ID badge. Today, most enrollment systems are digital and new technologies are making the process more mobile, efficient and able to incorporate a multiple […]

As the Real ID Act continues to make headlines, more attention is focusing on the second stage in the identity process–issuance. The 2005 act would tighten standards governing the process for issuing credentials–specifically driver licenses and state-issued IDs–used for federal purposes. As a result, many states could migrate the issuance of these IDs toward a […]

Advent International, a private equity firm, purchased Oberthur’s card and identity divisions in a deal valuing the whole unit at more than $2.1 billion. The founder of the French technology company, Jean-Pierre Savare and his family, are retaining a minority stake of about 10% in the business and also keeping Oberthur’s fiduciary printing unit. The […]

Measures to ward off counterfeiting IDs have greatly increase over the last several years. States have added holograms, bar codes and other metrics to scare off counterfeiters who sell fake IDs to underage youth who want to hit the bars before they turn 21. The Washington Post reports that the counterfeiters are now getting so […]

Following an offer from the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) to use its database of driver license photographs and face recognition technology to help in tracking down those suspected in being involved in the Vancouver riots following their loss in the NHL Stanley Cup finals this year, British Columbia’s privacy commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has […]

The French National Assembly has voted on an identity protection law and plans to implement a smart identity card program to combat the growing problem with identity theft. The French Interior Ministry claims that there are 80,000 cases of identity theft in France annually. To lower the risk of identity theft, the government plans to […]

The state of Massachusetts has implemented a face recognition system that it uses as a tool to combat identity fraud in the state by looking through its database of driver’s license pictures on the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles. But the system has left some people incorrectly accused of wrong-doing, according to a Boston.com article. […]

The Idaho Department of Transportation (IDT) has completed its transition to a new, more secure identification system. During the two-month transition period, the department issued nearly 30,000 licenses and state identifications. The cards have enhanced security features including fine lines and microprinting, ghost images, laser-perforated state-shaped patterns and bar codes. The IDT also moved the […]

As the outrage over the rioting in Vancouver after game seven of the Stanley Cup continues, facial recognition software may help catch the culprits. The New Brunswick Business Journal reports that the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) has offered the Vancouver police department the use of its database and facial recognition software to help […]