Swedish company Precise Biometrics has won a procurement contract for its Match-on-Card fingerprint biometric technology that will be integrated on some five million passports. Precise is part of the consortium that was issued the job for the passports that will be deployed later this year. LUND, SWEDEN –Precise Biometrics AB (publ), a Swedish company that […]

SP 800-76 gives agencies some flexibility, but requirements still daunting to many By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor It wasn’t too long ago that biometrics seemed like an expensive proposition that would only work in sci-fi movie plots. But today, the technology that measures human physical and behavioral characteristics for authentication has come a long way. […]

Viisage’s Integrated Biometric Technology (IBT) division now controls 75% of the U.S. market for hazardous materials endorsed driver licensing systems. Illinois becomes the 35th state to employ the company’s technology as part of the TSA’s HAZPRINT program that establishes a nationwide system to collect and transmit fingerprint data of commercial driver license candidates seeking, renewing […]

Wireless biometric security provider Privaris has launched a key-fob-sized device that eliminates the need for passwords and access cards, verifies identity via a fingerprint, thus safeguarding a user’s privacy, and works with existing security systems, such as those from HID, Indala, and others. The company’s plusID can be used to secure access to buildings and […]

PRESS RELEASE: Broadcom’s Trusted Authentication Initiative Helps Enable Rapid Growth of Security Technologies in Physical Access, Logical Access and Contactless Payments IRVINE, Calif., June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM) , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today introduced the world’s first secure processor with integrated radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, […]

Sagem Morpho has introduced a new line of biometric access control products that include indoor/outdoor smart card biometric terminals that can be tailored to meet an individual user’s access requirements ranging from identification only to multi-factor authentication. Affordable Physical Access Terminal Provides Flexible Threat Protection ALEXANDRIA, VA – Sagem Morpho, a leader in biometric access […]

Digimarc has launched three new secure enrollment products for government ID issuers that will digitally capture and manage portraits, signatures, and fingerprints while speeding up the enrollment process and providing more security features. Newest advances in Digimarc’s secure enrollment solutions reliably and securely capture, store and manage the industry’s highest quality digital images for biometric […]

Gone are the days of kiosks and other self-service contraptions as giant, intimidating machines. RFID and other emerging technologies have launched a new wave of possibilities for self-service solutions, industry experts in the field say. Examples, reports Mike Webster, in a new column published to the Self Service & Kiosk Association’s Web site, include: Enhanced […]

France has chosen Philips’ SmartMX chip to power its new contactless electronic passports scheduled for roll-out by the end of June. The passports are designed to comply with the U.S. government’s Visa Waiver program which requires biometric data and a digital image. The passports also include encryption capabilities and physical hacking counter measures. Company’s SmartMX […]

Broader tests involves new round of first responders and security technologies By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing editor The Office of the National Capital Region and the Department of Homeland Security will host at least three additional interoperability tests over the next five months, now that the first major test of smart-card interoperability for the nation’s first […]