Tony Ball wants to make security easy. The president of the identity and access management business at HID Global says the security industry has dropped the ball when it comes to user experience.

Which company will be the first to to change they way the industry communicates about identity? Stop talking about technology and start solving the problems that plague the enterprise.

Gemalto is providing Maryland’s Motor Vehicle Administration with a full issuance and personalization solution to support the implementation of polycarbonate technology; DERMALOG unveiled the VF1 device that captures passports or ID cards in color; Smartrac announced the launch of new PRELAMs based on NXP’s MIFARE Plus SE chip; the Las Americas Golden Tower is set to offer guests advanced property security with electronic door lock and safe innovations by ASSA ABLOY Hospitality.

The 2015 SESAMES Awards were announced at the CARTES Secure Connexions conference. Oberthur Technologies took home three awards — connected objects, mobile security and transportation — while Infineon Technologies won two awards, best IT security and the Golden SESAMES.

Entrust Datacard released IdentityGuard 11.0 bringing new capabilities to customers that are facing challenges as digital, cloud and mobile applications are changing their businesses. The latest update offers a range of authenticators and intelligent technologies to enable trusted identities and secure transactions.

Gemalto has deployed its Coesys eGov Authentication Server in Singapore to provide two-factor authentication and end-to-end encryption of passwords to SingPass logins; Oberthur Technologies announced that its Lasink solution has been selected by Costa Rica for a multi-year contract to provide national ID cards; Evolis is extending its range of printers designed for self-service card printing with the launch of four new models.

Two states have started piloting mobile driver licenses and at least five others want to explore putting the credentials on smartphones. Kentucky proposed legislation that would study the feasibility of mobile driver licenses this year but the bill died in committee. That didn’t stop legislators and other government officials from hosting a Joint Committee on Transportation hearing that discussed mobile driver licenses.

The Smart Card Alliance announced its new board and seven-member executive committee to lead and provide guidance to the organization; MorphoTrust has won a contract with the Department of Defense to provide identity verification solutions; Gallagher released its latest products and updates to the security market, including a mobile reader.

There is more than one way to produce a secure identity card. But the choice of card materials impacts both the personalization technology and issuance model. Thus it is crucial that an issuer understand the capabilities of the card materials when evaluating personalization technologies and issuance models. In a very real sense, the three decisions go hand in hand forming the three pillars of secure ID issuance.

Netflix uses Google Apps so employees can access email, save files and create and share documents. Employees are so use to the two-factor authentication from Apps, Netflix wanted to centralize access to all of its cloud apps through Google. The streaming entertainment provider tapped Ping Identity to provide the glue that enabled single sign-on for all of its apps.