re:ID Podcast

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re:ID Podcast episodes

  • Episode 35: Laser engraving ID cards
    Often the focus is on how information is stored and secured in a card, but just as important is how information is secured on a card. Zack Martin, editor of Regarding ID magazine, sat down with Jonathan Bowen, sales manager at Digital Identification Solutions about its desktop laser printer and laser engraving ID cards cards.
    19 min
  • Episode 34: Pass ID Act
    New legislation has been submitted in the U.S. Senate that would roll back parts of the REAL ID Act, including the identity vetting portion. Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin spoke with Janice Kephart, a member of the 9/11 Commission and director of national security policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, about the proposed law.
    16 min
  • Episode 33: A GICS Primer
    Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin sat down with Patrick Hearn, vice president of government and identification markets for North and Central America at Oberthur Technologies, to find out the latest GICS, or the Generic ID Card Command Set. GICS is a data scheme that takes different smart card program standards, such as registered traveler, corporate programs and FIPS 201, and aims to create improved performance and interoperability with less middleware.
    10 min
  • Episode 32: Online identity, Part 2 of 2
    In the second part of his talk with Brett McDowell, executive director of the Liberty Alliance Project, Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin talks more about the Kanatara Initiative and how individual’s will be able to secure their identities online.
    11 min
  • Episode 32: Online identity, Part 1 of 2
    Identity in the online world is difficult. In this latest edition of the Regarding ID podcast Editor Zack Martin speaks with Brett McDowell, executive director of the Liberty Alliance Project, about the Kantara Initiative, a plan to bring online identity projects together.
    12 min
  • Episode 31: TWIC update
    Comments for proposed rules for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential close today. Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin talked with U.S. Coast Guard Cdr. David Murk about the proposed rule-making and some of the other latest developments with the credential.
    11 min
  • Episode 30: GlobalPlatform talks match on card
    Match on card technology has long been touted as the most secure way to use biometrics and smart cards. Since the cardholder's biometric information never leaves the card there is no chance it will be intercepted while transmitted to a reader or other device. Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin talked to Kevin Gillick, executive director at GlobalPlatform, about the group's latest white paper that discusses match on card technology.
    14 min
  • Episode 29: Vermont looking at smart cards for health care
    There's $19 billion for health care to invest in information technology and electronic health records (EHRs) in the stimulus package. Vermont State Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin wants to use smart cards to streamline billing. Shumlin talked with Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin about his idea.
    10 min
  • Episode 28: Expanding contactless payment acceptance
    Tap and go is the idea behind contactless payments. USA Technologies aims to bring that convenience to unattended devices, such as vending and coffee machines. Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin chatted with Mike Lawlor, vice president of business development and sales at USA Technologies about the company’s latest deployments and where he sees contactless payments going.
    12 min
  • Episode 27: The U.S. passport security gap
    A General Accountability Office report details some serious holes in the U.S. State Department's passport issuance. A GAO investigator was able to obtain four passport with fake breeder document information. Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin spoke with Janice Kephart, director of national security policy at the Center for Immigration Studies and member of the 9/11 commission, about the problem and the risk it poses to national security.
    21 min

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