The use of biometrics in conjunction with contactless smart cards is certainly high on many lists of security goals–but it has been a goal that is costly, time consuming, and technology-intensive to attain. With the development of the bioCLASS product line, Irvine, California-based HID is taking steps to change all that. “The bioCLASS reader is […]

Vision Database Systems (VDS) has the education market for ID software pretty well covered–from kindergarten all the way through college. But while the Jupiter, Florida-based company is well-entrenched in the K-12 market, its roots, and its forte remain in higher ed. VDS has a perfect client retention record for the 2003-04 year but there’s no […]

Smart cards are making rapid advances into computer security technology. Case in point is Smart Centric’s new logical security product–called SmartCity Logon–that bypasses the typical user name and password. With the card, you logon with ease. Without a smart card, you can’t logon at all. “With the increasing popularity of laptops, our logon product can […]

TI has teamed up with TSSI and Third Millennium to provide RFID and fingerprint biometrics to manufactures and integrators of access control. This technology uses the latest generation of 13.56 MHz contactless ISO 15693 smart proximity cards from TI-RFid.  Combining the products has produced a practical and cost effective solution to integrating RFID with biometric […]

At the occasion of the Cartes & IT Security Show 2002, SAGEM introduces the MORPHOACCESS 220, a biometric terminal providing the possibility to identify fingerprints and contactless smartcards at the same time: when the card holder puts his/her finger on the optical sensor, the system’s algorithms match the captured fingerprint against the templates stored on the […]

IDenticard, a leading producer of biometric security identification, asset tracking and access control systems, and Bioscrypt Inc., a leading provider of advanced fingerprint technology, announced today they are working together to meet the growing worldwide demand for the increased security provided by coupling smart cards with biometrics. These industry leaders have paired IDenticard’s IDentiSMART(TM) family […]

FREMONT, Calif. and LUND, Sweden, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – ActivCard(R) (EUROPE: ACTI) , the leader in IDentity Management (IDM) software for remote access, single sign-on and digital ID card solutions, today announced an expanded cooperation with its partner Precise Biometrics AB (publ), developer and provider of world-leading and user-friendly biometric security solutions based on fingerprints, […]

HACKENSACK, N.J., and NEW YORK, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – I.D. Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDSY) and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced today that they will be working together to deploy I.D. Systems’ Wireless Asset Net(TM) fleet management technology on a fleet of airport vehicles at Newark Liberty International Airport.  The deployment is pursuant to a $1,000,000 […]

Vendor Registration Program Presented as Part of Oregon RAINS Event Showcasing Homeland Security Solutions WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ – Eid Access, Inc., a comprehensive solutions provider of vendor security systems, today unveiled its Vendor Registration Program to protect military facilities and government agencies against terrorism, theft of military equipment or secrets, and other homeland security […]

Awarded with contract to supply a comprehensive nationalidentity solution including the issuance of over 1.2 million smart ID cards<br /><br /> – Part of Sultanate of Oman strategy to improve quality of public service and homeland security infrastructure<br /><br /> – First nationwide smart card-based citizen identity solution to be deployed in the Middle East<br […]