Robert Beliles, vice president of enterprise business development at Hirsch Electronics, talks about the company’s physical access control gateway that combines physical and logical networks for better security. “This links physical access control events to trigger network responses,” Beliles said at the RSA Conference. For example, some organization have a problem with tailgating, where one […]

Software supplier Vizual Management Solutions, announced the release of a new biometric time and attendance tracking software. The software, called CaptureIT, tracks hourly employees’ clock-in and out times by requiring biometric data, such as a fingerprint, to ensure that the employee using the clock is who they claim to be. In addition to the basic […]

Sweden’s Precise Biometrics announced a new solution for Windows 7 logon. Precise BioMatch Logon enables user access to Windows 7 machines via their fingerprint. It also enables the user to personalize access to different files or applications. BioMatch Logon is part of a suite of fingerprint software solutions for the Windows 7 operating system and […]

Most agree that using two-factor authentication for access to secure networks is better than simple user names and passwords, but a report from Gartner Research states that hackers have found ways to compromise these more advanced systems as well. Trojan-based, man-in-the-browser attacks have found vulnerabilities to one-time password tokens and could also be used against […]

Day care centers in the UK are already known for being early adopters of biometric technology used for physical access control keeping unwanted people away from customers’ children, according to an Industry Today article. Recently, however, many of those nurseries have found a new use for the same technology that helps them maximize operational efforts […]

In an effort to save a hefty annual collaboration cost, Avago Technologies began using the solution products A-OK and ArcotID from cloud authentication company Arcot Systems Inc. Some changes that came along with the switch include the adoption of platforms such as Google Apps Premier Edition and instillation of multilevel authentication. Primarily, the Avago decision […]

Entrust Inc. introduces a new authentication method geared toward combating man-in-the-browser attacks and hazardous malware. IdentityGuard Mobile features authentication solutions to consumer and enterprise bankers who own smart phones. The IdentityGuard product in collaboration with Entrust TransactionGuard markets itself as begin able to target the problems antivirus and traditional authentication software has yet to address […]