Thai authorities have hired Precise Biometrics to license their Precise Match-on-Card(TM) technology in the initial phase of Thailand’s new national ID card project. The order has been taken in collaboration with Smart Card Systems International Co. Ltd, the company’s local integrator and service partner. An estimated 12 million ID cards will be delivered, each carrying […]

A dual interface reader with contact and contactless capabilities to support the increased demand for badging and other personal ID applications, has been launched by SCM Microsystems. This combination makes it possible to integrate conventional single-purpose card applications onto one card. For example, the same card and type of reader might be used for building […]

The Spartan Shield, which uses a biometric pattern of hand veins as the distinguishing identification characteristic, was unveiled recently by Internal Biometrics Corp., Tuscon, Ariz., during the International Security Conference in Las Vegas. Nev. New vein pattern recognition (VPR) biometric security device debuts Las Vegas, Nev – Internal Biometrics Corporation (www. InternalBiometrics. com) of Tucson, […]

Precise Biometrics has initiated a partnership with Iridian Technologies, OmniPerception and Sharp, which has resulted in a multi-biometric Match-on-Card solution on the Sharp’s SJCard. Based on Precise Match-on-Card(TM), and through the new partnerships with Iridian Technologies, Precise Biometrics is now able to present as the first company in the world a complete multibiometric Match-on-Card solution. […]

< ? $key="4433"; ?> The SecureIDNews team is heading to Vegas for two of the year’s most important conferences – the ISC West security event (April 6-8) and Cardtech Securtech (April 12-14). Look for us on the ISC show floor, at the CTST Contactless Pavilion (April 13, 12:00-1:30), or stop by our booth (AVISIAN Publications) […]

As a pioneer and market leader in large-scale biometric systems and Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS), SAGEM Morpho is helping to migrate the technology from law enforcement to other market sectors. The company, based in Tacoma, Washington, has deployed numerous law enforcement systems including the heralded Federal Bureau of Investigation AFIS. It is also for […]

Millions of television viewers watch each week as detectives pull latent fingerprints from crime scenes and catch bad guys with the help of a massive fingerprint database. Avid viewers even know it by name … AFIS, the Automated Fingerprint Identification System. Though it doesn’t work exactly as it appears on TV, AFIS technology is very […]

You need not look far to find articles and pundits proclaiming a coming revolution in the way people pay for goods and services. And you need not look far from your campus to see examples of this new wave: American Express, MasterCard, and Visa cards with embedded contactless chips that transmit payment data to the […]

New security management software from IR Security and Safety’s Electronic Control Systems will It view, acknowledge and secure alarms, define an unlimited number of alarm conditions, send alarms to pre-defined workstations in order of priority, and email recipients, the company recently announced. New Software Provides Multiple Security Application Supervision FORESTVILLE, Conn. – IR Security & […]

SCM Microsystems has added an external fingerprint reader to its CHIPDRIVE Smartcard Office product, replacing passwords or a PIN with the more secure biometrics technology. Fremont, CA – SCM Microsystems, Inc., a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, extends its successful CHIPDRIVE Smartcard Office 2.5 product family with a new solution that […]