Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) and the semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies AG are deepening their cooperation in the IT security sector. The German Federal Minister of the Interior, Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich, and Peter Bauer, CEO of Infineon Technologies AG, met today for this purpose at Infineon’s headquarters in Neubiberg near Munich. The continued…
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Gemalto Video: Enrollment solutions for ID card programs
Talking Digital Security: Government Identity Card programs are useful for delivering services to the right people, especially when costly health care services or political elections are involved. But producing the cards is only part of the job, and Gemalto has developed a complete enrollment system as part of a turnkey solution. This video will gives…
Completion of European Research Project “BioPass” to Enhance Chip Card Security for Future Electronic ID Documents with EU-Wide Validity
The handover of the final research report to the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) at the end of July marked the completion of the biggest chip card research project in the European Union. The research results of the “BioPass” project lay the technical foundations for future electronic ID documents in the EU.…
Biometric identity documents: a rapidly growing and increasingly diversified market
By Bérengère Deleage, LEWIS PR Comprising national identity cards, health cards, e-passports, visas, residence permits, driving licences, tachographs and so on, the personal identity market should reach €7.5 billion in 2014[1]. Eurosmart forecasts the delivery of 225 million secure identity documents (up 18% compared to 2010) throughout the world this year. The indications and opinions…
Identive and NXP Sign Multi-Year Value Added Reseller Agreement
Identive Group, Inc. a provider of products, services and solutions for the security, identification and RFID industries, today announced the signing of a Value Added Reseller (VAR) agreement with NXP Semiconductors , under which the companies will work together to identify and address emerging opportunities in the secure identification market by promoting and selling Identive's identification…
Secunet makes border control infrastructure fit for the new ID card
Secunet has been commissioned by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) with the extension of the control infrastructure for electronic identity documents. Up to date border control applications like the "ePass-Client" or the e-Gate solution "EasyPASS" at Frankfurt airport read and check electronic data from e-passports. So that border officials can read all…
The travel function policy on national eID in the European Union
By Detlef Houdeau and Chris Shire, Infineon Technologies Currently, the EU policy for cross border control processes cannot be described as harmonized. When looking at this topic, it is important to note that the Schengen Area is not a geographic area but rather a list of twenty-five states within a cooperative framework. In addition, there…
Secure Flash for high security smart cards
By Ines Pedersen, Infineon Technologies Over the last years the smart card market has changed dramatically. Technical progress, an increasing demand for security as well as a broad change in people’s minds have led to strong growth of electronically supported systems, like cashless payment – in different form factors such as smart cards, mobile phones…