During a visit with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Afghan Interior Minister Zarar Ahmad Muqbal by A.Rehman Malik, advisor to the Pakistani prime minister on interior, an agreement was reached on deploying a biometric control system along the shared border, according to a People’s Daily Online article. The system will be in place in order […]

NBS has announced its new remote/branch issuance software Xpressi. The software package enables remote/branch issuance of EMV compliant cards. Developed by NBS’ software division, UbiQ, Xpressi is a way to ensure remote/branch issuance of secure, EMV contact or contactless cards. The primary driving force behind EMV migration was the elimination of credit/debit card fraud. The […]

Originally the smart card driver license program in Australia was supposed to cost around $47 million (Australian dollars), according to an article in the Australia Courier Mail. But now estimates for the new ID cards, which won’t be available for another 18 months is at $84 million. So far $24.5 million have been spent on […]

President Bush issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive 24 on June 5 dealing with biometrics for screening and identification. “This directive establishes a framework to ensure that Federal executive departments and agencies (agencies) use mutually compatible methods and procedures in the collection, storage, use, analysis, and sharing of biometric and associated biographic and contextual information of […]

Brasil Telecom selected Gemalto to provide USIM cards for the launch of its 3G network this month. The USIM technology along with software adapted for 3G networks and loaded into the cards will enable Brasil Telecom’s users to access value-added services and benefit from higher levels of security on electronic transactions performed with their mobile […]

Apple has released a security guide to OS X Leopard to enable system administrators to secure computers, according to ZDNet The guide also explains how the operating system support tokens for two-factor authentication including the Department of Defense Common Access Card and the U.S. Federal Government Personal Identity Verification or FIPS-201 The guide can be […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor If contactless payments are to take off, then every card produced by credit card companies in the future needs to include a contactless chip. More importantly, consumers using the card need to be better educated on how to recognize the card and how to use it. Those were just a […]

Accenture will be part of the Lockheed Martin team working on the FBI’s Next Generation Identification program, the company announced. Accenture has experience developing biometric identification systems for different governments, including its work for the US-VISIT program and its MiSense pilot at Heathrow Airport. The NGI will replace the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, which […]

UPEK launched the TCS5 TouchStrip Fingerprint Sensor, a new module designed to be integrated into 2009 notebook PC models. The TCS5 is designed to deliver durability, size and price that bring fingerprint sensors into the mainstream market. The TCS5 showcases UPEK´s new SteelCoat sensor coating that delivers durability. The thick SteelCoat sensor coating is made […]

Credicorp Bank in Panama City, Panama had deployed biometrics from US Biometrics to authenticate the identities of both employees and customers. Naperville, Ill.-based US Biometrics is providing a number of products to the bank including: MemberQ – uses biometrics to protect the identities of the bank’s customers. VaultQ – in lieu of signature verification, safe […]