Products from Aware Biometrics have been added to the GSA approved list in five categories: Fingerprint Capture Station, Facial Image Capture Middleware, Facial Image Capture Station (Physical), Template Generator, and Template Matcher. Solutions for both live scan and card scan fingerprint capture are included. GSA Approves Aware Biometrics Software for PIV in Five Product Categories […]

ID verification technology supplier Bioscrypt has chosen a fingerprint sensor from UPEK for use in its physical access control readers, bringing the reader into FIPS 201 compliance. Bioscrypt still needs to have the reader certified by GSA. New reader will address requirements of the U.S. government’s Personal Identity Verification program TORONTO–Bioscrypt Inc., a leading provider […]

Datastrip has added a camera option to its DSVII mobile biometric ID terminals that will, among its many uses, allow law enforcement to take crime scene photos. It will also help police identify suspects via real-time facial recognition by comparing the live image to an image stored on the DSVII or a back-end Automated Fingerprint […]

Bioscrypt, a Canadian provider of ID verification solutions, has released the latest version of its access management software that allows federal government employees to log-on to their computer using FIPS 201-compliant card fingerprint biometric templates. TORONTO– Bioscrypt Inc., a leading provider of identity verification technology, announced the release of the latest version of its VeriSoft […]

NXP Semiconductors announced its secure contactless smart card chip technology will power Singapore’s biometric passports, which were fully implemented in August, 2006. This marks the 30th government using NXP smart chip technology to power their ePassport programs, and the company’s chips now power more than 80 percent of the world’s smart passports. Company’s chips now […]

Sweden’s Göteborg University deploys a visual challenge and response solution from Entrust By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor You log in with your password, then you’re met with another screen with the following: A3, F4, J5. No, you’re not playing Bingo. It’s part of an authentication system created by Dallas, Texas-based Entrust. To supply the correct […]

Gemalto has been chosen to update Oman’s current National Registration System and supply the country with some 2.5 million smart ID cards. The Sultanate of Oman’s national ID card program is the first smart card-based e-government solution deployed in the Middle East. Selected in the second phase of the e-government program, Gemalto will upgrade the […]

“No one in the security industry thought it was possible to combine the highest level of security with long range active RFID technology and fit them into the accepted form factor of a credit card.” Well, now it is, says Steve Campisi, president of Digital Defense Group, speaking of the IronGate biocard. That’s the fruit […]

Daon is supplying biometric solutions to the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) for its border security initiative, the Biometrics at the Border program. Biometric identifiers will be collected from non-citizens entering the country for future identity verification. The systems will be rolled out to detention facilities this year and deployed in on-shore […]

ActivIdentity’s FIPS-201, NIST certified smart card management system and desktop authentication software, are supported by a cadre of industry leading suppliers. Already integrated with ActivIdentity CMS 4.0 are solutions from Novell, Sun, IBM, Lenel, Honeywell, Imageware, Daon, Probaris, L-1, Entrust,and Cybertrust. Security Industry Rallies With Digital Identity Assurance Leader ActivIdentity as Presidential Homeland Security Deadline […]