2012 LACP awards Platinum and Gold for Krowne’s latest corporate publishing project for German Bundesdruckerei

Einmalig 13 wins Platinum in its industry category and Gold in the “most inspirational” category. The publication was ranked #17 out of the Top 100 Communications Materials of 2012. With the “Einmalig” publication series, Krowne has helped it’s customer Bundesdruckerei to position itself as an innovative high-security company that recognizes issues which are relevant to… Read More

NXP Semiconductors achieves first-ever security certification from Cryptography Research

NXP Semiconductors, together with Brightsight and Cryptography Research Inc., today announced the certification of several NXP SmartMX secure microcontrollers under the DPA Countermeasure Validation Program. The analysis, conducted by security evaluation firm Brightsight, validates the effectiveness of Differential Power Analysis countermeasures in members of NXP’s SmartMX product line. The DPA Countermeasure Validation Program is a… Read More

Bundesdruckerei and Gothaer Versicherungen offer online function for the new German ID card

Gothaer Allgemeine Versicherung is the first company in Germany to be officially authorised by the Federal Administration Office (BVA) to use electronic proof of ID. At the same time, the company opted for the eID Service and authorisation certificates from Bundesdruckerei GmbH for the new online authentication function. The new German ID card launched on… Read More

European Specialists Team Up to Define Security Standards for Next-Generation Mobile Devices

Five partners from industry and academia have joined forces in a European research project, SEPIA (Secure Embedded Platform with advanced Process Isolation and Anonymity capabilities), to define security standards for next-generation mobile devices including high-end cell phones and tablet devices. As financial services, such as banking and payment, become increasingly accessed from mobile devices, it… Read More

Germany introduces national eID card – the beginning of a new application era?

Today is the day hundreds, maybe thousands of security specialists, card developers, application developers, regional councils, politicians and civil servants have been working towards for more than 2 years: The official start of the German eID card – the neue Personalausweis. Just about everything is NEW about this document – the format, the functions, the infrastructure. German… Read More

South Africa introduces a new ICAO-compliant Crew Member Certificate produced by Trüb

As of September 2010, the Republic of South Africa will be issuing a new high- security and ICAO-compliant Crew Member Certificate for airline crews. This Crew Member Certificate, which includes the latest ICAO compliant contactless technology, can be considered a milestone on the African continent. Trüb won the tender in April 2010. The new Crew Member Certificates will be… Read More