Is Privatization the Future of Travel Security Technology?
When Crossmatch participated in the recent World Border Congress in Morocco, we were treated to a behind-the-scenes tour of Casablanca airport. During the tour, one piece of the security workflow stood out as symptomatic of a new...
What Brexit Means for the United Kingdom/Ireland Border
Immigration was the centerpiece of the Brexit campaign – a key factor in Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. During the lead-up to the vote, the term “immigration” was used as a shorthand reference to asylum seekers,...
The Impact of Trump’s Executive Order on Vetting
Today President Trump signed several Executive Orders on immigration, including one which moves toward the “extreme vetting” of refugees which he promised during the campaign. Now that political rhetoric is being transformed into...
What will replace the CAC card?
DOD CIO Terry Halvorsen threw down the gauntlet at a Washington conference in June. The fifteen year-old Common Access Card, long the staple of physical and logical access in the military, will be phased out within two years. Now...
Why INTERPOL is Urging Wider Use of Biometrics
INTERPOL knows that the identity data in its database is the best weapon governments have in the fight against terrorism and criminal activity. This is no news to terrorists and criminals, who have long used forged documents,...