There are efforts underway to standardize identity vetting for U.S. citizens. Currently states and the federal government have their own individual processes to confirm an individual’s identity. But the North American Security Products Organization (NASPO) is working on standards that could be used throughout the U.S. and even potentially on the international stage. NASPO is […]

The Indianapolis-based Indiana Blood Center had a problem. Regulations required that blood donors be positively identified each time they donated blood, but the problem was donors don’t always have their government-issued identification card, such as a driver license. “You would be surprised how annoyed people would be when they couldn’t give blood,” says Pete Lux, […]

L-1 Identity Solutions, a provider of identity solutions and services, was awarded a contract by the Commonwealth of Kentucky to provide a secure driver’s license solution with facial recognition biometrics as part of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s effort to protect the public and prevent fraud. The contract with L-1 includes a base three-year term valued […]

West Ashley High School, in Charleston, S.C., is changing the way it handles campus visitors with the installation of a new computer system, reports The Post and Courier. Different from the school’s old method of handling visitors, which was simply flashing your drivers license, the school now uses computerized system to run visitors’ names through […]

Anil Jain, a professor and researcher of electrical and computer engineering at Michigan State University, spoke at the University of Southern Florida on how biometrics could be a future technology relied on to fix the heavily flawed state of currently used identification technologies, according to an Independent Florida Alligator article. Among the technologies he cited […]

UC Berkley had its share of security breaches in 2009. In August, hackers gained access to private student records from the Graduate School of Journalism and in May they gained access to around 160,000 students’ personal information from University Health Services, according to The Daily Californian. Electronic information including students’ social security numbers, driver’s license […]

Security experts have said that the terrorist watch lists than many countries depend on to keep their borders and air travel safe is an imperfect tool prone to mistakes due to something as simple as spelling errors and incorrect or incomplete data from uncooperative countries, according to a Journal Gazette article. Fixing such short fallings […]

By Cindy Alexander, Identity Solutions Manager, MorphoTrak Three-dimensional photo technology strikes the delicate balance necessary for driver licenses between ownership, privacy, ease of enrollment and cost. This technology provides a first-line security feature that is obvious at a glance and simple to validate. Laser-engraved 3D portrait technology is difficult to counterfeit and inherently establishes ownership […]

Biometrics in Defense, health care, and law enforcement peaked the interest of ThirdFactor’s readers during 2009. The FBI’s award of the next-generation IAFIS program was among the year’s most significant topics. Stay tuned to Thirdfactor in 2010 as our editorial team explores the most important applications and technologies from the world of biometrics and brings […]

The top stories of 2009 centered on government identification initiatives including electronic passports, national ID programs, driver license reform and identity management. Take a moment and check out what you and our worldwide base of more than 30,000 readers found most interesting during the last year. I think you will agree it provides a unique […]