Biometric security is going to be implemented for airport and seaport staff in Australia.

Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov last week met with ICAO Council President Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu to discuss domestic and regional air transport issues.

Electronic travel documents in Iceland will soon be authenticated using a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) by secunet

Data capture and ID authentication solutions firm Acuant has announced record revenue and profitability over the past year.

Staff from border control firm secunet Security Network have commented on a recent open letter to the EU Council of Ministers by the international air transport associations IATA, A4E, AIRE, ERA and ACI Europe.

ITW Security Division has added a new White Paper ‘The Hologram - Still Going Strong!’ to its website for the personal ID and secure government documents markets.

The organisers of the next-generation identity solutions event connect:ID 2018 have revealed new initiatives for the event’s fifth edition.

Digital security firm Gemalto has announced that its ePassport technologies are now being used in over 30 different countries.

German biometrics firm Jenetric plans to launch Livetouch Quattro Mobile, a handheld scanner, which also allows the scanning of documents and taking an electronic signature,

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. 

Swedish biometrics firm Fingerprints has become a member of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition.

High-resolution security hologram firm Optaglio has established a research unit focused on microholograms.

Biometrics-enabled digital ID firm Jumio has announced an agreement with Plynk, a money messaging app.

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