A new program developed by Australia and New Zealand’s governments for travelers between the two countries will allow citizens with electronic passports to bypass baggage screening lines, according to a Stuff.co.nz article. A user of the program must simply scan their biometric chip embedded in their electronic passport at security kiosks and they will be […]

L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. was awarded a five-year $62.8 million contract by the California Department of Motor Vehicles to continue providing secure driver’s license solutions. Two two-year extensions are options for the state and if exercised would add an additional $45.8 million to the contract’s value. The contract includes new workflow processes and technologies to […]

Datacard Group announced that they were chosen to supply card personalization equipment and software for the new national identification system planned in Guatemala. The country’s Registro Nacional de Personas (“RENAP”) intends to issue electronic identity cards to more than 11 million residents to improve the process of citizen authorization and reduce benefits fraud. Issuance of […]

Beginning later this month, The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be expanding the pilot for the Global Entry Trusted Traveler (GETT) program into an additional 13 airports on top of the seven already involved, according to an Information Week article. The GETT program is designed to utilize biometrics and automated kiosks to […]

SecuGen and Valid Technologies have announced a technology and marketing partnership to deliver user authentication solutions to IBM enterprise computing customers. As a result of this partnership, the Valid Technologies VSSA Strong User Authentication solution will include support for SecuGen biometric matching technologies and the SecuGen Hamster family of biometric fingerprint readers. VSSA supports applications […]

ERT Systems LLC, a small Ann Arbor based company, has developed a new way to track firefighters while they’re on the scene. Firehouses that use OnSite ERT (Emergency Resource Tracking) outfit each one of their firefighters with a plastic ID card embedded with an active RFID tag. When called to a scene, first responders place […]

Security feature may truly be tamper proof By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications Often the emphasis is on the security used to protect the data stored in a card, but what’s equally as important are the security features techniques used to protect the data printed on the card itself. Laser engraving is nothing new, but […]

Florida is launching an educational campaign called Gather, Go, Get, designed to prepare its residents for the documents they’ll need to bring to their local driver license offices when it’s time to renew their license. Beginning Jan. 1, Floridians renewing or obtaining a new license or ID will be required to show proof of ID […]

SCM Microsystems’ recent merger with Hirsch Electronics accounts for nearly 70% of the company’s revenue increase, according to second quarter results. “Our merger with Hirsch is proving a strategic success, as it has strengthened our financial performance across multiple metrics, our ability to capture new and existing sales opportunities and our overall business profile,” said […]

With 600 million unique ID cards, 50 million e-passports, 100 million health cards, 50 million transport and ticketing cards and 50 million banking cards likely to be issued over the next seven years in India, it’s no wonder one NXP Semiconductors official called the country “a bundle of latent opportunity.” Speaking at the Identification Summit […]