By Jess May, Global Identity Practice Lead for the U.S. Government Sector, HP National Identity smart cards and identity systems are not a new phenomena. Several countries including Bulgaria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland and Spain use smart cards for their national identity cards. At least 10 countries are currently testing, introducing legislation or have […]

Germany began issuing the new contactless national ID to citizens in November. The program is one of the first contactless-only electronic ID programs. It also employs a unique privacy scheme to protect cardholders. National ID cards aren’t new in the European Union and many countries use smart card technology to power the credentials. But the […]

Frost & Sullivan has released a report detailing the state of the market for video surveillance and contactless biometric solutions in the Asia Pacific region. The report, titled Asia Pacific Profiles of Local Industry Participants: Physical Security, paints a promising picture of the marketplace for the technologies in region wherein many local companies have responded […]

WCC Smart Search & Match is in the algorithm business, says Tarvinder Sembhi, vice president of sales for the identity market at the company. “We have multiple biometrics plus biographical systems that can scale to a national or international basis,” Sembhi says. The company has different algorithms that organizations or governments can use to match […]

By Richard Ringold, IEEE Certified Biometrics Professional Program As we look at 2011 and beyond, it is quite clear that biometrics are here to stay. From a broad view of the security landscape, some of the biggest challenges that lie ahead extend well beyond securing our borders. We need to proactively develop new ways to […]

The first in a series of podcasts discussing the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, or NSTIC. Jim Dempsey, vice president for public policy at the Center for Democracy and Technology, gives his take on the strategy along with what some possible obstacles may be for the government and private sector. iTunes Aggregator m4a […]

IMS Research has released a new report projecting that 2.5 billion high-frequency contactless credentials will be shipped in 2015. In the report, entitled “RFID – Smart & Secure Contactless Applications – World – 2011,” IMS finds that the three leading application sectors for contactless credentials are Government ID, Transportation/Mass Transit and Payment & Banking, accounting […]

LaserCard Corp. received an order to supply additional credentials for Italy’s Citizen ID Card program, known as the Carta d’Identità Elettronica or CIE. The multi-technology ID cards, based on LaserCard’s optical security media platform, are used by citizens for identification and travel. The order is valued at approximately $540,000 and is expected to be delivered […]

By Walter Hamilton, chairman and president, International Biometrics & Identification Association Biometric technology continues to evolve and is gaining increasing importance as a trusted method of personal identification in a wide range of applications deployed throughout the world. Biometrics is the automatic identification or identity verification of an individual based on physiological or behavioral characteristics. […]

In just six months more than 300,000 Republic of China citizens have applied for their first passports in person, with the new biometric passports contributing to Taiwan’s inclusion as a candidate for the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP), according to The China Post. In addition, a total of 3.88 million Taiwan passport holders have changed […]