More secure driver's licenses are on the horizon.

It stems from the September 11th attacks.

Federal officials revealed the new security rules today.

It's called the Real ID Act and its purpose is to make it harder for terrorists, Illegal immigrants and con artists to secure government issued IDs.

All Americans born after December 1,1964 will have to get more secure identification cards within the next six years.

States will be allowed to pick three different security measures from a menu to be put on that state's cards.

Pictures will be taken at the beginning of the application process so it will be on file whether someone is approved or denied.

Some organizations are extremely opposed to this system calling it big brother surveillance.

The state, however, is pleased with today's announcement.

“Instead of just everybody having to line up and get a brand new drivers license by a certain day, DHS has said we're going to go through this in phases,” Kansas Director of Vehicles Carmen Alldritt. “So now we just need to see how we can fit into those new phases.”

Homeland Security officials say by 2014 anyone entering a federal building or airplane must have a Real ID.

But people over 50 years-old are exempt from that because of a significantly lower risk of them being a terrorist, illegal immigrant or con artist, but they will eventually need a new ID by 2017.

Over the next year the government will expect all states to begin checking both the social security numbers and immigration status of license applicants.