AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the Winter 2015 Regarding ID magazine. Some highlights from this issue include: Wallet holds DNA for digital ID, Protecting kids’ online identities, Municipal governments issuing IDs and Clear IDs resurrected at airports, stadiums.

The rise of eID credentials is a trend that’s made landfall with countries in virtually every corner of the planet – but not every corner. The Americas lie in direct opposition to one another in terms of their implementation of national eID credentials. South America has a stable of countries, eight as of 2015, with eIDs. North America, however, is yet to climb aboard while Central America and the Caribbean fall in the middle both geographically as well as in the adoption of eID.

Tony Ball wants to make security easy. The president of the identity and access management business at HID Global says the security industry has dropped the ball when it comes to user experience.

Without a passport, legal international travel is virtually impossible, but the potential to cross international borders using fraudulent documentation continues to open sovereign nations to major security threats. Standards are meant to ensure that all international travel documents are valid and legitimate. These standards have evolved to incorporate technological advances, but it is not clear whether these improvements are being utilized globally to the fullest extent.

TSCP was awarded a $1.26 million NSTIC grant in 2013 to deploy trusted credentials for conducting secure transactions among small and medium-sized businesses and financial service companies, such as Fidelity Investments and Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Gemalto is providing Maryland’s Motor Vehicle Administration with a full issuance and personalization solution to support the implementation of polycarbonate technology; DERMALOG unveiled the VF1 device that captures passports or ID cards in color; Smartrac announced the launch of new PRELAMs based on NXP’s MIFARE Plus SE chip; the Las Americas Golden Tower is set to offer guests advanced property security with electronic door lock and safe innovations by ASSA ABLOY Hospitality.

The 2015 SESAMES Awards were announced at the CARTES Secure Connexions conference. Oberthur Technologies took home three awards — connected objects, mobile security and transportation — while Infineon Technologies won two awards, best IT security and the Golden SESAMES.