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certgate and Reiner SCT will cooperate in future on creating products for smartcard security for all mobile devices with Bluetooth capability. The cooperation partners are currently already developing their first joint product, the “cgToken”. A prototype will be given to selected users this summer as it moves to the pilot phase. cgToken is the size…
After three years of co-operation, a group of experts including Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Bayer MaterialScience and the Fraunhofer institutes IZM, IAP and EMFT, brought the "SECUDIS" joint research project to a successful conclusion. As part of this project, security components for ID documents have been researched and developed which will be used in future product developments.…
By John Piccininni, Identive Group, Inc Since launching the HSPD-12 (Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, Policy for a Common Identification Standard for federal employees and Contractors) secure credentialing program in 2004, millions of smart cards have been issued to U.S. Government employees, military personnel and contractors. As a result, the government has streamlined and standardized…
By Bernd Mainzer, Atos Electronic Machine Readable Travel Documents (eMRTDs), as defined in the ICAO Document 9303 and particularly ePassports, allow a high degree of border security and automation. This is one of the reasons why, in 2012, more than 104 countries issued ePassports and the number is increasing steadily. At the same time, the…
Trüb AG has been selected to provide the new generation of electronic identity cards for the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. Trüb supplies the identity cards to Giesecke & Devrient. The new e-ID is made of polycarbonate and equipped with a contactless chip module. As a world novelty, the e-ID…
by Gemalto Ranked among the world’s top–ten fastest growing economies, Ghana has outstripped growth in African countries annually since 2008. Improving oil production and a stable political landscape leave the country poised to undergo even more explosive growth in 2013. For a country with a population of 23 million and GDP of $16 billion, much…
By Guillaume Sauzon, Infineon Technologies In the late 1990s, the task of securing identities met the challenges of an increasingly digital world. The introduction of electronic documents was on the agenda for most governments around the world. Since then, ministries and their appointed agencies and officials have had to understand not only the political,…
By Rob Haslam, Government ID Solutions, HID Global The use of credentials employing multiple technologies to address a variety of functions is quickly moving from the exception to the rule, especially in major government-to-citizen ID programs. A pioneer in the use of multiple secure identity technologies in a single card is the U.S. Permanent Resident…