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Five factors shaping the future of the ID card industry |
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 1. The next five years will see a new focus on industry best practices. As nations around the world increase their reliance on identity documents as the primary means of identifying and protecting their citizens, they are seeking ways to streamline the implementation of new programs. They will increasingly turn to single providers or partner groups to undertake projects from end-to-end.
2. Vendors and their partners will need to plan for elements beyond card design and personalization. Suppliers need to offer a complete ecosystem from data capture to issuance to downstream application environments, including hardware and software development, project and partner management, systems training and on-going support.
3. Visual identity checking will continue to be acknowledged as an essential element for any robust, secure ID program. While electronic readers offer strong authentication and convenience in processing large numbers of credentials, governments and businesses continue to limit or delay their deployment because of economic, operational or infrastructure challenges. Additionally, the lack of eye-visible security checks requires inspectors to place their trust in either reader or card technology, and encourages a level of complacency that is detrimental to the success of the ID credentialing program.
4. To reduce the potential for human, mechanical or criminal failures, we will see an increased focus on layered, hybrid solutions such as a combination of chip technology and optical memory as well as biometrics to deliver visual, covert and digital security for the credential.
5. The debate within and among government and commercial credential issuers will move beyond the question of whether or not to include biometric data, to the issue of how it is used. Should ID credentials carry onboard biometric data, or should such information be stored and accessed online, and will sensitive data be adequately protected against identity theft?
In summary, as the ID industry matures, we can expect to see a greater focus on best practices, concept-to-delivery services, and the use of layered technologies to harden the effectiveness of ID credential programs.
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