General ID

End of year will see launch of Taiwan ePassport

December 29th will see launch of Taiwan ePassport

First identity cards are issued

Foreign nationals are now able to applying for UK identity cards.

Brits ready for biometrics to tackle ID fraud

UK consumers are the most open in Europe to the use of biometric technologies to verify their identities

Athena receives GSA approval

Athena receives GSA approval for its contact-contactless smart card

South Africa places volume order for ePassport solution

Tender awarded for a high security polycarbonate datapage for the new South African passport

Sagem Sécurité’s APFIS selected by Kenya Police

Sagem Sécurité to supply, deploy and maintain an automated palm and fingerprint identification system for Kenyan Police

UPM Raflatac supplies RFID tags to intelligent clothes store

Finnish apparel company NP Collection has opened one of the most advanced intelligent clothes stores in Hollola, Finland

Cryptography Research pins down NXP with security patents

Cryptography Research (CRI) has announced an agreement with chip manufacturer NXP regarding the use of CRI’s patents

TSA approves Sagem Morpho readers for TWIC pilot

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has approved four biometric readers from Sagem Morpho for deployment in critical pilot tests of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential

Easydentic selects Hitachi finger vein for access control

Easydentic Group is to use Hitachi´s finger vein security solutions for physical door access system

US trusted traveller program expands

US Customs and Border Protection have expanded Global Entry enrollment centers to four additional airports

HSBC bank uses facial recognition

HSBC is the first bank in the UK to use facial recognition technology to improve security at its data centres

SAIC awarded $37 million contract to support US Army

SAIC awarded $37 million contract to support US Army´s Biometrics Automated Toolset - Army (BAT-A) system

Sagem acquires Motorola’s biometric business

Motorola has announced it is selling its biometric arm to SAFRAN subsidiary, Sagem Securite

L-1 wins $20m contract for Middle Eastern border system

L-1 wins $20m contract for 1,000 biometric HIIDE devices destined for Middle Eastern border system

TSA proposes large aircraft security program

TSA proposes large aircraft security program to prevent them being used as weapons

Intellicheck Mobilisa TWIC reader approved

Intelli-Check - Mobilisa has announced that its IM2700 TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential) Handheld Reader successfully completed the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Initial Capability Evaluation (ICE) scenarios demonstration.

Republic of Estonia takes next step to visa waiver status

Republic of Estonia takes next step to visa waiver status following agreement signing with the USA

BIO-key wins $700,000 in new police contracts

BIO-key International announces that its Law Enforcement group wins US$700,000 in orders

Clear lanes process more than 1.5 million travellers

Clear announces that its members have now made over 1.5 million trips through the Clear lanes since the program began