U.S. Army Fort Drum has begun offering the RAPIDGate® Program to non-military personnel who need routine access to high security areas. The voluntary Program combines identity authentication, background screening, credentialing, and biometric verification to help improve security procedures. Fort Drum is one of the largest employers in Northern New York, with over 15,000 military and […]

IdentiPHI will incorporate Certicom’s Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) technology into new biometric and smart card authentication products. By adding this level of security into its Enterprise Security Suite of Advanced Authentication products for biometric and smart card devices, IdentiPHI meets the NSA’s Suite B Cryptography recommendations. Certicom Licenses Elliptic Curve Cryptography to IdentiPHI for Advanced […]

HID Global’s Crescendo smart cards have earned the ‘Works with Windows Vista’ logo for the Smart Card Framework minidriver. Crescendo cards also work with all physical access control systems. Organizations can now deploy a single credential for both logical and physical access control applications. Both Crescendo C200 and C700 smart cards are supported by Microsoft […]

Senture Security Solutions has been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide TWIC deployment and enrollment services. Under the terms of the subcontract, Senture will establish enrollment centers within close proximity to maritime ports, where applicants will apply and enroll for their secure credential. Senture is a GSA-certified vendor for HSPD-12 Deployment Services under SIN 132-62. […]

FLO Corporation, a Registered Traveler (RT) services provider, announced an agreement with Omega World Travel for distribution of FLO’s RT 2.0, a membership program in Washington, D.C. FLO’s customer-centric model offers RT members three tiers of benefits that can improve their convenience and productivity throughout the door-to-door travel experience, not just in the security lane. […]

Titanium Group has signed a contract with Hong Kong Polytechnic University Clinic for the installation of a biometric pharmacy system powered by Titanium’s Biometric Facial Recognition technology. Now, at one of the most active clinics in Hong Kong, patients and their histories are registered into the biometric system. After each visit, the patients would then […]

Instead of biometric wall mounted time clocks or old fashioned manual time sheets, Software Techniques, Inc. is planning on enhancing their TimeKRON PC-based time and attendance software by integrating M2SYS’ Bio-SnapON™ fingerprint technology. Bio-SnapON™ allows companies to add biometric functionality to their software almost instantly, without affecting existing source code. Software Techniques Inc. Selects M2SYS […]

The Handbook of Biometrics – an edited volume by invited researchers in biometrics – is being released and describes the fundamentals as well as the latest advancements in the field of biometrics. It is designed for professionals, practitioners and researchers in biometrics, pattern recognition and computer security. The Handbook of Biometrics can be used as […]

BIO-key International and Tiger IT have been awarded the contract for the biometric-based credentialing solution for the Bangladesh Voter Registration Project. The Project is to prepare voter rolls and issue national ID cards in preparation for Bangladesh’s general elections to be held in 2008. BIO-key’s WEB-key development platform will be used to detect duplicate registrations. […]

ImageWare Systems has been awarded a patent for a multimodal biometric identification or authentication system. This patent covers a system and method for enrolling, searching, matching, and managing biometric modalities on a common platform, and is independent to the biometric types or the algorithms managed. The patent is employed throughout ImageWare’s portfolio of biometric identity […]