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16/10/09

Phase one of Georgian ePassport completed


In what is seen as a step forward in Georgia’s alignment with European standards, the first stage of the country’s ePassport project has now been completed.

15/10/09

SESAME finalists confirmed


The finalists for this year’s SESAMES awards have been announced, with four firms short listed for the Identification category.

15/10/09

Travellers urged to use Stansted autogate


Business travellers and holiday makers are being urged to make use of Stansted Airport’s new facial recognition security gates

14/10/09

BSI certifies SMARTRAC’s Thai plant


SMARTRAC’s ePassport production plant in Thailand has received a site certificate from the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).

13/10/09

NXP inks Egypt deal


The Egyptian government has selected NXP’s SmartMX contact security chip to power its welfare scheme’s Family Card.

12/10/09

Bundesdruckerei sale completed


German secure identification firm Bundesdruckerei is now back in public hands after the signing of a purchase agreement with the government.

9/10/09

Botswana gets set for 2010


Botswana’s Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs has announced that it expects the country’s first ePassports to be issued from March 2010.

8/10/09

VeriSign scoops Kuwait deal


Kuwait’s Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) has selected VeriSign’s National PKI Platform.

7/10/09

Datastrip unveils EAC capabilities


Datastrip launches EasyRead handheld biometric reader with EAC capability from secunet Security Networks

7/10/09

IBM awards Sagem biometric deal in the UK


Sagem wins IBM deal to maintain a biometric management solution for UK’s Identity and Passport Service

7/10/09

Oberthur launches Windows 7 European Citizen Card


Oberthur launches ID-One IAS-ECC, a Windows 7 European Citizen Card

7/10/09

Comment: Technological developments push hologram boundaries


New technology continues to push the boundaries of holography as an effective ID anti-counterfeiting device

7/10/09

Mühlbauer Selected By De La Rue


Mühlbauer has been selected by De La Rue Identity Systems for the provision of passport personalization equipment

6/10/09

G&D takes 79% stake in secunet


G&D now holds a 79% stake in German IT security firm secunet following the completion of the public offer phase for secunet shareholders.

5/10/09

3M taps into AssureTec document library


3M secures AssureTec Technologies document library

5/10/09

L-1 wins follow-on deal


L-1 Identity Solutions has won a contract to continue providing high security production systems for US passports.

2/10/09

SAFE ID expands management board


SAFE ID Solutions has appointed Matthias Köhler and Omar El Gohary as executive vice presidents

2/10/09

Algeria delays launch of ePassports


Algeria has delayed the launch of new biometric passports until 2010.

2/10/09

SOLIATIS completes accreditation process


SOLIATIS LAB has completed its ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation process

1/10/09

SCM ships readers for Spanish eID project


SCM Microsystems says it has shipped more than 200,000 smart card readers to support a Spanish eGovernment and eID project.


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