Bringing together companies who power secure identification to promote the use of hardware-based security.
The Silicon Trust Board is delighted to welcome PWPW as a partner to the Silicon Trust. PWPW is a commercial company, entirely owned by the Polish Treasury, with a long tradition and extensive experience in providing security printing solutions. The company offers modern, secure products and solutions as well as highest quality services which ensure…
With the Republic of Croatia joining the EU, the New Croatian eID card bill was passed in the process of harmonization with relevant and applicable international guidelines and standards. The Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Croatian Ministry of Interior commenced the first phase of the implementation of New Croatian eID card project…
Over the next five years, Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is to supply Mexico with over 60 million voting cards. The Instituto Federal Electoral (IFE) is responsible for organizing all of Mexico’s elections. This independent public organization has commissioned the technology group’s Mexican subsidiary Giesecke y Devrient de México S.A. de C.V. (G&D Mexico) to manufacture…
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…
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…
With ID security requirements constantly evolving, many governments are looking to integrate the new security standard SAC (Supplemental Access Control) in their national ID documents from 2015. In comparison to the currently used standard EAC (Extended Access Control), SAC offers higher security features like, amongst others, asymmetric cryptographic protocols. Because of this development, during this…