Officials have confirmed that Bahrain International Airport will install biometric security gates, according to a Gulf Daily News article. The new systems, called ImmSec, were developed by Swedish security technology developer Gunnebo Security Group and include five years of maintenance by Gunnebo’s business partner the Securicore Group. The ImmSec systems will use a smart card […]

Since this video was recorded in September, SAFRAN through Sagem Securite purchased Motorola’s AFIS business. Read more here.

AuthenTec, a developer of biometric technologies, has announced they will support Windows Biometric Framework, a system designed to work with fingerprint sensors and biometric applications in Windows 7. The steps taken by AuthenTec and Microsoft to get the framework working will help laptops that already have AuthenTec fingerprint sensors installed to work easily with the […]

The Transportation Security Administration has approved four biometric devices created by Sagem Morpho to be trialed in Los Angeles, New York, and Long Beach, Calif. for use in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program. All four devices are biometric access control devices, three being fixed units and one being a handheld, designed to control employee […]

Problems with buddy punching and misuse of manager keys and codes have lead fast food establishments to implement biometric devices to stop misconduct by employees, according to a QSR Web article. Devices such as fingerprint readers integrated into time clocks and point of sales systems are some of the biometric solutions being employed. While managers […]

SecuGen Corporation has announced that Biometric Technologies Inc. has integrated the SecuGen Hamster IV into BIOCLAIM, the company’s flagship software. BIOCLAIM is the only medical billing solution that provides biometric confirmation that a patient was actually present to receive health care services. SecuGen BIOCLAIM is a biometric patient authentication claim service that is the uses […]

SmartMetric, a developer of biometric and smart card technologies, has created a smart card that functions much more as a credit card-sized computer rather than an ID card. The card includes a processor, more than a gigabyte of memory, a rechargeable battery and a fingerprint sensor for securing the functions on the card. The company […]

The Seoul National University Hospital Clinical Research Institute had encountered problems managing their human resources concerns with the movement of multiple levels of personnel in and out of different restricted areas, according to a Source Security article. The original remedy of using an RFID access control system only made the workload worst for the human […]

Digital security provider Gemalto announced it has been chosen by Imprimerie Nationale, the French public printing office, to provide its Coesys Issuance solution to personalize the second-generation biometric passports that will be issued in France. These new passports contain digital biometric information, notably the holder’s fingerprints. By adopting second-generation travel documents, France is complying with […]