Bringing together companies who power secure identification to promote the use of hardware-based security.
The project PersoSim, which focuses on the development of an open source eID simulator for the simulation of all functions of the chip application of the German ID card (Personalausweis), reached an important milestone. In addition to the eID simulator, HJP developed virtual Windows- and Linux-based card readers in the project. These virtual readers allow…
At Cartes 2014, Agfa introduced its latest innovation, a magenta laser film. This unique technology makes it even more difficult for counterfeiters to manipulate the laser image on an ID card. Watch this video to find out more. http://youtu.be/qYt9XXb0jy8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YZc5HCmPuk&feature=youtu.be The new Irish electronic ePassport is a thing of beauty. According to Steve Kelly at HID Global, this is the result of true project collaboration with a strong national flavour. For HID it was also a first, as the Passport contains the company's first data page. Watch this video to find out more...
At this year's Cartes in Paris, HID Global presented SEOS, which works like a trusted, secure Vault that stores your identity. Watch this video with Steve Kelly to find out more... http://youtu.be/iZFglAuKF90
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni launched the issuance of electronic national identity cards, calling on Ugandans to register in the system as he received the first electronic ID. Nearly 16 million Ugandans are expected to register in the electronic IDs system. "National Identity cards are being printed using four machines that produce a minimum of 56,000 and a maximum…
The demand for Infineon's SOLID FLASH™ security solutions is further gaining momentum. As the company announced, shipments of SOLID FLASH ICs for payment applications are expected to reach 1.5 billion units by the end of calendar year 2014. This represents a 15-fold increase of shipments within two years. Infineon pioneered highly secure yet very flexible security…
SMARTRAC’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of the Management Board, Clemens Joos, has decided to resign from his position with immediate effect. The Supervisory Board has appointed Christian Uhl, currently the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), as CEO and Chairman of the Management Board with immediate effect. Christian Uhl will retain the position of CFO…
Juniper Research has awarded its “Future Mobile Gold Award” to Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) for "making an outstanding contribution to the future of the mobile contactless payments market”. For Edgar Salib, Senior Vice President and Head of the Financial Institutions division at G&D, this award confirms G&D’s position as “an innovative technology leader and valuable…