SecureIDNews | Israeli government releases tender for biometric system

Friday, January 2, 2009

The Israeli government released a tender detailing its plans for a nationwide biometric enrolment solution, according to Security Document World. The solution is designed to support the country’s eID project and upcoming electronic passport project.

The enrollment project involves the capture of two fingerprints, a facial image and signature capture, at sites throughout the country.

After a nearly three-year delay, the Algerian government has finally launched its biometric passport program.

Magharebia reports that the biometric passports, which contain a contactless smart card chip that holds a digitized photo, fingerprints and signature, were supposed to be released in 2009. But the documents were delayed due to complexities with the operation of the project and the need to thoroughly research and analyze other countries’ experiences with biometric passports.

ARMM to use biometrics to detect absent and ghost employees

The government of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Philippines announced plans to begin searching for and ghost employees and absent employees by incorporating a biometric time and attendance system for government employees across the region, according to an Inquirer News article.

Indian government compromises on biometrics and identity

India’s government has called a truce in the ongoing argument between the Ministry of Home Affairs’s National Population Register (NPR) project and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), reports the Indian Express.

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.

Israeli database breach raises fears over security of other national databases

The news that Israeli authorities arrested the man they believe was behind the 2006 theft and subsequent leaking of the biometric and biographical data of up to 9 million Israelis contained on their national database has renewed worry of similar issues coming up in other countries where biometric databases continue to grow, according to a Fast Company article.

Codebench releases PACS SDK

Florida-based Codebench has released IDSync, a software development kit that enables automated provisioning and deprovisioning of users and credentials into a supported physical access control system.

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Israeli government releases tender for biometric system