The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has released Draft Special Publication 800-96 (SP 800-96) PIV Card/Reader Interoperability Guidelines.
The US General Services Administration (GSA) has approved Integrated Engineering’s contactless SmartID readers as compliant with the Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201).
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has chosen SafeNet’s Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) for its cryptography requirements in smart card production, personalisation and key management.
SafeNet has been selected by government immigration departments in 14 countries to provide its Hardware Security Modules (HSM) for their ePassport projects.
Ghana’s Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency has committed to replace its current paper-based, passport-sized driving licence with a credit card-sized digital one.
Identix has received two certifications that will enable it to compete for federal agency biometric procurements associated with the implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD12)