For the fourth straight year, U.S. Bank has ranked first in a privacy study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, a Traverse City, Mich.-based information management research firm. In addition, the institute’s Privacy Trust Study for Retail Banking has ranked the Minneapolis-based bank in the top five since it began the study six years ago. The […]

Research from biometrics developer Unisys suggests that the British citizens are more willing to move forward with biometric adoption into their regular lives than previously thought, according to an IT Pro article. Additionally, in the same survey, Unisys uncovered that many more trust biometric technology than trust their government or financial institutions. The total percentage […]

Nedap, a developer of access control security systems, has had vein-based biometric technology introduced to its AEOS physcial access control system with help from technology developer Hitachi, according to a Security Park article. Hitachi’s finger-vein technology, which utilizes infrared light to obtain a graphic map of the unique vein structure in a person’s finger, that […]

UPEK, a developer of biometric solutions, has announced the release of their Protector Software Suite 2009, a biometric security software suite that utilizes a fingerprint sensor for authentication and now supports the Windows 7 operating system. Further, in their designing the software as Windows 7 compliant, their software is now also compliant with any fingerprint […]

Futronic Technology Company Limited, a developer of biometric software and hardware, has announced that their Windows Biometric Framework Driver designed for Windows 7 to utilize their USB fingerprint scanner has passed tests for both the 32 bit and 64 bit version of the operating system. The driver has been digitally signed by Microsoft and will […]

A new survey has revealed that roughly 93% of businesses are utilizing some form of data leak prevention tools with 70% planning further investments in the technology in the near future, according to a Computer Weekly article. The figures, taken from the Launchpad Europe IT Security Index 2009, further show where businesses are concentrating on […]

The Shanghai World Expo, opening May 1, 2010, will forgo traditional paper tickers in favor of “mobile phone tickets,” which event goers can purchased and carry via cell phones equipped with RFID enabled SIM cards provided by China Mobile. Shanghai will see some 70 million visitors during the World Expo period, many of whom are […]