Heute 6315

Gestern 7923

Insgesamt 48441322

Mittwoch, 26.11.2025
Transforming Government since 2001

SmartCard

  • USA: Using RFID delays DHS Pass card release

    Smart Card Alliance suggests agency may miss initiative deadline

    The Homeland Security Department’s proposed People Access Security Services cards, or Pass cards, are intended to serve as a low-cost alternative to passports to meet the requirements of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.

    Secretary Michael Chertoff has said that the initiative will be fully in effect by summer of 2008, requiring all travelers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean to carry passports, Pass cards or other approved documents.

  • USA:Smart Card Government & Industry Members Form Physical Access Council

    Smart card government and industry leaders are forming a new Physical Access Council, created by the Smart Card Alliance as organizations worldwide implement new access control systems to improve security and more accurately verify the identity of individuals seeking access to physical facilities.

  • Use of smart cards in public sector rises in 2011

    Smart cards were increasingly used in the public sector last year, according to new research.

    Market research firm RNOCS has published a new report which shows that the number of smart cards used in the government and healthcare sector rose by around 18 per cent in 2011 compared to last year. Overall, the number of microprocessor smart cards shipped last year is expected to have reached 6.1 billion in 2011.

    The Smart Card Market Forecast to 2014 report has estimated that this figure will continue to rise over the coming years as more governments across the world embrace contactless smart card technology.

  • Visa setzt auf Drahtlos-Kreditkarten

    Visa International plant ein neues Kreditkarten-Zahlungssystem, beim dem Smart-Cards mit so genannten Radio Frequency Identification Tags (RFIDs) zum Einsatz kommen.

  • Wissenschaftler kritisieren Gesetzentwurf für britische Ausweispflicht

    Der vorliegende Gesetzentwurf zur Wiedereinführung der Ausweispflicht in Großbritannien ist nach Ansicht von Wissenschaftlern der London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ungenügend. In ihrem Bericht The Identity Project: an assessment of the UK Identity Cards Bill and its implications (PDF) schreiben sie, die Bestimmungen seien unter anderem zu komplex, technisch unsicher und könnten zu unvorhersehbaren Kosten und erhöhten Sicherheitsanforderungen führen. Die Analyse war heute Gegenstand einer Anhörung im Oberhaus.

  • ZA: How smart are these cards?

    The new ID smartcards are a coup for the Home Affairs Department, Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and for South Africa in general.

    Last Wednesday Dlamini-Zuma unveiled the credit card-size cards, which will encode personal and biometric information.

    Dlamini-Zuma said the smartcard would allow citizens to have a modern identification card rather than an ID book, which was easy to forge.

  • ZA: Smart ID card announcement soon

    The smart ID card system is being designed and announcements regarding it will be made over the next few weeks, says the Department of Home Affairs (DHA).

    At a Parliamentary portfolio committee meeting last week, members asked when the smart card would become a reality. The department said announcements will be made soon since the current green ID book is not sufficient to match new technologies and transactions under the IT modernisation project.

  • Zambia's adopts multipurpose ID cards

    Zambia has become the first country in eastern and southern Africa to introduce multipurpose electronic national registration cards that will be used for voting, accessing banking services and as driving licenses.

    Zambia and Kenya were embracing information technology as a means to protect integrity of their voting systems and to showcase their ability to use technology for development. Zambia's efforts, however, have outpaced Kenya, which has introduced an electronic voting system in a bid to curb electoral malpractices.

Zum Seitenanfang