By Walter Hamilton, chairman and president, International Biometrics & Identification Association Biometric technology continues to evolve and is gaining increasing importance as a trusted method of personal identification in a wide range of applications deployed throughout the world. Biometrics is the automatic identification or identity verification of an individual based on physiological or behavioral characteristics. […]

Fingerprint Cards has announced it has developed a new miniature and power-effective fingerprint sensing device designed for use with mobile phones. The device, called FPC1080A is also purported to be easily installed into other devices such as laptops, smart cards and USB keys. In addition to its small footprint and low power consumption, Fingerprint Cards […]

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), an airline trade group, has proposed a new type of security checkpoint that would speed up waiting times for low-risk travelers, according to a USA Today article. The proposal involves sets of three tunnels or otherwise enclosed pathways wherein each would include sensors, x-ray machines, cameras and other standard […]

Victorinox, maker of the Swiss Army series of pocket knives and multi-tools, has developed a new multi-tool that includes a 32GB biometrically secured flash drive, according to an article from The Gadgeteer. In addition to the flashdrive tucked into the usual red tool are the blades and scissors that are a standard in Victorinox’s offerings; […]

As more biometric solutions intended for online transactions and accessing online bank accounts are being developed some are arguing that fingerprint-based biometrics are not robust enough to be trusted with banking access, according to an article from The Engineer. Beyond the fear of access, others, such as Barclays Bank, fear privacy issues would come up […]

Federal and state rules are starting to require more security for physicians that use electronic prescribing technology. The DEA wants prescribers to add a layer of authentication and Ohio has also mandated the additional factor. This could be an opportunity for biometrics in the health care market. “You can image doctors using biometrics to extract […]

The General Services Administration’s HSPD-12 Managed Service Office (MSO) has quite the task ahead of it–enrolling, issuing and activating credentials for hundreds of thousands of federal employees nationwide and beyond. Steve Duncan, program manager at the MSO, updated the Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board on its activities and challenges in the process to procure […]

Shanghai Anviz Biometric Technology has developed a new biometric time and attendance system designed to operate over a USB connection to computers. The system, called the Bio-office Desktop series D100, touts plug and play capabilities wherein no driver installation or additional hardware installation is necessary for the system to work. Other aspects of the new […]

With looming legislation and constantly changing rules, logical access control in the health care market is at a standstill, according to David Stallsmith, director of product marketing for ColorID. Health care providers are leery of investing and then in six months or a year having to start over because their system does not meet new […]

Virtual Case Management (VCM), a service that provides secure access to sensitive files for investigators, process servers, intelligence analysts and the security industry, has tapped biometric technology developer SecuGen for a biometric solution. Specifically, VCM selected SecuGen’s Hamster line of fingerprint readers to integrate into its own software and improve management of access rights as […]