Identiv awarded for secure premises solution at San Diego International Airport

Identiv won the 2014 GSN Award for the Best Physical/Logical Privileged Access Solution. This award comes for Identiv’s work with San Diego International Airport (SDIA). Identiv provided integrated premises access and security for SDIA’s newly redesigned Terminal 2, also known as “The Green Build” for its focus on environmental sustainability. “We are honored to be…

EU: Harmonizing the use of national ID throughout Europe

The European Parliament has backed new rules on electronic ID and trust services, paving the way for more secure cross-border trade in the EU, which is seen as essential to economic and social development among member states. The Regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and the repeal…

Sharing, caring, learning – Mindshare 2014

Text & Photos: Veronica Atkins By the time July comes around, most people working in the secure ID business will have been through a marathon of events, conferences, unconferences and the like. In the usual exhibition centres or corporate set up, these gatherings are necessary fixtures in the calendar of most sales and marketing executives.…

SMARTRAC leads the market in government ID inlay business

  According to the new study from ABI Research, SMARTRAC is market leader in the government ID inlay business. ABI’s competitive assessment of this sector places SMARTRAC top overall, with an estimated 40 million units shipped during the first half of 2014, for a market share of nearly 15%. The ABI report also scores SMARTRAC…

Austria Card buys the Turkish personalization expert Provus Kart

Austria Card (Lykos Group) increased its share in the Turkish personalization specialist Provus Kart Hizmetleri A.Ş. to 100%. Former Provus thereby started to operate under the new company name Austria Card Turkey Kart Operasyonları A.Ş. With the complete acquisition of Provus, Austria Card will play a pivotal role in the industry's development in Turkey and…

Moldova selects Gemalto for its new electronic Passport program

Gemalto has won a multi-year contract to supply next-generation ePassports to the Center for State Information Resources “Registru”* of the Republic of Moldova. Gemalto’s complete ePassport booklet offer to CSIR Registru includes its secure Sealys eTravel embedded software and eCovers, as well as advanced visual security features. Gemalto also provides support in integration services, within…

Enter Veridos: G&D and Bundesdruckerei bundle their foreign business for government solutions

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and Bundesdruckerei GmbH have signed a contract to establish a joint venture which is to operate under the name Veridos GmbH. The partners are bundling their international business with solutions for secure identification, such as passport and ID card systems for governments. The new company is to be headquartered in Berlin.…

Gemalto selected for Algerian ePassport

Gemalto has been chosen to provide the Algerian governmental agency "Hôtel des Monnaies de la Banque d’Algérie" with its Sealys eCover for ePassports and embedded eTravel software to support the country's ambitious ePassport program, as well as to increase its production capacity. In this program Gemalto’s technology is reinforced by its advanced production and delivery…