Carnegie Mellon University’s new Pedo-Biometrics Lab is working on a project to produce biometric shoe insoles that will be able to detect a person by their gait, giving a unique way to restrict access to high-security areas, reports the Associated Press. The Pedo-Biometrics Lab is a partnership with Canadian company Autonomous ID and has $1.5 […]

Athena Smartard’s IDProtect V6 Java Card cryptographic smart card has received three global security certifications. It’s earned the International Common Criteria certification EAL +4, the U.S. government’s FIPS 140-2 Level 3 and ICP-Brazil. This platform supports many of Athena’s products, including digital signature (SSCD) applications based on the IAS-ECC specifications issued by GIXEL and conforming […]

Hewlett-Packard India has launched five new imaging and printing products that are geared to the small, medium enterprises and mid-market categories, hoping to give these markets the same access to optimized printing products that were traditionally geared toward larger enterprises. The products include the HP ePrint Enterprise mobile printing solution, enabling remote printing from mobile […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Coveros Inc., a developer of secure agile software, a research contract to create new approaches for actively authenticating computer system users. The goal of the project is to enable real-time detection of unauthorized use of computer accounts. These new systems will help combat attacks on computer […]

The FBI’s Biometric Center of Excellence (BCOE) has decided to start tracking tattoos as a biometric identifier, reports MSNBC. The information will be added to the center, which already creates and improves biometric databases. In order to gather its information, the center reached out to academia, industry and law enforcement seeking currently existing databases of […]

IBM has published a Redguide publication called “BIO-key Biometrica Service Provider for IBM Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On” that details how IBM clients can have advanced authentication and identification solutions with BIO-key’s biometric technology. BIO-key aims to simplify companies’ access of systems and applications through a fingerprint, biometric-enabled sign-on to IBM Security Access […]

The sheriff’s office in Pinal County, Arizona adopted a mobile biometric identification system to help identify suspects in any location, reports KPHO. The office will use the MORIS identification system that incorporates biometric readings of irises, fingerprints and facial recognition through a mobile device that connects to a smart phone. Deputies will use the system […]

ABI Research released a report finding that over the next five years, the cumulative end user market value for government, health care and citizen IDs will reach more than $86 billion. Governments deployment of national ID cards and e-passports will drive much of this growth, with cumulative shipments of 209 million units in 2011 forecasted […]

CreditCall, a Los Angeles-based provider of EMV software and payment processing products for contact, contactless and mobile payments, partnered with the EMV Academy, a U.S.-based EMV training and consulting firm, for the migration to EMV chip-based payment systems in the U.S. As part of this collaboration, EMV Academy will now offer CreditCall’s EMV Level 2 […]

New Hampshire-based Animetrics, a 3D facial recognition and identity management company, is opening a new office in Washington D.C. this month. The office will focus on research and development, strategic partnerships and business development in the federal sector. This office will house Animetrics’ new software development team that will work on mobile application and cloud […]