ID solutions firm SuperCom hasannounced that it has won an 8-year contract for the development, delivery and maintenance of a new central personalization system for electronic passports and polycarbonate national electronic ID cards, for Iceland. 

Security systems firm Accenture has acquired VERAX Solutions, a Toronto-based technology and systems-integration consulting firm.

A team of scientists at Newcastle University have found an inexpensive method to validate the authenticity of paper documents.

OPTAGLIO establishes research centre focused on the forensic aspects of anti-counterfeit protection technologies for documents.

A coming shift towards mobile or digital driving licences that many expect will occur in the next decade – or sooner – will have major ramifications for the identity industry.

Optaglio announces its transformation into a joint-stock company. 

Industry body the Smart Card Alliance has been relaunched as the Secure Technology Alliance, with the leadership saying the change aims to ensure that the organisation includes a broader range of security and privacy-enhancing technologies.

Secure identity technology event connect:ID 2017 is set to host a high-profile stakeholder debate on the long-awaited implementation of a biometric exit programme in the US. 

The organisers of secure identity technology event connect:ID 2017 has revealed the first speakers who will take part in the conference.

The organiser of next-generation government and citizen identity event SDW 2017 has revealed that conference and exhibition registration is now open for the event.

Iceland’s Rikiskaup (Central Public Procurement) body has published the results of a tender for ABC gates for Keflavik International Airport, with German security firm secunet presenting the lowest price.

Citizen ID documents such as national IDs and driver licenses will ultimately follow the trend toward mobility.