Sonitrol of Orlando Replaces Proximity Readers with HandReaders – Biometrics Ensure Only Authorized Individuals Enter Sorority Houses. CAMPBELL, CALIF. – December 10, 2003 – IR Recognition Systems, the biometric component of Ingersoll-Rand’s (IR) Security & Safety Group’s Electronic Access Control Division (EACD), today announced that Sonitrol of Orlando has installed Recognition Systems biometric HandReaders at […]

Aix en Provence, France, November 21st, 2003 – INSIDE Contactless, supplier of Contactless chips and couplers, is proud to announce to have won, along with FASVER, the SESAME for Best Application in IT Security at Cartes 2003. Co-invented by INSIDE Contactless and FASVER, the smartFilm™ is designed to protect biodata on official documents, the smartFilm™ […]

Global Biometric Company to Install New Airport Security Technology At Paris Airports – Charles de Gaulle and Orly TACOMA, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 6, 2003–SAGEM, the world’s largest biometrics company, announced that it has been awarded a contract by Aeroports de Paris (ADP) to install its biometric identity control technology in the restricted personnel areas of Paris’ […]

Fortress GB Limited, ERG Transit Systems, and Inside Contactless were among the top winners of the SESAMES awards, presented during the CARTES and IT Security 2003 conference in Paris last week. The competition is open to all international industry players: manufacturers, users, integrators, and developers. London-based Fortress GB won the SESAMES award for the Best […]

When conversation turns to the topic of biometrics, of late the initials ICAO are frequently a part of the discussion. ICAO stands for “International Civil Aviation Organization” and has been around since the 1920s. It is a United Nations chartered body responsible for the establishment of standards for international travel documents. Today, the group is […]

At this month’s NACAS conference, a number of exciting new products and projects were demonstrated in the exhibit hall and discussed in the educational sessions. CR80News was on-site at the conference, here’s our review of some of the key card-related highlights from the show. General Meters unveiled its new magnetic stripe reader that turns a […]

NEW YORK, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Entrepreneur Steven Brill, whose critically-acclaimed book “AFTER” chronicled the homeland security and civil liberties challenges facing the United States following the September 11th terrorist attacks, has formed a company with key players in the homeland security industry that will offer a private, voluntary, biometrically secure identification card providing access […]

Miwa Lock has launched their new AL5H hotel card lock system that combines Magstripe and smart card technologies into one lock to meet a wide variety of hotel security needs. The AL5H has been designed to offer ‘one lock does all’ functionality and is designed to read both Magstripe cards and smart cards as standard. […]

Device Reads Smart Cards, Biometric Templates, 2D Bar Codes & More Simultaneously WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ – Datastrip announced today that it is adding support for HID’s iCLASS 13.56 MHz contactless smart card technology to its DSVerify2D handheld ID card reader, becoming the first iCLASS-compatible hardware device that can be used to perform identity verification […]

ActivCard(R) Now Offers Advanced Multi-Factor Authentication and Credential Management for Citrix(R) MetaFrame(R) Presentation Server FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – ActivCard(R) (Nasdaq: ACTI), the leader in IDentity Management software (IDM) and a Premier member of the Citrix Business Alliance(TM) (CBA), today announced that a variety of its strong authentication methods are now supported by Citrix(R) […]