Bringing together companies who power secure identification to promote the use of hardware-based security.
Text: Vladimír Ďurači and Tomáš Balogh, Plaut Slovakia / Michal Ševčík, Hewlett-Packard Slovakia / Peter Kiefer, Atos IT Solutions and Services Starting on December 1 2013, a new national identity card with a built-in electronic chip – a so-called electronic identity card (eID) – will be issued in the Slovak Republic. This is part of the process…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GdIyT7hMjs Addressing the growing movement toward mobile and cloud, Gemalto continues to introduce a range of innovative products which deliver the same high security level as traditional strong authentication solutions while addressing users' need for mobility, new devices and employees who bring their own devices (BYOD).
Text: Stéfane Mouille, Gemalto The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is working on the next evolution of the ePassport standard, initially implemented in 2004. While the initial version of the standard focused on the electronification of the passport data page, LDS 2 will address the electronification of the rest of the document. It aims to remove…
Text: Michael Brandau, Giesecke & Devrient Electronic passports have made it possible to use IT based systems to perform border control tasks. Meanwhile, e-passports are used in more than 100 countries. More and more countries in the world make use of the benefits of an electronic passport to solve another, continuously growing problem: how to…
LaserLock Technologies, a company involved in authenticating products and people, has been selected to provide DuoChrome+, a unique, exclusive pigment offered through ABNote Corporation to the new national ID card of the Dominican Republic. The sale of the color-changing pigment is a result of an exclusive relationship between LaserLock and ABnote to market DuoChrome+™. DuoChrome+™…
Gemalto has introduced the Coesys Border and Visa Management solution to meet the combined needs of securing borders and simplifying travel procedures. The end-to-end solution integrates high-availability service platforms, secure software and on-site services to significantly reduce waiting times through the use of automated document verification and border control at land, sea and airport check…
As the mandated authority for the public transport sector, the SBB (Swiss Federal Railways) has awarded Trüb AG the contract for the production and personalization of the new "SwissPass". The SwissPass is a smart card with an integrated chip, which stores the customer’s ID number. When the customers hold their SwissPass up to the reader…
Biometric identification in the mobile era: according to its manufacturer Dermalog, the LF1 fingerprint scanner sets new standards in terms of biometric identification for mobile applications. Using software for mobile devices developed by DERMALOG, the fingerprint scans produced by the LF1 can be transferred to a smartphone or tablet within a fraction of a second.…