The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has scheduled a meeting July 12 – 13 in Kansas City to discuss development of a national identity verification standard. ANSI, along with its accredited standards-developer the North American Security Products Organization (NASPO), have been working on identity verification standards but this meeting is calling for participants to join […]

Gemalto has reached the ten million milestone for distribution of electronic driver’s licenses and electronic registration certificates for cars delivered to India, making it the biggest project of this nature in the world. The digital security company designed the e-driver licenses to protect against identity theft. The card stores all the driver’s personal data in […]

Gemalto announced the launch of a series of new laser-personalized innovations designed to further increase the security of identity documents. These advanced security features are available immediately as additional options in the Gemalto Sealys line of secure identity products.
 The new security features can be applied on the polycarbonate card bodies of documents such as […]

Japanese mobile service provider KDDI has chosen Gemalto to provide its User Identity Module (UIM) cards and Trusted Service Management (TSM) solution for an upcoming NFC pilot. From May to December 2010, participants in the pilot will be able to use various types of NFC services ranging from mobile payments, transportation services, e-driver licenses, e-ticketing, […]

MaxID, a provider of identity solutions, and CoreStreet, an ActivIdentity subsidiary and provider of credential validation solutions, announced the sale of additional iDLMaxG Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) accredited handheld biometric reader devices to the U.S. Coast Guard. The iDLMaxG units delivered to the Coast Guard are bundled with the CoreStreet PIVMAN client software, which […]

Mexico plans to start enrolling 110 million citizens into its national ID card program this summer. The program will be among the first to capture iris, fingerprint and facial biometrics for identification, says Terry Hartmann, vice president of identity solutions at Unisys. Unisys’ Mexican subsidiary was awarded a contract by the Mexican Ministry of Internal […]

The April meeting of the Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a list […]

In order to better secure online identities, Washington State is going to pilot a contactless smart card driver licenses, says John Biccum, a security strategist at Microsoft. Biccum made the comments during the Interagency Advisory Board in Washington DC. Biccum was presenting at the meeting on securing consumer identity online. He had met with officials […]

Countries are deploying advanced ID technologies so citizens can access services By Zack Martin, Editor, AVISIAN Publications National identity cards are a fact of life for citizens of some countries but elsewhere the credentials are the focus of ire. Citizens of countries that don’t have national IDs fear it will lead to a police state […]

L-1 Identity Solutions, a developer of biometric and other identity verification technologies, has secured Goldman Sachs & Co and Stone Key Partners as financial advisors. L-1 is hoping to determine a solution with the help of their advisors that will deliver more shareholder value to their shareholders. While officials from L-1 have said that the […]