In The News

LaserCard executives and consultants are regular contributors to informed debate and commentary in secure ID industry publications. Below is a selection of key items of media coverage.

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Interviews and Features

Streamlining the Delivery of Multi-technology ID Solutions
Smart Card Technology Internationla, November 201l
Author: Alex Giakoumis

ID Lifecycle 101: Understanding Enrollment
ReID, Spring 2011
First in a series of articles on credential issuance and management

Green Card Wins Most Effective Border Security Program Award
Video interview with Sandra Schatz Landis, Chief of the Integrated Document Production Division, USCIS.

US Green Card Wins ACT Canada Award
Published on Secure ID News, July 2011

The Angola National ID Card
Keesing's Journal of Documents and Identity, March, 2011
This case study discusses the innovative approaches used to deliver an advanced secure ID card to Angola's widely dispersed population

Costa Rica National ID:
LaserCard Professional Services

Kentucky Facilty Cranking Out New Green Cards
Published on Government Security News, April 2011

Biometrics in Travel and Identity Documents: The Case for Front Line Verifiable Features
Smart Card and Identity News, March 2011

Multi-technology Credentials:
Video interview with Stephen Price-Francis, Vice President of Marketing, LaserCard
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Enrollment: The Heart of a Successful Identify Program
Card Manufacturing, Special Events 2011
The importance of enrollment is discussed in this article through the examples of LaserCard's programs in Angola and Costa Rica

Global Identification 10th Anniversary Edition: LaserCard Perspective
Global Identification, November 2010
LaserCard's assessment of important milestones in the worldwide ID Card Industry over the last ten years

LaserCard-Manufactured U.S. Green Card Sets New Standard for International Government ID Programs
ICMA, October 2010
U.S. Permanent Resident Card judged the leading government ID program worldwide by Frost & Sullivan

Biometrics in Travel and Identity Documents: A Compelling Case for Physical Security Features
Keesing's Journal of Documents and Identity, issue 33, October 2010 www.keesingjournal.com
Leading Document Security Experts James R. Hesse and Charlie Stevens examine the critical importance of physical and visual security features in today's travel and identity documents, with a focus on the high standard set by the U.S. Geen Card.

Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts: Multi-Technology ID Cards Deliver Advanced Functionality, Efficiency and Security
GlobalSmart, October 2010
Evidence is mounting that multi-technology, multi-functional credentials are the wave of the future when it comes to secure ID.

Multi-Technology Credentials
Regarding ID, October 2010
Video interview with Stephen Price-Francis, Vice President of Marketing, LaserCard

The Changing Landscape of Government IDs
Regarding ID, July 2010
Audio podcast with LaserCard CEO Robert DeVincenzi. Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin spoke with Robert DeVincenzi about the company's role in changing IDs and a Frost & Sullivan report that analyzes some of the progress.

Man, Machine and Advanced ID Credentials
Smart Cards Trends, May 2010
Why Layering Human and Electronic Authentication Capabilities Provides Optimum Security in ID Credential Programs

Migration Management: Costa Rica Introduces New ID Document for Foreign Residents
Keesing's Journal of Documents and Identity, issue 30, 2009, www.keesingjournal.com
Costa Rica's border security and social services infrastructures have been extensively challenged by a fast-growing population of migrants and foreign residents in recent years. To reduce the impact of these developments, the government introduced a new legal and political framework and additionally introduced a highly secure, counterfeit-resistant Foreign Resident ID card.

Designing a Real World Secure ID Strategy
Smart Card Identity News, June 2009
"The everyday challenges of ID credential inspection and authentication" by Stephen Price-Francis, Vice President of Marketing, LaserCard

Secure IDs and Human Rights
Secure ID News, June 2009
The Case for Secure Foreign Resident ID Documents in Costa Rica

Serving the Needs of a Universal Audience
CardsNow Asia, May 2009
A perspective on the industry outlook for 2009 and 2010 by Robert DeVincenzi, President and CEO, LaserCard

ChipTalk: Secure ID Documents as the Cornerstone of Citizens' Rights
Card Technology Today, May, 2009
In the face of growing migratory population trends, countries around the world find their social services and national security systems increasingly challenged. In these circumstances, systems such as border control, national security, voter records, education, public health and social support infrastructures are all vulnerable.

Citizen and Immigrant Credentialing and E-government are the Two Large Macro Trends
Smart CardsTrends, March-April 2009
Interview with CEO Robert DeVincenzi, President and CEO, LaserCard

Technology Versus Reality: Pragmatics in Developing A Secure ID Strategy
Card Technology Today, March 2009
An ID credential is only as good as its readers, and those are mostly human eyes. Despite all the advances in document reader technology, it's virtually impossible to place readers at all spots where an ID might be required.