Robust ID management frameworks provide critical foundation for secure travel document and border control solutions.

Leading next-generation government and citizen ID event SDW 2017 has revealed year-on-year growth in visitorship of 6%, and a record level of conference attendees.

Malaysian identity solutions firm Iris Corp has appointed two new directors.

Senior Thai officials have revealed that monks are to be issued with smart cards tracking their criminal history.

Swiss-based cybersecurity/IoT company WISeKey has announced its new citizen digital identity platform under the Microsoft CityNext, a smart city programme.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the deployment of facial recognition biometric exit technology to Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) for select flights from ORD.

Hungarian secure identity solutions firm Jura has revealed that its LetterScreen++ ghost-image solution for passports has been patented.

ITW Security Division has developed a new Laminate Patch that is designed to work with a wide variety of plastic ID Card substrates including PVC, PET and composite cards that have been personalised with a D2T2 or retransfer card printer.

TSA PreCheck Application Program enrols five million customers.

Israel's population agency has had a number of complaints, refusals and technical issues as the country launches a biometric database, according to local media.

Senior officials from the Philippines have said that a national biometric ID will ease the delivery of social services.

Secure identity solutions firm HID Global has acquired Arjo Systems, saying the purchase will boost its secure government ID offerings. 

NEC begins pilot to test exit process in Dulles International Airport.

Identity as a Service firm Jumio has announced a partnership with Crowdcube alum and challenger bank, Monzo, related to identity verification for new and existing customers.

Secure biometric identity firm Imprimerie Nationale Group plans to showcase its offering of components, products, digital services at world-leading next generation identity event SDW 2017.

Empowering e-government by shifting to smart cards is accelerating the arrival of a new era of mobile identity and electronic documents.

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

This “startup nation” has built a streamlined digital infrastructure of cutting-edge public and private services from the ground up – and it is also a case study of how all countries could benefit from eGovernment