Safran SA, a Paris-based developer of defense-related electronics, is in talks to buy the majority of biometrics developer L-1 Identity Solutions, according to a Bloomberg article. Safran is one of multiple bidders to purchase the company, who has seen big jumps in its stock price recently. The purchase would fall in line with Safran’s hopes […]

L-1 Identity Solutions has unveiled a new biometric device called the HIIDE 5. The HIIDE 5 is the next generation in their HIIDE device family which is a small and lightweight mobile option for enrolling or authenticating of one’s identity using biometrics in the field. Additionally, the new device is touted as a customizable option […]

Apricorn, a developer of personal data storage technology, has announced the availability of new larger storage capacity offerings from their Aegis Bio line of biometric hard drives. The original Aegis Bio offerings had a storage ceiling of 250 GB, however the new offerings add on a 320 GB, 500GB and a 640 GB drive to […]

MaxID has announced that its iDL500, a biometric Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) reader, has been deployed to the Half Moone Cruise and Celebration Center in Norfolk, Va. The iDL500 units that shipped to the center are coming bundled with CoreStreet’s PIVMAN client software to make the device TWIC-compatible as well as MaxID reader software […]

L-1 Identity Solutions has announced it has been awarded a contract for research and development by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate, Human Factors Division. The contract stipulates for L-1 to develop a next generation technology for use in a four-finger slap image capture mobile biometric device. Other expectations from […]

Aware has announced that it has supplied a large European police agency, on par with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the U.S., with its Biometric Services Platform (BioSP). BioSP, a Web-based biometric application, will serve a number of purposes for the agency including screening and converting fingerprint records from agencies such as INTERPOL and […]

De La Rue Identity Systems announced that Malta’s upgraded e-passport system with Extended Access Control (EAC) capability has gone live. This new solution delivers a higher level of security and access control, in accordance with the EU regulation for all Schengen Member States, for the addition of a second biometric – two fingerprints – to […]

Dubai-based Simage Technologies has announced the release of its new Secure Contactless Token, a multi-purpose biometric device for secure ID, payments and secure authentication. With the new device, users can securely access their bank accounts online, pay for public transportation or goods at supporting retail locations, access e-government services with secure ID verification and store […]

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) have announced that ICE’s Secure Communities program has begun in Florida. Secure Communities is set-up to help state officials identify criminal foreigners, both legally and illegally in the United States, already in police custody. The program identifies the aliens via biometrics […]

Hawk Systems, a developer of fingerprint authentication technology, has announced a new offering that would require a fingerprint to start a car called SECUREPASSTM System Vehicle Identification System. The hope of Hawk Systems is that this new biometric solution will help with preventing car thefts by only enabling authorized users to turn over the engine. […]