Swedish Tax Agency turns to Oberthur for their national ID card project

Oberthur Technologies has successfully delivered of a turnkey eGovernment solution including an electronic national ID card and a complete ID system to the Swedish Tax Agency. Oberthur Technologies’ solution includes enrolment equipment, electronic secure document manufacturing, personalisation system, PKI¹ including certificate management and issuance and finally a Card Management System. Thanks to this strong and…

No more waiting around – THE NEW VAULT MAGAZINE IS OUT!

No more waiting around for issue #12 of the VAULT magazine - the new magazine is now out and you can read your pdf version here. With Silicon Trust partner articles on the situation of the European driving licence, electronic immigration in Ghana, the US Green Card, latest development in Flash technology, social security fraud…

CeBIT 2013: Bundesdruckerei shows ID management solutions for secure data exchange

At this year's CeBIT fair from 5 to 9 March in Hanover, Bundesdruckerei will present its solutions and ideas for full ID management. Visitors to the "City of IDeas" (booth C18) in hall 7 of the Public Sector Parc will see for themselves how data can be exchanged in a trustworthy manner – in everyday…

Oberthur provides US government with Personal Identity Verification (PIV) software

Oberthur Technologies' ID-One PIV®Client software is now listed on the General Services Administration’s (GSA) approved product list (APL). ID-OnePIV®Client is the first PIV middleware to be certified, complying with the latest PIV specifications (NIST SP 800-73-3). Oberthur Technologies ID-OnePIV®Client offers a high level interface to applications for accessing PIV card functionalities such as authentication, electronic…

Fingerprint Cards inks order in China worth SEK 20 M

Fingerprint Cards has received an order worth SEK 20 M from its distributor in China and Taiwan, Hardware & Software Technologies Co. Ltd (HST). 
The order encompasses the FPC1011F3 area sensor. Delivery of the entire order is scheduled for 2013, partly in the first quarter and partly in the second quarter. As a result of…

Morpho extends European network – acquires ABnote’s European card manufacturing and personalization operations

Morpho announced the signing of an agreement with American Banknote Corporation to acquire its subsidiaries CPS Technologies SAS, a leader in bank card personalization in France, which employs 125 people, and ABnote Czech sro, a card manufacturing and personalization center based in the Czech Republic, which employs 85 people. With this acquisition, Morpho will enhance…

Taiwanese ePassports take off

The number of Taiwanese nationals applying for electronic passports has grown 25 percent in October from a year earlier, getting a boost from Taiwan's inclusion in the United States' visa waiver program, a foreign ministry official said Sunday. Bureau of Consular Affairs Director-General Thomas Chen said the bureau issued 96,047 e-passports between Oct. 1 and…

Silicon Trust welcomes new partner Digital Identification Solutions

The Executive Board of the Silicon Trust welcomes a new partner to the program: Digital Identification Solutions is a global provider of advanced identification solutions, specialized in secure government and corporate applications for ID cards and ePassports/Visa. By applying innovative technologies, we develop unique, scalable credential solutions which perfectly meet the ever-changing demands of our…