SecureIDNews | ACS opens Tokyo office, appoints GM

Friday, January 2, 2009

Advanced Card Systems Ltd., a supplier of PC-linked smart card readers, announced the opening of its new sales and support office in Tokyo, Japan and the appointment of Hiroyuki Shimada as general manager of Advanced Card Systems (Japan).

Shimada will coordinate all sales and marketing activities across ACS Japan and further assist in developing the company’s Japan sales strategy.

Office Depot launches in-store PayPal pilot

Office Depot has joined Home Depot as the second U.S. retailer to test PayPal’s point of sale payments solution, according to TG Daily.

Customers at select Office Depot stores can now make payments directly from their PayPal balance by simply punching in their mobile phone number and PayPal PIN. The solution requires only a software update at the point of sale for the merchant, and customers do not need to use a payment card, contactless fob or NFC-enabled phone to make a transaction.

Echoworx opens up access to cloud-based encryption

Atlanta-based Echoworx, a credential management and managed encryption service provider, has opened up its Security Cloud to the industry at large, including MDMs, MEAPs, cloud services and other organization. By plugging into the cloud, they can enable PKI integration across multiple platforms and devices.

Precise Biometrics appoints CPS as distributor of card readers

Precise Biometrics has announced online technology retailer CPS as a reseller and distributor of Precise’s fingerprint and smart card reader lines Precise Sense, Precise 250 MC and Precise 200 MC.

‘Butt biometrics’ is no joke

A Japanese researcher has developed a biometric that could be used to protect a car from theft: butt biometrics, according to verge.com.

Shigeomi Koshimizu, an associate professor at the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo has developed the technology. A seat pressure map to generates 39 indices that are used to uniquely identify a subject’s posterior. Results so far have been encouraging, with average false reject rates of 2.2% and false accept rates of 1.1%.

Jakarta airport opens biometric immigration gate

In an effort to streamline passenger security, Jakarta, Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta Airport has opened the country’s first biometric immigration gate.

Fingerprint biometric identification provider BIO-key International, Inc. and Oakwell Engineering Limited partnered to create the new gate, designed for use by passengers with electronic passports. Passengers submit their e-passports and authenticate with a fingerprint.

Sheriff’s office deploys biometrics for logical access

Allen County Ohio, in conjunction with the Allen County Sheriff’s Office has selected BioLink’s IDenium for access to desktops and mobile terminals across county-wide organizations.

Subscribe

Print Magazine

Featured Events

Links

Searching …

ACS opens Tokyo office, appoints GM