The City of Apopka in Florida has contracted with Zvetco Biometrics to deploy its P4500 biometric fingerprint reader with Authasa enterprise grade biometric software in order to comply with Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) mandates at the state and federal level. Zvetco and Viable Solutions Inc. will provide and install a turn-key solution for secure […]

Australia’s Northern Territory Department of Justice has installed biometric readers in 14 police watch houses to understand how often problem drinkers habitually get taken into custody, reports IT News. The department contracted with Unisys to design and install its Integrated Justice Identification Module, which has been rolled out in stages since last July. Police officers […]

To cut back on issues of fraud at the call center level, many financial institutions are thinking about adding voice biometric authentication capabilities to ward off socially engineered attacks. As reported by Bank Info Security, incidences of fraud geared toward call centers is on the rise, with attackers using social methods to talk call center […]

At this week’s ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly Conference & Exhibition, NEC Corporation is launching its line of aviation technologies designed for airport operators and airline agencies around the world. NEC’s first new product is NEC IDentiBoard, an airline boarding security system that provides secured seamless processing of passenger details throughout the boarding process. It can […]

CDS Monarch, a New York-based human services organization providing services to individuals with disabilities and their families, has installed DigitalPersona’s Pro Enterprise software and U.areU. Fingerprint Keyboards to provide secure access to electronic medical records. CDS Monarch says it chose this solution in order to track access to clinical software that’s currently on a network […]

Administrators at eduKan, a consortium of six Kansas colleges created to offer online courses, are using BioSig-ID, a software only biometric solution, to discourage cheating among students involved in the schools’ distance education programs. The technology enables the colleges to determine that the student taking the course and the test is the same student who […]

CADD Emirates, a Dubai-based ICT system integrator serving many industries including the hospitality sector, has announced that it will begin replacing its hotel guest room key card systems with biometric fingerprint scanners. As reported by Hotelier Middle East, CADD will have the new system ready for roll-out later this summer. The new technology will be […]

Albron, an independent caterer in the Netherlands, will offer biometric- and contactless-based payments in its restaurants thanks to a newly signed agreement with pan-European payment processor Equens. The caterer will use the service “Snel en Simpel Betalen” (Quick and Easy Payments) to offer its customers the ability to choose whether they wish to pay using […]