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New NSTIC pilots announced
$15.5 million awarded for pilots to help states, students and patients
GSA using facility-specific ID badges
Report find badges that are ‘unsecure, unregulated’
White House doubles down on PIV, PKI, strong citizen ID
Fall 2016 Regarding ID
22 Jul, 2008Datastrip and Codebench help TWIC deployment
Datastrip Inc. and Codebench Inc. are helping seaports save money while tightening security. The two companies are offering ports a way to tie ports existing physical access control systems to new Transportation Worker Identification Credentials. The system already has been deployed at a port in the southeastern U.S., the companies report. After obtaining a TWIC, […]
22 Jul, 2008U.S. Passport Cards being distributed
The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that the new U.S. Passport Card is in production and is being distributed. The Passport Card is a wallet-sized document for land and sea travel between the United States and Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and Bermuda. It is not valid for international […]
22 Jul, 2008FEMA’s Summer Sizzle comes to the IAB
It’s supposed to be a high of 88 degrees in Washington on Thursday, but there may some extra sizzle in the air if FEMA has anything to say about it. FEMA will be performing a portion of its Summer Sizzle demonstration at this month’s IAB. IAB attendees, who choose to participate, will be electronically scanned […]
21 Jul, 2008Match-on-card close says NIST
Biometrics pass speed and security tests, accuracy not quite there The National Institute of Standards and Technology is continuing its march towards approving an ID card with a stored fingerprint that can be quickly authenticated without the data on the card ever leaving. The match-on-card fingerprint trials show that existing technology will work, although accuracy […]
17 Jul, 2008New facial recognition technology chosen to help US Army
The U.S. Army has chosen Animetrics, a developer of facial biometrics and imaging technology, to assist with their Biometric Automated Toolset (BAT) system, an identification system aimed at improving military intelligence and force protection. The Animetrics software being used, called 2D-to-3D, will be able to create three-dimensional images of suspects and people of interest to […]
17 Jul, 2008Airport orders BQT smart card readers
BQT Solutions Limited has been awarded a contract to supply at least 1,140 smart card readers to a major American airport. The terms of the deal and the identity of the airport were not released. The PIN plus smart cart style MIFARE readers comply with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential program. […]
17 Jul, 2008Helping international students navigate U.S. banking system
Students from abroad, attending college in the U.S., have a lot to assimilate. More than likely they have to deal with a new culture, perhaps master a new language, learn their way around campus and more. They also possibly have to learn a new currency and probably how to deal with this country’s banking system. […]
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