Cross Match invests in AssureTec

Cross Match Technologies makes an equity investment in AssureTec Systems

Saudi opts for Entrust

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) has chosen Entrust to supply PKI and email technology in conjunction with its local partner Moammar Information Systems.

Digimarc to miss profit goal

Digimarc has said it does not expect to report a profit in its 2007 results, although revenue has improved at the digital watermarking and driving licence firm.

India confirms ePassport plans

India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, Shri E Ahamed, has confirmed the country’s ePassport plans in a written reply to a question in the upper house of parliament.

Singapore smart card standard launched

New standard could help to eradicate the need to carry multiple cards

Ceramic compounds to beat counterfeiters

Honeywell has launched an anti-counterfeiting technology aimed at protecting high-value documents and products.

Alex Mandl is Gemalto non-exec chair

Gemalto has confirmed the appointment of Alex Mandl as non-executive chairman of the board of the digital security provider.

XIRING scoops Best Alternext IPO award

XIRING has been awarded the 2006 Best Alternext Initial Public Offering in the Midcaps awards organised by Ernst & Young, MiddleNext, NYSE-Euronext and Oddo Midcaps.

Bangladesh elections to go biometric

Bangladesh is set to use biometrics for its 2008 general election following the award of an exclusive follow-on contract to Bio-key International and Tiger IT.

Latest ICAO MRTD report scathing of ePassport critics

ICAO’s latest MRTD report features an exclusive interview with Barry Kefauver who confronts media and hacker claims surrounding the security of contactless chips

GlobalPlatform announces directors

GlobalPlatform has announced its Board of Directors for the 2007-2008 financial year, following annual elections for six of the 11 places.

ACE accreditation for three card firms

The International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA) has announced the first members to achieve Advanced Card Education (ACE-M) accreditation.

Ireland launches first phase of AFIS

The Republic of Ireland has launched the first phase of its new Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) for its national police force, the An Garda Síochána, and the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS).

Latvian citizens get new ePassports

G&D has started producing and delivering ePassports for the Latvian government as part of a five-year deal involving 1.1 million documents.

ECOWAS passport takes step forward

Fingerprint biometric provider BioLink has announced that the commissioning stage of the biometric identification system needed for Nigeria’s new ECOWAS ePassports has begun.

Gemalto expert testifies before Congress

Neville Pattinson has testified before the US House Government Oversight Subcommittee on Government Management on behalf of the Secure ID Coalition,

De La Rue supplies new Bahamian ePassport

De La Rue Identity Systems delivers Bahamas ePassport

Data loss gives ammunition to ID critics

Critics of proposed UK national ID card scheme question the government’s ability to deliver it, following admission that two discs containing 25 million child benefits records have been lost

Remote updating a reality in France

Xiring and SFR Enterprises are deploying what they claim is the largest machine-to-machine network in the French healthcare sector.

ePassport personalisation launched in Latvia

Bundesdruckerei has set up a personalisation system for issuing ePassports in Latvia