Dubai Customs has revealed that it seized a total of 1,027 fake travel documents in 2014.

Malaysian smart card solutions firm Iris Corp expects trusted identification projects in Asia and Africa to keep the firm’s outlook strong in 2015.

Frost & Sullivan’s ‘Global Airport Security Technology Market Assessment' reveals the market earned revenues of US$8.22 bn in 2014.

AssureTec Technologies awarded Canadian Patent 2,469,797 ‘Document and Bearer Verification’.

Côte d’Ivoire’s national company for the issuing of administrative identification documents chooses Zetes as its technical partner for registration and the production of cards for four million people covered by its national health insurance fund.

Cypriot Civil Registry and Migration Department confirms all new ID cards issued to citizens will be biometric.

Digital identity firm Entrust Datacard has revealed a new software suite that enables organizations to design, manage and deliver secure credentials for employees, citizens and students.

Canada’s Alberta province is planning a consultation on a single, smarter identity card that would consolidate healthcare and driver’s license information.

Speculation that French secure technologies firm Oberthur is readying a bid for British banknote printer De La Rue has seen the latter’s shares rise. 

ASK will benefit from complete control of its production capacity in the fast-growing American market through the takeover, says the firm.

German high-end secure lamination plate firm VTT plans to present a “perfect, cost saving” solution for RFID card production at the SDW 2015 show. 

Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission is launching an evaluation exercise that will aims to develop the domestic production and distribution of electronic identity cards.

CredenceID adds MRZ reading capabilities to new handheld mobile device

Influential next-generation identity event connect:ID has announced the line-up for its conference in Washington on March 23-25.

Infineon Technology’s Supervisory Board unanimously re-elects Wolfgang Mayrhuber as chairman.

French tech consultancy firm FIME has signed an agreement with KEOLABS that will see the firms collaborate on advanced testing services for the eMRTD and electronic driving licenses markets.

Joel Zlotnick, supervisory physical scientist, US Department of State, discusses the best strategies and technologies to stay ahead of counterfeiters.

Iowa state's plans to pilot a digital driver's licence stored on a smartphone prompted debate across the globe. MorphoTrust VP Jenny Openshaw discusses how her firm arrived at the concept and how it will evolve over the coming years.

In a wide-ranging interview with Security Document World, Gemalto’s Coralie Mesnard, marketing manager for e/mGov solutions, discusses important trends in mobile identity.

Looking ahead to 2020, many studies show the predominant role that mobile devices and - more broadly - connected objects, will have in our lives.

Gemalto discusses how some visionary countries have made the leap to mobile identity or m-ID, meaning the creation of a mechanism - initiated using the eID component - for accessing online services with a high level of security thanks to mobile devices.

Travel documents confirm the identity of persons and enable seamless and secure international travel but are only as satisfactory as the identification-related systems behind their production, issuance, control and inspection.

Gemalto discusses the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) considers new global approach, the Traveler identification Program (TRIP) initiative.

eDLs present a significant opportunity for issuing authorities to provide meaningful services to motorists. At the same time, these new licenses can simplify administration, provide higher-quality data and services, and can make organizations more efficient. NXP reports.

The next evolution of the ePassort standard will introduce the ability to add data to the electronic component of the passport post issue, in order to load and read information such as biometric data or electronic visas and entry/exit stamps during its lifetime. Gemalto discusses the importance of selecting the right partners and suppliers for this task.

SDW has sold all exhibition space more than six months ahead of the SDW 2015 show.

Held at the height of the English summer, SDW 2014, the world's leading next-generation government and citizen identity conference and exhibition continued to demonstrate its importance to the secure document and identity industry, once again breaking attendance records and consolidating its place on the industry’s calendar as ‘the must-attend event’.

The overwhelming success of the inaugural connect:ID exhibition and conference at the Ronald Reagan Center in Washington, DC exceeded expectations for event hosts - the IBIA and Science Media Partners.

Preparations are well underway for connect:ID 2015