Zvetco Biometrics, a developer of biometric authentication solutions, has announced they have been chosen by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for a project that will enable the agency to biometrically authenticate users issuing electronic death certificates. For its part, Zvetco has deployed fingerprint readers from its Verifi line of fingerprint […]

The government of Maharashtra, India is planning to introduce smart cards for keeping land records, according to dnaindia.com. The new program is designed to help the state overcome problems of manipulations, duplications, faking and forgery of original records, says state revenue minister Narayan Rane. Read more here.   

The Certified Smart Card Industry Professional/Government (CSCIP/G) designation has been established as a new certification program through the Smart Card Alliance specifically targeting the government sector and security professionals. With the U.S. federal government continuing to adopt more smart card technologies, the need for more comprehensive training about government smart cards is something the CSCIP/G […]

HID Global, a developer of identity security solutions, has launched a newly expanded e-Government manufacturing campus in Galway, Ireland to better enable themselves to produce products and services to meet the rising demand for electronic documentation such as passports and government issued IDs. The company has also reported large financial and personnel investments in the […]

Kyocera Mita America Inc., a document solutions company, has partnered with API Technologies Corp., a prime contractor in engineered systems, components and secure communications, to provide API’s HSPD-12-compliant Cryptek Netgard MFD (multi-function device) as an integrated component to enhance the data security of Kyocera’s document imaging devices. API’s Cryptek Netgard brings printers, scanners and copiers […]

SCM Microsystems Inc., a provider of products, services and solutions for the security and identification industries, announced that it and Hirsch Electronics have teamed up with local partner Native Systems to deliver a smart access control solution to the Critical National Infrastructure Authority (CNIA) in Abu Dhabi. The CNIA is tasked with handling the protection […]

There are varying reports on whether immigration reform will be discussed in Congress in 2010, but if it is addressed one aspect that will likely be included is a biometric Social Security card for employment verification. Dubbed Biometric Enrollment, Locally-stored Information, and Electronic Verification of Employment, or BELIEVE, the card would be required to verify […]

eEye Digital Security’s REM Security Management Console has begun to support the U.S. Department of Defense Common Access Card for two-factor authentication. This announcement comes right before eEye is scheduled to present the CAC-compliant solution at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Conference in Nashville, TN May 3-7. Currently most government Web sites require a […]

AssureTec Technology and Ctrue have announced a partnership to provide comprehensive electronic passports and e-ID authentication solutions. The partnership will combine AssureTec’s document authentication technology with Ctrue’s face recognition C-Pass solutions to produce complete automatic e-ID authentication. Ctrue successfully launched its C-Pass e-Gate at Passenger terminal expo in Brussels last month, which the company claims […]

Robert Beliles, vice president of enterprise business development at Hirsch Electronics, talks about the company’s physical access control gateway that combines physical and logical networks for better security. “This links physical access control events to trigger network responses,” Beliles said at the RSA Conference. For example, some organization have a problem with tailgating, where one […]