It’s been nearly a decade since the last major console battle, and this week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3 for the initiated, has once again renewed the battle between industry juggernauts Microsoft and Sony. Following press conferences for both Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4 (PS4), in which both companies took opposing stances on […]

Getin Noble Bank, one of Poland’s largest banking institutions, and Hitachi Europe have revealed that Getin will be deploying Hitachi finger vein biometric authentication in the bank’s new Getin Up branch network. Getin Bank chose the finger vein biometric modality based on the human body’s unique structure of blood vessels inside the finger. Those close […]

Gemalto announced it will supply Government Printing Works (GPW) with the Sealys electronic smart card-based identification solution for a national identity program in South Africa. GPW will leverage Gemalto’s secure embedded software to protect the holder’s image and biometric data within the secure identity e-document. Moreover, GPW selected the Sealys document fitted with the contactless […]

Boca Raton, Fla.-based Identify Security Solutions revealed a biometric solution that leverages a user’s mobile device camera to conduct authentication. The identifyME solution is an access control solution that recognizes the user as a real, live person and continuously monitors the user’s presence at the device for the duration of use. “An authorized individual using […]

The Polk County school district has sparked some outrage after scanning the irises of its students – without the consent of parents or the students themselves. After installing eye-scanning cameras on school busses at three locations including an elementary, middle and high school, Polk Country schools – in partnership with Stanley Convergent Security Solutions – […]

In one of the more bizarre and possibly innovative solutions to the replacement of the password, Motorola has proposed an electronic tattoo fixed to the user’s skin as a means of authentication. A Telegraph report reveals that the “biostamps” are being manufactured by Massachusetts-based engineering firm MC10. The tattoos contain flexible electronic circuits that can be adhered […]

With 76% of network intrusions blamed on stolen or exploited credentials and weak passwords it would seem obvious that more needs to be done to secure these credentials and make them more difficult to crack. The research from the Verizon 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report shows that better security is need to protect online identities […]

A recent report from MarketsandMarkets has conducted research on the facial recognition market and suggests that the biometric modality could play a significant role in authentication by 2018. Examining the facial recognition market from in terms of the areas of emerging technology, solutions, software, hardware and services, the report seeks to provide readers with an […]