http://www.silicon.com Results for ID cards en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39661658,00.htm The government had planned to have cards issued in Manchester in October but this week it was revealed that people living or working in Manchester will now be able to enrol their details for an ID card from 30 November, with the first cards issued... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:36:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39635525,00.htm The controversial ID project has hit another delay, with the government missing its own deadline to get the cards into the hands of Manchester residents. The Home Office announced today that people living or working in Manchester will now be able... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:47:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60816458p,00.htm The Smart Card Alliance strongly recommends that smart card technology be adopted as the underlying infrastructure for state driver's licenses issued to comply with the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 Smart cards have been proven to be the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60816460p,00.htm Both government and commercial organizations are implementing secure personal Identification (ID) systems to improve confidence in verifying the identity of individuals seeking access to physical or virtual locations. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60816467p,00.htm Standards-based smart Identification (ID) cards can be used to easily authenticate a person's identity, determine the appropriate level of access, and physically admit the cardholder to a facility. Smart cards are increasingly accepted as the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60816457p,00.htm Unlike other identification technologies, smart cards can implement a personal firewall for an individual's data, releasing only the information required and only when it is required. The privacy of a citizen's personal information endures only as... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39586413,00.htm The first ID cards were issued to foreign nationals living in the UK from last November. The cards will be rolled out to the rest of the UK on a voluntary basis from 2011/12. Thousands of UK citizens have registered their interest in getting their... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:11:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2009/nandan-nilekani-39550652.htm But this year Nilekani will embark on what is arguably his toughest challenge yet, delivering biometric ID cards to every one of India's 1.2 billion population. As head of the government's unique identification authority he helped conceive the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:12:56 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39521547,00.htm The government has appointed its first identity commissioner to keep tabs on the UK's ID cards scheme. Sir Joseph Pilling will take up the watchdog role from next month, where he will be responsible for independently monitoring how ID cards are... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:10:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39490610,00.htm Two Russians and a Florida man were charged on Monday with hacking into Heartland Payment Systems, 7-Eleven, and the Hannaford Brothers supermarket chain, and stealing data related to more than 130 million credit and debit cards. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:58:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39487976,00.htm Talk of wasting time and money leads one inevitably towards the ID cards scheme. This week, someone with a lot of time on his or her hands and a calculator has worked out just how much the UK will save if the ID cards scheme is cut. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:05:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39476534,00.htm The cards will soon be available for UK nationals living in the North West of England. Home Secretary Alan Johnson revealed how the UK ID card will look in July. Here, you can see the location where astronauts played golf on the moon's surface. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:23:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39473332,00.htm Last but not least, the perennial favourite of ID cards with yet more axe-grinding from critics after the Home Secretary confirmed the scheme will now go ahead only on a voluntary basis. silicon.com's top stories for July are an eclectic bunch... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:36:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39472095,00.htm ID cards will be able to be used to verify a person's identity via the cards' embedded microchip, which will store the cardholder's biographic information, their photograph and a scan of two of their fingerprints. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:03:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://services.silicon.com/itoutsourcing/0,3800004871,39462540,00.htm Urban, educated Indians have a multitude of identification cards provided by the government such as passport, driver's licence, income tax payee card and voter's card. No single ID card is widespread, though. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39465602,00.htm Meanwhile, the policy train-wreck that is the ID cards scheme got even more painful this week after it was revealed that the scheme to hand out the cards to airport staff has cost the taxpayer more than £12m. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:34:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39462537,00.htm The government has spent millions of pounds on a project to provide airport staff with ID cards - despite doubts over whether any workers will actually take part in the scheme. The scheme, initially intended to make ID cards compulsory among pilots... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:00:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39451666,00.htm IBM's contract to supply technology for ID cards will last seven years, despite the possibility that a change in government could scupper the scheme. The NBIS is used for biometric passports and for the National Identity Register (NIR), which will... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:24:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39446860,00.htm The Home Office CIO speaks to silicon.com's Nick Heath on ID cards, protecting data, and how tech can make a difference The Home Office's role in safeguarding national security means Vernon has oversight of the most high profile and controversial... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:48:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39449787,00.htm Plans to cut £1bn from the cost of the ID cards project by making people enrol on the high street could be unworkable, after a government report warned the process could be vulnerable to fraud. This is the latest blow to hit the ID card project... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:48:02 +0000