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Our society is quickly turning into a digital world. But with this shift comes cybercrime such as identity theft. Industry needs to combat cybercrime and the threat it poses by establishing reliable, secure, trustable links and identities. Maximilien Nguyen, vice president, Identity Access Management, Sagem Orga, tells CTT that digital signatures could be one of the pillars on which trust and confidence are built, as long as these can be associated with the irrevocable key elements of individual identity.

This July/August edition was to have been a time for celebration, as it is our twentieth anniversary – the first issue having been published in July/August 1989. Sadly, all good things come to an end, and this issue will instead be our swansong.

The benefits of mobile handsets with integrated Near Field Communications (NFC) functionality are obvious for mobile network operators (MNOs), financial services companies, service providers and end users. A smart card with a screen, keyboard and always-on communications sounds like the ultimate combination of credit/debit card, transit ticketing and access control applications to name only a few.

Subcontracts have been awarded by IBM for work on the seven-year NBIS contract it signed with the UK's Identity and Passport Service in May.

The Department of Transport and Main Roads in Queensland, Australia, is to take delivery of new smart card based driving licenses – understood to be the first to roll out in Australia. The technology is to be supplied by Gemalto and prime contractor Placard. The companies will be providing several million Sealys electronic driving licenses over a five year period with implementation commencing in 2010.

The prospect of a cashless society is starting to become a very real option in today's world. Traditional payment methods including cash and cheques are increasingly being seen as cumbersome, insecure to carry in large amounts and not always available at the point of need. APACS figures, released in February 2009, reiterated this consumer preference for card payments with the number - as well as the value - of card payments growing by 7.4% (6.8% by value) in 2008 over 2007 and the share of debit cards increasing to 73.5% from 71.7% in 2007. Alongside this, cash payments, which have been declining over several years, remained flat between 2007 and 2008. William Lorenz, chief operating officer, EntroPay, reports.

While the introduction of Chip and PIN technology has significantly reduced fraudulent crime at the tills, Card Not Present (CNP) fraud has been on the increase across Europe. A large contributing factor to this rise is the internet, where consumers are more and more frequently making transactions. E-commerce and eBanking transactions have traditionally left both the consumer and their respective bank exposed to fraudsters, as there has historically not been any way to verify that the card details being used are being inputted by the owner. With this in mind, banks across Europe have started to deploy tighter security, by way of strong authentication, to protect both their customers and ultimately their bottom lines. However, the drivers for launching stronger authentication have varied significantly from country to country, from eBanking operations to eCommerce payments, and a prominent example of this contrast can be made between the UK and France. Laurent Maitre, marketing director, XIRING reports.

A massive Indian biometric enrolment project is underway which could lead to the roll out of large numbers of smart ID cards.