http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ayK8yMdPnY Security-News.tv spoke to Silicon Trust executives about what's happening with all the ID cards and passports that have been rolled out all over the world. We asked: What are the challenges that lay ahead? Listen to the opinions of: Prof. Dr. Claudia Eckert, Prof. Dr. Kempf, Dr. Karsten Ottenberg, Dr. Stefan Hofschen and…
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Giesecke & Devrient 2011 fiscal numbers published: Innovation is key to business strategy
• At around 1.64 billion euros, sales revenue in fiscal 2011 just below the high level of 2010 • Consolidated net income at 52.4 million euros • First major orders in new areas of business • Increased investment in research and development • Sales and earnings set to rise again in fiscal 2012 At around…
HID Global Receives Additional Order for U.S. Permanent Resident “Green Cards”
HID Global announced that the company has received a follow-on order for the manufacture and supply of U.S. government Permanent Resident Cards, also known as “Green Cards,” issued to all legal foreign residents of the United States under the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) border security program. More than three million multi-technology HID Global…
G&D first manufacturer to gain ITI certification for new eID cards in Brazil
GD Burti, the Brazilian subsidiary of international technology group Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), is the first and thus far only manufacturer of national security documents to meet the security requirements for the new Brazilian eID cards. The high-security RIC (Registry of Civil Identity) cards have been granted certification by Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia da Informação,…
M2SYS Releases New Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)
M2SYS Technology announced the release of its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) solution. It is designed to allow governments and private enterprises the ability to store, search, retrieve, process, and edit biometric data and subject records. Building on its experience of offering biometric solutions for a myriad of vertical markets around the world, the…
UAE: Public and private sector push for mobile ID cards using NFC
Etisalat, the largest operator in the Middle East and Africa regions with a market value in excess of AED 80 billion (US$20 billion) and annual revenues of approximately AED 30 billion (US$8 billion), announced the signing of an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA) to study the possibility of using Near Field…
Precise Biometrics fails to achieve 2011 targets & aims at strategic breakthrough in the mobile market
Precise Biometrics published their 2011 Annual Report this week. Please find a short summary below. For more detailed information please visit precisebiometrics.com Group's net sales... ...for the financial year was SEK 21.6 million (44.9) Group's income... ...for the financial year amounted to SEK -33.2 million (-14.6). Earnings per share... ...for the financial year amounted to SEK…
Speed Identity systems capture biometrics for Moldovan e-passports
In an EU-supervised tender aiming at increasing security and quality of passports issued by the Republic of Moldova, Speed Identity has supplied both biometric data capture stations and fingerprint readers to the Moldovan Ministry of Interior. Speed Identity supplied 35 Speed Capture stations and 200 fingerprint readers to the system integrator, who made final deliveries of…