Ecuador has chosen the Zebra P640i, a dual-sided color printer with a built-in laminator, to create driver’s licenses that also are used as national ID cards for the country’s 13.5 million citizens. 96 Printers to be Located at Government Offices throughout the Country Ecuador, located in the rugged Andean highlands on the west coast of […]

Two more ActivIdentity smart card solutions have achieved FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certification, while its ActivClient PIV has received a FIPS 201 certificate from NIST, the company announced. FREMONT, Calif.– ActivIdentity Inc., a global leader in digital identity assurance, announced the company continues to deliver security solutions that meet strict government guidelines for information and […]

Wireless biometric security provider Privaris has launched a key-fob-sized device that eliminates the need for passwords and access cards, verifies identity via a fingerprint, thus safeguarding a user’s privacy, and works with existing security systems, such as those from HID, Indala, and others. The company’s plusID can be used to secure access to buildings and […]

Health pros are getting hi-tech to protect every aspect of their patients’ lives. As such, VeriChip will be touting its RFID-based infant protection solutions at the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Convention trade show in Baltimore, this weekend and early next week. Among the goodies at the VeriChip booth this year: demonstrations […]

Chase’s blink technology has moved to 1.8 million Visa debit cards in three northeastern states, becoming the first Visa issuer to offer contactless debit cards. About 2,000 merchant locations in the New York/Tri-state area and more than 30,000 in the U.S. are equipped to accept blink payments. NEW YORK–Chase, the consumer banking brand of JPMorgan […]

Symbol Technologies, Inc., which makes various enterprise mobility parts and systems, is providing the RFID-based technology to help the city of Hoboken thwart parking counterfeiting. What was happening in the N.J. municipality to create the need for RFID? Apparentely, Hoboken parking enforcement officers were finding it difficult to distinguish the permits of residents with extended […]

A European supplier of IT identity management solutions, vps Video Print Systeme, has launched a web-based e-passport management system designed to manage chip-based identity documents. The system was developed to meet the demands of governments issuing biometric-enabled electronic passports and has already been deployed for the electronic passport program of one Asian country. The new […]

QI Systems, a developer and marketer of contact and contactless chip-based card payment and tracking solutions, has joined with campus card provider SmartCentric Technologies, to provide universities with more opportunities for expanded use of the SmartCity smart cards for on-campus and off-campus use. The agreement will also allow for remote data collection and hot-listing of […]

Dates: June 8th and 9th, 2006 Venue: Hyatt Regency Paris – Charles de Gaulle Location: Paris URL: www.electronic-passport.com Contact: [email protected], [email protected] Description: Following the outstanding success of the 2005 event in Berlin, the Electronic Passport Forum will once again open its doors this spring, on June 8-9, in Paris. The Electronic Passport Forum welcomes the […]

SupplyScape Corporation is buiding something big: secure software and expertise that will safeguard the pharmaceutical supply chain. To secure this “safety net” (and prevent fraud), the Woburn, Mass., company’s adding some hefty manpower to its Board of Advisors: Bill Hubbard, former FDA senior associate commissioner, was often called to Capitol Hill to educate government officials […]