Orange France SFR, La Poste and the French banking federation signed an agreement with the French government to provides online IDs to consumers. The IDeNum digital ID initiative project would enable the partners to act as third-party affiliates to issue security certificates. These certificates could be stored on mediums such as a USB stick or […]

CARTES & Identification will take place this year from November 15 -17th at the Parc des Expositions exhibition center in Paris. The conference will feature Turkey as the guest country this year. The country is rolling out near field communication, a national ID card with an EMV application and other advanced ID applications.   

Why an ID store needs to be the first investment, best practice lessons from FIPS 201 By Salvatore D’Agostino, CSCIP, IDMachines FIPS 201, PIV and the Draft FIPS 201-2 often get thought of as a standard defining the technology associated with strong authentication, digital signing and encryption using digital certificates and public key infrastructure. While […]

With security lines at airports yet again growing and concerns about full body scanners rampant, traveler frustration is again reaching a tipping point. The Transportation Security Administration recognizes this and is … once again … dusting off the idea of a trusted traveler program. TSA Administrator John S. Pistole wants to change the airport security […]

Canada and the United States are in talks to share border screening information to help bolster security between the two countries. The countries would use a biometric face recognition scanner to identify possible criminals trying to cross the border. The scanner would then be linked to a computer database with images of known wanted people […]

Apriva, a provider of end-to-end wireless transactions and secure information solutions, has announced the release of a software development kit (SDK) enabling Android devices to be compliant with HSPD-12 security regulations. The company says the Android SDK is meant to address a growing demand from the Executive Office of the President, the Office of Management […]

The Philippine House of Representatives has passed a bill that would require the use of biometric authentication of individuals for voter registration as well as the actual voting process in the country, according to a NewsBytes Philippines article. The hope behind the bill is that it will serve as a basis for moving the country […]

Northrop Grumman has announce a follow-on task order to continue its work with the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), according to a UPI article. The new contract, which is valued at $141 million, has Northrop for a one year providing systems engineering, software development, infrastructure, performance engineering, modeling […]

The New Delhi government is investing in biometric technology at its airport. The idea is to make travelers more comfortable taking taxi’s to and from the airport. In the past travelers have been mugged using taxis and the government hopes the new biometric ID system can put a stop to this. The prepaid biometric taxi […]

The May meeting of the influential 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 […]