Biometric Signature ID, a developer of signature gesture biometric technology, is one of three Texas companies has been awarded a piece of the $6.35 million investment from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF), according to a Gov Monitor article. The TETF was developed by the Texas state government to help foster growth and innovation in […]

Damian Green, the UK immigration minister, has fed the last of the hard drives containing country’s national identity register, part of a national ID card program, into a crushing machine to destroy all the data contained on the drives, according to an article from The Guardian. Green, who was a vocal opponent of the scheme […]

Qqest, a developer of time and attendance tracking solutions, has announced it will be offering solutions with biometric capabilities provided by biometrics developer M2SYS Technology. The new solution uses M2SYS’ RightPunch hybrid biometric platform technology that utilizes fingerprint, finger vein or palm vein readers in conjunction with Qqest’s TimeForce time and attendance tracking software. The […]

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report detailing the need for a new component in the federal program for employee eligibility E-Verify to combat high instances of fraud. The report specifies that the E-Verify program is vulnerable to employer fraud to help ineligible employees be passed off as legal citizens as well as […]

Lumidigm has announced a it has been chosen by identity and access management company Verimetrics to provide fingerprint readers for Verimetrics’ single sing-on solution. The readers Lumidigm is providing are their Mercury and Venus product line of multispectral fingerprint readers and they will be matched with Verimetrics’ SmartProfile solution. Among the benefits Verimetrics’ new solution […]

During a committee meeting on gambling reform in Australia, technical director for smart card developer Regis Controls Ian Donald warned MP Andrew Wilkie against a biometric solution for casinos and gambling machines in clubs and bars, according to a ZDNet article. Specifically, Donald warned the committee of potential failure rates approaching 30% for the biometric […]

Select Israeli citizens deemed to not be a threat to American homeland security and willing to submit biometric and biographical data will be allowed to partake in the U.S. expedited traveler security clearance program Global Entry, according to a Ynet News article. The decision, which was made jointly by the Israeli Foreign Ministry and the […]

Precise Biometrics has introduced a new division called Mobile that it hopes will help the company provide new solutions. As would be expected, the new Mobile division is tasked with developing biometric solutions for mobile technologies and devices such as smart phones and tablet computers. The company is standing on a number of other accomplishments […]

BlueStar Energy Solutions has announced it has chosen biometrics developer DigitalPersona for a logical access control solution. The solution chosen, DigitalPersona Pro, is intended to both increase data protection and improve employee productivity with a resulting authentication method involving both fingerprint and password authentication. In addition to needing to improve its security and operations, the […]

Southco, a developer of latching systems and engineered access hardware, has teamed up with biometrics developer Digitus Biometrics to create and launch an electromechanical latch with an integrated fingerprint-based lock system to secure server racks, according to a Product Design & Development article. The new solution, called db ServerRack, uses Southco’s H3-EM with Digitus’ fingerprint […]