DigitalPersona has announced a partnership with information technology software developer Quest Software to integrate DigitalPersona Pro with Quest Defender for an authentication solution. The new product is designed for use by small to medium-sized businesses primarily as a logical access control solution and enables two-factor authentication that includes one time passwords with either biometrics or […]

Identity security technology developers CardLogix and Datastrip have announced a partnership to combine technology to form a new mobile identity management solution. Specifically, the solution has combined CadLogix’s M.O.S.T., Credentsys smart card, or ePassport with DataStrip readers such as the handheld Easy Verify to develop handheld, mobile solutions for collecting fingerprint data. Among the potential […]

The Nigerian Government has announced new plans for biometric registration of its citizens that would be stored in a central database and yield biometric identity cards and a nine-digit unique identification number for each citizen, according to an All Africa article. The new program is not a new idea to Nigerians, as the country has […]

Authasas, a subsidiary of identification authentication solutions developer BioXS, has announced it has integrated its Advanced Authentication version 4 into the Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On solution. The resulting solution, which received Oracle Validated Integration status, is capable of replacing a user’s multiple usernames and passwords with a single authentication method that is capable of securely […]

The Israeli government passed the biometric database regulation an order that will see the collection of fingerprint data and a photograph from all the country’s citizens to be collected in a central database, according to a 972 magazine article. The final approval of the regulations was signed off by MK Meir Sheetrit, who had also […]

Nuance Communications, a developer of voice-recognition solutions, has announced that two of its voice-recognition technologies are being integrated into a physical access control solution from security and automation technology developer FST21. The Nuance solutions, speech engine Nuance Recognizer and verification solution Nuance Verifier, are being incorporated into FST21’s SafeRise, which utilizes a user’s face and […]

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced a new security checkpoint model which brings features to help improve security and efficiency at airports worldwide. The new checkpoint will have known traveler, normal, and enhanced security lanes which the passenger will be directed to, based upon biometric information obtained before arriving at the airport. The main […]

From the bag phone, to the brick phone to the flip phone, the mobile phone has evolved quite a bit in the last 25 years. The overarching trend had been toward smaller and smaller devices, but this preoccupation with size seems to have reached a plateau. The focus now is squarely on adding capabilities. For […]