After three years as a pilot program, Global Entry is moving to permanent status. John Wagner, executive director of Admissibility and Passenger Programs with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, fill listeners in on the program and how it works. Wagner also talks about the program’s reciprocity with other countries and how it’s even translating to […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the fall 2011 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

The September meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

When PKI is mentioned there are three terms that often come to mind: complicated, expensive and secure. The past few years have seen PKI deployments become simpler and more affordable but at the same time the security has become more questionable. Mark Yakabuski, vice president of HSM Product Management at SafeNet, talks about how PKI […]

Google+ wants members to use their real names. But for some pseudonyms may be more identifying than real names. Kaliya Hamlin, or Identity Woman, is one of these people but when she tried to use this moniker on the site she was suspended. Hamlin, who along with others runs the Internet Identity Workshop, tells the […]

When Blackboard deploys Sony’s FeliCa contactless smart cards, the credentials have two areas, one that is a secure area where payment and physical access control transactions take place and an open area where the school can add its own applications, says Jun Shionozaki, technical consulting manager, FeliCa Business Division at Sony. At the National Association […]

The American Bar Association’s Identity Management Legal Task Force and the Transglobal Secure Collaboration Project (TSCP) held a joint meeting to discuss ID management issues. Much of the discussion focused on liability, contracts and how an ID system should be structured. Tom Smedinghoff, a partner at Wildman Harrold and chairman of the ABA Task Force […]

Check out this discussion that explores the future of campus cards and where they fit on the modern campus. CR80News Editor and Publisher, Chris Corum, led a NACAS-sponsored virtual roundtable discussion on the changes facing campus card programs and how the modern demand for identity management is impacting the ID program’s position in Auxiliary Services. […]

The UK is considering enabling citizens to use a Facebook ID for access to government services. Tom Smedinghoff, a partner at Wildman Harrold and chairman of an American Bar Association Task Force fills listeners in on how this would work and whether it may happen in the U.S. with all the discussion around online identities. […]

Dates: September 12-15, 2011 Location: Montréal, Canada Venue: ICAO Headquarters, 999 University Street, Montréal, Quebec, Canada URL: http://www.icao.int/mrtdsymposium2011/ Description: The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, is pleased to invite your company to sponsor, exhibit or attend the Seventh Symposium and Exhibition on ICAO MRTDs, Biometrics and Security Standards […]