By Emmanuel Ventadour, Gemalto Providing security, confidentiality and opening the door to innovative eServices Smart cards – in the form of credit cards and SIM cards – are the most common form of IT processing power on the planet. The available technology offers now the potential for a virtuous circle of increasing take-up supporting increasing…
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G&D Focuses on Mobile Security Solutions at the CARTES & IDentification Trade Fair 2010
Giesecke & Devrient will be presenting its revamped trade fair strategy at CARTES & IDentification 2010, an international trade fair which will be held in Paris from December 7 to 9, 2010. For the first time, the Munich-based technology group will be showcasing end-to-end solutions designed to make its customers' digital applications secure. The solutions…
Ingenico Receives Signature Authorisation in Germany for its Health Insurance Card Terminal
With over 25,000 units sold, the ORGA 6041 L eGK eHealth BCS is already the most successful terminal in the public health sector throughout Germany. Within the North Rhine Associations of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, over 50% of physicians use this terminal following its rollout in 2009. Now that it has been approved as a signature application…
Gothaer Versicherungen offers first online function for the new German ID card
Gothaer Allgemeine Versicherung is the first company in Germany to be officially authorised by the Federal Administration Office (BVA) to use electronic proof of ID. At the same time, the company opted for the eID Service and authorisation certificates from Bundesdruckerei GmbH for the new online authentication function. The new German ID card launched on 1…
Germany introduces national eID card – the beginning of a new application era?
Today is the day hundreds, maybe thousands of security specialists, card developers, application developers, regional councils, politicians and civil servants have been working towards for more than 2 years: The official start of the German eID card - the neue Personalausweis. Just about everything is NEW about this document - the format, the functions, the…
SAFE ID presents its solutions for managing the seamless integration of the entire Identity Flow
SAFE ID Solutions AG, a worldwide provider of identity management and ID system solutions, is represented on the sixth ICAO MRTD Symposium in Montreal from 1st till 4th November 2010. The security specialist presents the expert audience its technologies and solutions in the area of Identity Flow Management, that have been consistently structured according the life cycle of an…
BIO-key International and Medflow Partner to Deliver Fingerprint Biometrics to Protect Electronic Health Records
BIO-key International, Inc., a finger-based biometric identification solutions provider for the healthcare industry, and Medflow Incorporated, the market leader in the development of electronic health records software solely dedicated to eye care physicians, announced the release of TruStaffTMfingerprint biometric log-in for securing access to Medflow Electronic Health Records (EHR). “BIO-key’s TruStaff fingerprint biometric log-in delivers a…
Electronic Vehicle Registration Card (eVRC)
By Carsten Müller und Birte Bräutigam, Giesecke & Devrient Since January 15, 2005, the eVRC (electronic vehicle registration card) has been a valid option for member countries of the EU. Requirements placed on the card body and the electronics as well as the outlook for the future are presented below. Introduction of the eVRC Owing…