A chip off the old block In the last year, one of the world’s most popular integrated chips, found in about 2 billion smart cards worldwide, was thrown in the center of a ‘scandal’ surrounding the effectiveness of its security. Several legal battles and official claims later, what exactly happened and are there any implications for smart card technology? Tapping through How far are we from interoperable contactless ticketing systems across countries? What about wider accepted and applied standards for contactless transport ticket systems? We speak to one European association that believes the time will come soon Why new citizen ID programs? The political scenario, the status of governmental IT infrastructure and key motivation drivers all affect the speed at which a country moves towards the implementation of its new citizen ID programs. Ukraine, a former Soviet Socialist Republic with a population of 45 million people, is a striking example of a young country facing the challenges that impact its national ID projects The making of Citizen IDs We take a look at the consortium that is the driving force behind Ukraine’s new travel passport and national ID card Integrated citizenship With ePassports well underway across most of the European Union, countries are now focusing on electronic ID cards, the second wave of the digitalization of ID documents Who watches the watchmen? As the amount of personal information and private data being held by private companies and public bodies increases every year, the importance of independent bodies to educate, provide information and enforce existing laws only grows stronger Finding the right people for the right job With companies continually expanding across the globe we take a look at the state of human resources and employment in the auto ID industry, the opportunities and the challenges A new era of service Over the last few years the idea of service has changed thanks in no small part to the growth of the social Internet and new consumer technologies. The change is a radical one, towards an era of self-service where nothing will ever be the same A new era of identity The Internet has changed the way we communicate and do business, helping to shrink our world to the size of a true global village. And yet the management of identity online hasn’t followed the Internet’s impact, until now Touching the future One of the technologies that offers a lot of potential for the future of service is Near Field Communication. We take a closer look at what the technology can do for customers and businesses A clean case for RFID When it comes to improving the logistics required to handle millions of garments and textiles quickly and efficiently, passive RFID has proven to be an effective solution Staying active With a greater focus than ever on providing real RFID solutions and not just RFID tags and readers, we take a look at how one company is ensuring that active RFID comes in a complete package Wise investments With industries and countries worldwide still reeling from the recent financial crisis, we look at how investors view the many auto identification markets and the opportunities, or lack of, they might represent A future with Radio Frequency As the industry continues to wait for the moment when RFID will cross over into the mainstream, we take an in-depth look at the penetration and evolution of Radio Frequency technologies across industries and applications A sky full of possibilities The move towards cloud computing has important implications for companies’ access control and identity management procedures and most importantly their private data | 
