Gemalto has enabled Belgian mobile ID scheme itsme® to enroll 350,000 users and securely process one million transactions per month for both private and public online services – making it one of the most successful mobile ID applications in Europe within one year of launch. As well as bringing greater convenience to consumers, itsme® provides…
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Exostar Mobile ID Turns Smartphones and other Mobile Devices into Second Factor Authenticators
Exostar, whose cloud-based solutions help companies in aerospace and defense, life sciences, and healthcare collaborate securely with their partners, today announced the general availability of a new option for multifactor authentication. Exostar Mobile ID is a smartphone or tablet app-based authenticator for which Exostar has achieved Level 3 SAFE-BioPharma certification under the FICAM trust framework. The solution…
Bridging the gap between physical and mobile credentials
By Steve Warne, HID Global. In a world where many of our daily tasks and authentication needs are migrating to mobile applications, the number of physical ID cards distributed by governments continues to grow, despite the emergence of new convenient mobile identity solutions. So why are ID documents still predominantly physical cards? Will this change…
eID migration from physical card to Mobile ID
By Steve Warne, HID Global. Everyone now looks upon the ‘mobile lifestyle’ as completely normal. For instance, for a recent London conference visit I booked my train tickets and parking, and then had them delivered to my smartphone. I checked in to my hotel via my smartphone. I took a call and read emails on…
REVIEW: Mobile – where next?
By Frank Smith, ENLETS Mobile. The current state of mobile computing and communications is the result of a long period of innovation of several technologies over many years. During that time there have been many game changing breakthroughs, and sustained improvement of ideas. This paper looks at the journey so far, focusing on current and…
Thailand deploys Gemalto’s mobile ID strong authentication and signing solution nationwide
Gemalto is to provide its LinqUs Mobile ID solution to the Electronic Transactions Development Agency which aims to develop secure online services nationwide. ETDA is a public organization, part of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Royal Thai Government, Kingdom of Thailand. The solution will allow mobile users to perform any online transaction on the go,…