ID documents need to be both highly secure and easy to handle, and the MAGIC-ID security feature from Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) achieves just that. The Munich-based technology company has developed a special technical process that enables three-dimensional images to be integrated into ID documents. By tilting the ID card, the user can recognize pronounced depth…
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SAFE ID Specialists showcase the potential of the seamless integration of the identity life cycle @ CARTES 2010
From the 7th to the 9th of December 2010, SAFE ID Solutions AG will present its complete portfolio of Identity Flow Management solutions at the most important digital security event in Europe, the CARTES & IDentification in Paris. While there, the successful global provider for identity management and ID system solutions will address the following questions: How can the three…
nPerso: Neue Version der AusweisApp wird überprüft
This news item is currently not available in English. Please excuse the inconvenience. Nachdem in der Software AusweisApp, die zur Nutzung der eID-Funktion des neuen Personalausweises erforderlich ist, Schwachstellen bekannt wurden, haben die beteiligten Unternehmen (OpenLimit SignCubes AG und Siemens IT Solutions and Services GmbH) inzwischen eine überarbeitete Version der Software bereitgestellt. Diese wird derzeit vom Bundesamt für Sicherheit in…
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…
Trüb wins a large passport contract from the Republic of Azerbaijan
Trüb AG has secured a large order from the Republic of Azerbaijan. It concerns the supply of biometric passports - equipped with the polycarbonate data page manufactured by Trüb - the nationwide introduction of personalization centers, comprehensive consulting and project management services as well as long-term maintenance and support services. The order is based on the know-how acquired…
Document Security Systems, Inc. and CardLogix Form Partnership to Create Secure e-Passport Solutions
Document Security Systems, Inc. a company working in optical deterrent technologies and CardLogix, a manufacturer of smart cards and software, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to create highly secure e-Passport solutions. The two companies are working on combining chip-based encryption and state-of-the-art graphic features that will make e-Passports an extremely fast, effective and…
HID Global Receives Common Criteria Certification for e-Gov Manufacturing Site in Ireland
HID Global, trusted worldwide leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, today announced that it has obtained a site certificate for its Galway, Ireland e-government solutions manufacturing facility from the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), which supports product certifications conformance up to the Common Criteria assurance level EAL5+. The site certificate…
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…