Bringing together companies who power secure identification to promote the use of hardware-based security.
Safran Identity & Security has reached the threshold of 10 million ID cards delivered in Chile. 57% of the Chilean population now owns electronic identity cards to safeguard their identities and facilitate access to public online services.Chile is one of over 50 countries in the world who has implemented this type of system, which incorporates…
secunet is expanding its core expertise in the Homeland Security division and so is acquiring a business unit from HJP Consulting, based in Borchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. With this partial transfer of operations, secunet will be taking on experts in electronic identity documents (eID), whilst also bringing on board the test tool GlobalTester, used for examining…
Gemalto is supporting DGSN, the General Delegation for National Security in Cameroon, in tackling fraud and document counterfeiting with the deployment of Sealys Color in PC for polycarbonate eID cards, a first in Africa. This innovative approach consists in laser engraving high resolution color photos into the durable Sealys card body to provide Cameroon with…
Latvia's X INFOTECH, a global system integrator for electronic identity (eID) projects and a Silicon Trust partner, will now include Elyctis know-how in the company’s offering in order to deliver a comprehensive, all-in-one solution for ePassport and eID card issuance. X INFOTECH’s solutions perform all the necessary functions to manage the entire production workflow for efficient and…
By Andrea Servida, European Commission With the adoption of all the implementing acts, we have taken a concrete step to building and unleashing the potential of Europe’s Digital Single Market. Less than a year ago, eIDAS Regulation entered into force and now we have also completed the adoption of all the implementing acts that were due by…
By Benjamin Drisch und Adam Ross, cryptovision. Modern eID document project requirements often ask for a variety of elements, but can be distilled into the four prime elements of multi-application, multi-segmentation, secure in-field application loading and data management. Each has its own set of unique challenges and care should be taken to cover each requirement…
German biometrics innovator DERMALOG has supplied the new biometric passports and IT system for registration and personalization of electronic passports to the Republic of Maldives. Additionally, DERMALOG delivered a new border control system, including automatic gates and a high-speed AFIS (Automatic Fingerprint Identification System) to Maldives Immigration. The Maldives is the first country in the…
The Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) officially announced that they have chosen Veridos Canada to produce Saskatchewan’s driver’s license and identification cards, and provide facial recognition and photo capture enhancement. Veridos will begin card production services in April 2016, and SGI plans to begin using facial recognition in August 2016. With this move to facial recognition,…