Privaris’ plusID™ personal biometric token has been awarded the New Product of the Year by Access Control and Security Systems. The award honors excellence in new product development in the security industry and showcases the most innovative product of the current year. Privaris’ plusID products are personal identity verification tokens that provide secure access to […]

Biometrika’s HiScan fingerprint scanner has been certified by the FBI according to PIV Image Quality Specifications. HiScan is a professional fingerprint scanner with a large acquisition area (1″ × 1″), conceived to become a reference in the single-finger scanner market. HiScan has been specifically designed for government and forensic applications and, more generally, for all […]

Sony has developed a bioplastic version of its FeliCa contactless smart card that can be used for photo ID cards and other applications that involve printing. Smart cards made from plant-derived plastics do not take printing well, so applications to date have been limited to uses like health insurance cards. Instead, Sony uses a proprietary […]

Imprivata released its OneSign, version 4.0 platform of identity-centric access and authentication services across system and geographic boundaries. With OneSign, organizations of all sizes can achieve complete centralized management and reporting of user identities across all of their physical, network and application access points. OneSign’s integrated authentication management, single sign-on and physical/logical convergence functionalities can […]

Sagem Sécurité has won a seven-year contract to produce 12 million secure drivers licenses and vehicle registration cards for Morocco. At the core of the system is the contactless smartcard provided by Sagem Orga GmbH. During a police check, an officer will pass the card over a smartcard reader to access the data stored in […]

The Singapore Standard 529 Smart Card ID (SSID) has a new standard, based on information specifications in Singapore’s e-passport, which will enable one card to be used for access control, retail or transportation. The standard will allow Singapore industries to match up to international technical standards, thus giving Singaporean businesses an edge in open market […]

Cross Match will deliver its L SCAN® Guardian™ ten-print fingerprint systems to 10 metropolitan airports to upgrade the current Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) United States Visitors Immigrant Status and Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program which feature two-prints only. Airports which will receive the Guardian system include Atlanta, Boston, New York, Orlando and San Francisco. Cross […]

Planet Payment has selected PerSay to deliver voice authentication technology to be integrated with Planet Payment’s products for banking, financial services and retails industries. Planet Payment created its BuyVoice™ line of mobile payment solutions so that customers can conduct quick, simple and secure shopping just by speaking, using any mobile telephone. PerSay’s voice biometric technologies […]

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded EDS an $11.6 million contract to help the department develop and provide personal identity verification (PIV) card solutions to all VA employees, affiliates and contractors in accordance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12). EDS will support the implementation and deployment of PIV cards to more than […]

BIO-key International, Inc. announced that its Law Enforcement group has been awarded over $450,000 in contracts in the fourth quarter of 2007 to date. These commitments have been made by forty public safety agencies located across the U.S. comprised of municipal and county agencies as well as emergency management departments and major metropolitan transit and […]