The SIA was created in May 2013 to promote the usage of government-issued e-documents, such as national identity, health cards, driving licenses and e-passports, for increased security and to encourage deployment of online services to strengthen user privacy. Since its launch, the SIA has created two working groups for “Secure Documents”and “Digital Identity”to tackle the ongoing security, identity and privacy challenges faced by governments.
HID Global provides governments worldwide with customisable identity solutions for citizen ID programs. The company participates in more than 36 e-passport and 49 national e-ID programs and has delivered more than 150 million eIDs in over 50 countries including national/permanent resident IDs, driver licenses, e-passports, healthcare and vehicle registration.
In recent news, HID Global has partnered Oberthur Technologies, a France-based provider of security and identification solutions and services.
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