As the Real ID Act continues to make headlines, more attention is focusing on the second stage in the identity process–issuance. The 2005 act would tighten standards governing the process for issuing credentials–specifically driver licenses and state-issued IDs–used for federal purposes. As a result, many states could migrate the issuance of these IDs toward a […]

Governments in Asia-Pacific are planning to adopt the two-chip electronic identification (EID) card, reports ZDNet. The two-chip card, also called a hybrid card, incorporates two different independently residing chip technologies on the same card. Generally, one is a contactless smart chip with an antenna, while the other is a contact smart chip. The two chips […]

The July 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 […]

Voice recognition technology could prove a useful tool in efforts to keep fraudsters from gaining access to a company’s client’s personal information from call centers. Simon Cranswick, general manager for interactive solutions at developer Dimension Data, made these comment at the Customer Interact Forum about the importance for measures that could reduce fraud committed via […]

The June 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 […]

The National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST) is working to establish protocols to ease implementation and increase interoperability for biometric devices. A team within NIST sees Web services as the key to extending biometrics across platforms, solutions and devices. The Biometric Web Services (BWS) project, a five-person team within NIST’s Information Technology Laboratory Image […]

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 […]

The Internet can be a funny thing and sometimes mistakes are made. This is one of those times. This Web post, “Academics say too much uncertainty in biometrics to be dependable,” is based on a news article that misconstrued the original research. The research states that lab tests don’t always translate to the real world […]

Slated for launch in 2012, ISIS will aim to bring contactless mobile payments to the majority of American cell phone users. So, how exactly will it work? Forbes, which was recently privy to a sneak preview, examines the nuts and bolts of the exciting new service: According to Forbes, the ISIS app will come preloaded […]

Privacy risk … or a fear of the biometrics boogey man? It’s a question that came up in Denver late last year when the health club chain, 24 Hour Fitness, introduced a fingerprint-based check-in system to replace its membership cards. The move added to the debate over whether systems that use fingerprint, face and eye […]