The iGuard IP Biometric Security Appliance has its own TV series. At least it will be appearing in one. The security appliance, designed for access control and time/attendance using fingerprint verification, will be featured in the March 21 episode of the Fox TV series, “24.” And it likely will show up during the remainder of […]

Recognition Systems’ biometric fingerprint readers in the Fingerkey DX series have passed national Underwriter Laboratories and Canadian National Standard requirements for access control systems, the company recently announced. Fingerprint Scanners Meet Rigorous UL, Canadian and British Quality Standards CAMPBELL, CALIF. – Recognition Systems, the biometric component of Ingersoll-Rand’s (IR) Security & Safety Electronic Control Systems, […]

Imaging and biometrics software provider Aware, Inc. will be introducing its new software solution designed to aid developers in complying with the FIPS 201 personal identity verification standards for federal employee ID cards. A demonstration will be held during the Smart Card Alliance’s e-government conference March 9-11. A comprehensive suite of field-tested software tools provides […]

A contactless card that will include fingerprint identification, could become a weapon in the identity theft battle, its creator, FacePrint Global Solutions, believes. The combination of the multi-functional smart card and the company’s e-DNA technology could be used in security access and cryptographic applications as well as other identity situations, such as passports, drivers’ licenses, […]

Texas State University at San Marcos recently installed 200 Schlage computer-managed locking systems to control access to 16 campus buildings for the college’s 1,300 students, faculuty and staff. The locks replace mechanical pushbutton ones that only offered one code and had to be replaced nearly every year. Computer-Managed Locks Protect Students, Staff, University Assets FORESTVILLE, […]

By Lauren Lowrey, Contributing Editor You’ve had a long day at work. Realizing your pantry is barren, you make an impromptu stop by the grocery store. You breeze through the aisles and into the checkout line – stomach growling – while the man in front fumbles through his pockets for exact change. Suddenly, your eyes […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor For more than six months, some 10,000 registered travelers have been able to move through airports a little faster with lanes dedicated just for them and the assurance they won’t be targeted for secondary screening. And with a final report due out this spring more airports may be allowed to […]

Using fingerprints for ID, K-12 food service operators are speeding lunch lines, simplifying payment and improving reimbursement for programs linked to school lunch. Students simply place a forefinger on a small reader by the register. Public schools such as those in the Penn Cambria and Wilson School Districts in Pennsylvania have adopted this technology to […]

All Piggly Wiggly grocery shoppers in South Carolina and Southeast Georgia will soon be able to pay for their groceries with the touch of a finger. Pay By Touch, which is free to consumers, is a new payment service that allows shoppers to pay for purchases or cash checks using a finger scan linked to […]

Wired News “The federal intelligence overhaul that became law last month while creating a new national intelligence director and beefing up border patrols also aims to close loopholes for identity fraud that some of the Sept. 11 terrorists used to get aboard the jets they hijacked. … Privacy advocates warn that the new federal standards […]