A Mexican government entity has named ImageWare to develop a biometrically controlled access solution for visitor and access control at a government installation. Under the terms of the agreement, ImageWare will develop a customized multi-biometric identity management system by leveraging a combination of the company’s biometric engine and investigative solutions, enabling the enrollment of employees, […]

< ? $key="8765"; ?> Privatizing Registered Traveler smart card issuance: Is it a CLEAR Way to Go? The first private company-run Registered Traveler program is well underway at the Orlando International Airport. The CLEAR smart cards use biometrics to speed pre-enrolled passengers through dedicated security checkpoints. Read the full story Your Meter is Expired: New […]

By Marisa Torrieri Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications Those waiting for the ‘California Gold Rush’ to RFID and contactless-enabled ID cards will have to cross their fingers and sit tight. Come January 1, a new bill barring wireless identification technology in government-issued IDs, authored by California Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) will hit the state’s legislative […]

The Ogden City, Utah Police Department will be using ImageWare’s facial recognition and digital composite sketching technology that will streamline the department’s current law enforcement identification procedures by allowing officers to conduct facial recognition searches against its existing records management system (RMS). SAN DIEGO–ImageWare Systems, Inc., a world leading developer and provider of identity management […]

Digimarc and Jura JSP, providers of machine-readable digital security features designed to authenticate ID documents, say they are developing interoperable digital watermark inspection software for passports and visas. Whether issuers secure their travel documents with Digimarc or Jura, the agreement ensures that inspectors will be able to authenticate ICAO-compliant documents using a single watermark reader. […]

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By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Terrorist threats, disintegrating national borders, globalization … A myriad of causes have prompted governments around the world to take a closer look at the need for a national identification card. Indeed, some countries are moving forward but citizen’s privacy concerns have prevented most large countries from progressing on national ID […]

“A cross-correlation algorithm that assesses the degree of similarity between the base-line scan and the new scan allows the paper’s identity to be verified. The odds of two pieces of paper having similar patterns are greater than 1,000 to one. These fingerprints raise the possibility of securing documents without resorting to controversial solutions like RFID […]

Getting secure IDs out the door is the easy part. But, are they truly secure? Is it imaged correctly? Is the hologram properly positioned? Does the name and Social Security number match the database from which it was pulled? All this and more is what Spartanics, Rolling Meadows, Illinois, attempts to verify before the ID […]

By Dennis Bailey, Comter Systems COO & author of The Open Society Paradox Since 9/11, when a lack of a secure identification system in America made possible the terrorist attack, I am amazed at how far and fast the identification industry has developed. Along with many observers in the field, I believe that 2005 finds […]