French Government Selects IDEMIA for the National Digital ID Program

The updated French national eID card (CNIe) was launched in August 2021, and will enable French citizens to complete online transactions using their smartphone. Citizens will receive an authentication request on their smartphone. They will then place their CNIe on the back of their phone, which will communicate using Near-Field Communication technology. The mobile app…

COVID-19 Card: Hardware-based assistance for international travelling

WATCH THE SEMINAR VIDEO BELOW IN YOUR LANGUAGE (EN/FR/ES(LA)/PT(BRAZIL) Currently in these pandemic times, a lot of countries are in some kind of lockdown and international travelling is very difficult. So if you want to cross borders, you either need to show a negative test that is not older than 72 hours or you need…

SECORA™ ID S: highest security and flexibility for region-specific electronic ID cards and eGovernment solutions

With SECORA™ ID, Infineon Technologies AG offers an easy-to-integrate security platform for contactless digital ID documents. The first product variant, SECORA™ ID S, is a particularly flexible, Java-based solution. It simplifies and accelerates the design and production of region-specific sovereign documents such as eIDs in card format. The solution includes the security chip, the operating…

Goode Intelligence forecasts revenue opportunity for eID, eIDV and digital ID to top $27 Billion by 2024

In its latest research into the global identity market, the most definitive analysis of the digital identity market to date, Goode Intelligence forecasts that the combined revenue opportunity for electronic identity and document verification (eIDV) and digital identity will be $27.38 billion by 2024. Alan Goode, founder and CEO of Goode Intelligence and author of…

Infineon’s SECORA™ ID accelerates eID project execution

By Markus Moesenbacher, Infineon Technologies.  The ID market growth is mainly driven by electronic identification, electronic health cards and electronic driving licenses with strong variations to reflect local flavors. In addition, the request for multi-application is increasing for electronic ID cards. To meet these demands a flexible product is required which allows the customization of…

A new German security architecture for next generation ID and IoT requirements

By Markus Hoffmeister & Klaus Schmeh, cryptovision GmbH. The Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) module, based on an architecture developed by governmental cyber security experts in Germany, is an innovative and effective approach to implementing cryptographic security functions across a diverse array of sensitive applications. It takes security development to a new level, by enabling smooth…

Ready for the thinnest eDatapage Challenge

By Hervé Naullet, Paragon ID. It has been almost 20 years since the first rollout of the ICAO electronic/biometric passports. For most of these programs, the personalized data & picture of the citizen were securely printed and protected onto a paper-based datapage, and electronically stored in the contactless component located inside the cover of the…