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Gemalto has announced that the Maryland Department of Transportation's Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) has begun rolling out its new secure and redesigned driver's license and identification (ID) card across the state. The polycarbonate-based driver's license gives Maryland residents a tamper-resistant credential that reduces document forgery and protects against identity fraud. Maryland selected Gemalto's line of…
Up to now, X INFOTECH has gained a well established reputation in Europe, Africa and Asia. With the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) solutions for Uruguay’s e-ID card and e-passport, X INFOTECH enters Latin American market, addressing the increasing market demand, as the governments in Latin America shifts towards new, innovative e-ID solutions. The expansion in…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIcBpRpiBoc Watch this informative vid for an easy-to-understand animation on the importance of the use of Digital Signature - one of the key applications for national ID cards throughout the world. Estonia is a country at the front of IT innovation and their platform, e-estonia.com, gives plenty of insights on how they do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zchtyEd4464 For over two decades, getting any form of official identification for Somali citizens was done through the back alleys of the infamous Bakara market, a system known as "Abdallah Shideeye" or the counterfeiter. Without a functioning government and institutions during the two decades of civil war, many Somalis had to acquire fake identity cards…
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has been contracted by the Republic of Iraq to produce and deliver the Iraqi passports for the next years. These passports will be machine-readable and meet the requirements laid down by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) for international travel. The first batch of identification documents will be handed over to…
Infineon's Björn Scharfen speaks at the Contactless Intelligence Spring Conference 2013 about the importance of Secure NFC and the vital role that it plays in mobile commerce. http://youtu.be/Bt7FdLD1vps
In November 2011, the representatives of the EDAPS Consortium (Kyiv, Ukraine) visited India with an official delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine headed by its Minister Kostyantyn Hryschenko.In New Delhi, the official delegation of MFA of Ukraine hold the joint meeting with Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry of India, and…