Gemalto have announced that it has surpassed the ten million mark for electronic driver’s licenses and electronic registration certificates for vehicles delivered to India. The program is expected to be the world’s largest of its kind. The e-Driver’s License incorporates a microprocessor that securely stores the driver’s data, protecting citizens against identity theft. In addition, it…
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Gemalto Selected for the Turkish ePassport Personalization Program
Gemalto has announced its selection by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey for its ePassport program. Gemalto provides its Coesys Issuance solution for the personalization of new electronic passports for Turkish citizens, including the certificate authority solution and associated integration services. For Turkey’s 72.5 million citizens, electronic passports are issued for new…
The European eID Landscape
Posted By Detlef Houdeau and Chris Shire, Infineon Technologies In this post we will shortly review various projects for eID (eGovernment services, eHealth, eDriving License) that are taking place on a national level and on an international and European level discuss cross-border programmes. We’ll explore the impact of new standards on technical requirements including security frameworks, biometric data and data…
Fit for ID?
By Peter Stampka, Andreas Karl, Dr. Detlef Houdeau, Infineon Technologies Market requirements for National eID card programs EU policy for 2010 In spring 2005, the European Commission (under EC 14351 / 2005), published a recommendation for the minimum security framework of National eID card programs. EU refers, in this document, to the ICAO 9303 documents. The…
Intelligent security at the border
By Katja Sommerfeld, SAFE ID Solutions and member of the Silicon Trust Over recent years, the implementation of global MRTD infrastructures could be said to have increased the security and facilitation of travelers worldwide. Now, at least 60 ICAO countries are issuing ePassports, with a number of others planning to issue them by the end…
UK exits eID program under Con-Lib Government
The UK press association put out the following information about the UK eID card program; The £5 billion national identity card scheme will be consigned to the scrap-heap as a result of the new coalition Government, the Home Office confirmed. Axing the controversial scheme and associated identity databases were key manifesto commitments for both the Conservatives…