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HID Global announces one of the
world’s most secure Citizen ID Cards
AUSTIN, TX, November 9, 2016 –
HID Global®, a worldwide leader
in trusted identity solutions, today
announced one of the world’s most
secure citizen ID cards, featuring
technologies that have been proven
in its customers’ award-winning
national passport and other government
ID programs, such as the
Irish Passport Card. Extending the
benefits of its widely issued Optical
Secure Media (OSM) card, the company
has created an OSM Multitech
card that is one of the most secure
citizen ID cards on the market.
“Our OSM cards have set the standard
for combining visual, digital
and physical security while delivering
the highest levels of card durability,”
said Rob Haslam, VP and
Managing Director, Government ID
Solutions with HID Global. “There
has been no known instance of a
successful attempt to compromise
OSM technology’s digital security,
and now we’re helping to fuel the
future of even more secure citizen
identification by including a contactless
RFID microcontroller chip
into these proven OSM cards.”
To maximize the security of HID
Global’s OSM Multitech card, issuers
can laser-engrave information
on its front side, engrave and
encode identity information in the
OSM stripe on the card’s back side,
and encode identity information
on the microcontroller chip inside
the card. Integrating the RFID chip
into a standard-sized OSM card is a
major milestone that was made possible
with HID Global’s ultra-thin
5
PC ePre-laminate product, which
minimizes the footprint of the RFID
chip and antenna using the company’s
DBond technology. Unique
anti-crack technology also extends
the durability of the card, which
is initially available with an NXP
P60D080 RFID chip. The company
plans to offer additional RFID chip
options in the future.
HID Global’s OSM Multitech
cards can be used for applications
ranging from national and resident
alien IDs to health benefit, public
welfare and Social Security cards, as
well as driver’s licenses, gun permits
and a wide range of other identification
cards. The cards are the cornerstone
of a complete, end-to-end
government ID solution offered by
HID Global, including its highly
secure laser personalization equipment,
software solutions, security
printing plus software and professional
services and training.
The new Multitech card’s OSM,
DBond and other technologies have
been proven in numerous high-profile
national ID programs, including
the award-winning Irish Passport
Card, as well as programs in Saudi
Arabia, Angola and the U.S. The
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