One of the clues that lead the New Haven, Conn. Police Department to the murderer of a Yale lab technician was the audit logs of the physical access control system in place at the research facility. The card swipe logs showed that Raymond Clark III was the last person to access the lab where Annie […]

Giesecke & Devrient and Nokia announced that G&D has become the sole shareholder in Venyon Oy by acquiring the shares held by Nokia. G&D held a majority of the shares before the acquisition. Since its creation in 2006, Venyon has established itself as a trusted service managers (TSM) in the mobile near field communication market. […]

On Track Innovations Ltd. announced that it has signed a contract for the supply, transfer, maintenance and operation of an electronic identification related product based on OTI’s Magna platform. OTI has teamed up with a system integrator that will be responsible for project management and local operation in the country. The contract provides for an […]

Fashion and lifestyle company, Gerry Weber, will implement RFID technology to combine inventory management and loss prevention. The German retail company will be using Avery Dennison RFID solutions in more than 25 million garments a year to reduce theft and ensure stores are well stocked with popular items. The RFID will be embedded in a […]

National Australia Bank (NAB) has announced that it expects to replace pass codes with voice biometrics for its mobile banking customers in the future, according to a Ecommerce Journal article. NAB has already been successfully utilizing voice biometrics for authenticating customers in their call center since this past summer. With the increase in customers utilizing […]

Beginning today, border agents for the British Immigration Authority will be collecting fingerprint data from foreign nationals with biometric UK visas, entry clearances and identity cards upon entry into the country, according to a RTT News article. In addition to the new procedures for these entrants into the country, normal immigration procedures must also be […]

Sec. Janet Napolitano, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary, and Peter Van Loan, Canada’s Public Safety Minster, have announced that the countries each represents will be working in tandem on certain initiatives aimed at better securing the two nations from terrorism and organized crime, according to a Talk Radio News article. Among the measures […]