Italian citizens will be allowed to apply for their next generation passports at the end of this month (June 2010). The ePassports have embedded chips containing a digital facial image, a digital signature and two fingerprints. As only the police department is allowed to fingerprint citizens in Italy, the Italian government is also making year-long temporary passports available to those that are unable to get the necessary information for the new passports in time. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/thirdfactor-4.gif)
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Companiesandmarkets.com has released a new report detailing the status and expected future of biometric technology in North America. Specifically detailed in the report are market drivers and restraints, industry trends, competitive environment analysis and challenges facing those in the industry taking into consideration fingerprint, face recognition, iris recognition, hand geometry, voice verification, signature verification and other biometric modes. read more »LaserCard Corp. has received a purchase order to supply additional optical security media cards for Italy’s Citizen ID Card program, known as the Carta d’Identità Elettronica or CIE, to be delivered by November 2010 at a value of $550,000. The ID cards are used by citizens for identification and travel. read more »Entrust Inc. has been selected to deploy its security solutions for Finland’s Population Register Centre. After implementing its Extended Access Control (EAC) e-passport solution more than two-years ago, Entrust has begun deployment of its Single Point of Contact (SPOC) infrastructure for e-passports. read more »HJP Consulting has completed the German BSI certification process of the Extended Access Control (EAC) e-passport inspection system “Regula series 7004,” manufactured by Regula Baltija Ltd., based in Latvia. The Regula inspection system is an EAC inspection system to be certified according to the test standard BSI-TR 3105 part 5.1 “Test plan for ICAO compliant Inspection Systems with EAC 1.11.” read more »De La Rue Identity Systems announced that Malta’s upgraded e-passport system with Extended Access Control (EAC) capability has gone live. This new solution delivers a higher level of security and access control, in accordance with the EU regulation for all Schengen Member States, for the addition of a second biometric - two fingerprints - to the data already stored on the chip. read more »SMARTRAC announced that production and shipment of its high security e-Passport inlays at its facility in Chanhassen, Minn. has surpassed the milestone of 1 million units in a single month. read more » |
