Sagem Securite, a developer of biometric technology, has had their optical fingerprint sensor system, MorphoTop, certified for use by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The MorphoTop is joining many other Morpho products by Sagem that have been certified and are in use by the FBI.   

The Aspen, Colo. School District is holding meetings to determine whether or not they want to implement a fingerprint-recognition system for students in lunch programs in their schools, according to an Aspen Times article. The district has already purchased the hardware and run a successful pilot test of the program. The system will not be […]

Technology developer Sony Corporation has announced that they have developed a new mobile biometric sensor called Mofiria. The Mofiria is an infrared vascular scanner able to authenticate via the unique vein patterns inside a user’s finger. It is also designed to be able to be mounted to a number of mobile computing devices for embedded […]

Protecting identity is critical and is only going to become more important as time goes on, says former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Sec. Michael Chertoff. In a speech at the University of Southern California National Center for Risk & Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events in August, Chertoff talked about how important identity can be. […]

On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI), a provider of contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security & eID Systems, announced that it has signed a contract with the Registry Office of the Government of Ecuador to implement a pilot project for the country’s National eID system. The value of this first stage project to OTI […]

In an effort to simplify and better secure their health information systems, Brunswick, Maine-based Parkview Adventist Medical Center has implemented a new biometric solution, according to an Advance Web article. The system is an product from medical technology developers Medtech and biometric developer Imprivata. It includes single sign-on via fingerprint authentication that enables password management […]

North Carolina counties New Hanover, Duplin and Orange have joined the list of counties participating in the U.S. Department of Justice and Homeland Security sponsored program called Secure Communities. The program is aimed at identifying and deporting dangerous criminal aliens. The new system now sees arrested foreigners submitting to fingerprints that will be checked against […]

Fujitsu, a developer of biometric and other technologies, has released the world’s first waterproof mobile phone with embedded biometric fingerprint security, according to a Register Hardware article. The new phone, called the F-01A, can be fully submersed in water up to 1 meter deep for up to thirty minutes. In addition to the waterproof nature […]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the completion of upgrades to the biometric systems installed for the US-VISIT program. One aspect of the new upgrades will see international visitors to the U.S. giving samples of ten fingerprints as opposed to the two the system previously required. The same system upgrades have changed […]

SecuGen, a developer of biometric products, has announced the release of two new high-capacity fingerprint scanners. The two new scanners are called SDA04M, a non-FIPS compliant commercial application scanner, and the SDA04, a FIPS compliant scanner for government or commercial applications. Both new scanners are capable of holding up to 10,000 users as well as […]