Bringing together companies who power secure identification to promote the use of hardware-based security.
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.…
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.…
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.…
Bundesdruckerei has taken note: mobile payments will be one of the mega trends in years to come. At this year's CeBIT, therefore, the German state-owned secure ID provider has joined forces with XCOM AG and biw Bank für Investments und Wertpapiere AG to show how identity services based on the German ID card can facilitate…
The Republic of Kosovo has chosen Giesecke & Devrient to manufacture and deliver its multifunctional, electronic, and entirely contactless smart ID cards - only 3 months after the company won the contract to manufacture the country’s new electronic passports.. As prime contractor, the Munich-based technology company is assuming responsibility for all aspects of project…
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.…
From now on, German bank customers can use their new ID cards to withdraw cash free of charge. The first cash machine to use the new ID card and the online ID function has now been installed in the Bundesdruckerei lobby at Kommandantenstrasse. The ATM required for these transactions supports withdrawal by online ID authentication…
"Einmalig - Eine Bundesdruckerei Publikation" was named Gold Winner in the Technology category of the 2013 Best of Corporate Publishing (BCP) Awards, Europe's largest competition for corporate publishing media. Krowne Communications GmbH was responsible for the creative implementation and project management. With Einmalig, Bundesdruckerei positions itself as an innovative high-security company that recognizes issues which…