Gemalto announced that Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM), the Portuguese Mint and National Printing Office, has started issuing its Sealys Resident cards, compliant with the electronic European Residence Permit (eERP) specifications and the latest ICAO Extended Access Control standards. Gemalto is delivering 150,000 cards per year as of 2009 and over the next two years […]

Following years of testing of the technology, James Loudermilk, a technologist from the FBI, has announced that the agency sees no point in utilizing facial recognition biometrics, according to an article from The Register. Instead, Loudermilk revealed the FBI’s plans to add iris scans to their database that now holds both fingerprint and DNA data […]

With programs such as the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) that track non-U.S. citizens entering the country via biometric data in place, select members of congress are now pushing for a similar system to be enacted that would also track those leaving the country, according to a Fierce Government IT article. The […]

atsec information security announced it has performed the first PIV middleware validation testing under the NIST PIV Program for the recently released SP800-73-2 giving the interfaces for Personal Identity Verification. The certificate for the successful validation – of the charismathics Smart Security Interface PIV, Version 2.1.0.9 (certificate no. 12) – was issued Oct. 23 and […]

Security systems manufacturer Hirsch Electronics has named Rob Zivney to the newly created position of vice president, business development, to enable the Santa Ana, Calif. company to expand its resources in the digital identity market arena. Zivney serves on the Security Industry Association board of directors, chairs SIA’s Personal Identity Verification Working Group and serves […]

Dates: May 17 – 20, 2010 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Venue: Marriott Camelback Inn Resort & Spa URL: http://www.smartcardalliance.org Description: The 2010 Smart Card Alliance Annual Conference is back again, returning to the original successful format as an independent, standalone conference after two years partnering with the CTST Conference. The Annual Conference returns to one of […]

Digital security provider Gemalto is supplying three million electronic multi-application ID cards for Kuwaiti citizens embedding contact and contactless smart card technologies, as well as plastic cards for foreign residents that include secure printing features. The national ID card program has been commissioned by the country’s Public Authority For Civil Information. In addition, Gemalto will […]

By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications There’s been a lot of discussion about using the Personal Identity Verification credential outside of the federal government. First responders are the biggest group to discuss issuance of an interoperable credential, but other jurisdictions also want to issue the ID to employees. The problem was that the PIV/FIPS 201 […]

The October 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 […]