Every year half of all organizations suffer a security breach, said Michael Peele, associate engineer for facility and security systems at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. “Of those, 99% had both firewalls and anti-virus protection in place,” he adds. “There has been a shift from glory motivated vandals to those seeking financial gain,” he told […]

Government, private sector and consumer groups all push for solutions By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications The old saying goes: On the Internet nobody knows you’re a dog. But that may not be the case for much longer. Efforts from corporations, the U.S. government and others may provide a trusted and secure way to identify […]

MaxID, a manufacturer of biometric handheld equipment, and CoreStreet, a provider of credential validation solutions, announced the sale of ten iDLMaxG TWIC handheld biometric reader devices to the United States Coast Guard. The iDLMaxG units delivered to the Coast Guard are bundled with the CoreStreet PIVMAN software, which provides a TWIC-compatible solution. The iDLMaxG is […]

Research called the Unisys Security Index performed by technology developer Unisys has yielded results claiming Australia’s citizens are in overwhelming support of adopting biometrics to better secure their personal or sensitive data, according to an IT Wire article. Officials from Unisys are reporting that the results seem to mostly be due to rising concerns over […]

The Smart Card Alliance Physical Access Council has released a white paper detailing the types of authentication mechanisms available for physical access control systems to identify people entering different areas. With Personal Identity Verification credentials being issued by government agencies for both physical and logical access, many agencies are working on upgrading or replacing their […]

Infineon Technologies AG, ST Microelectronics, NXP Semiconductors Germany, as Giesecke & Devrient GmbH and Gemalto, are working together to develop a high-security chip card platform, according to the EETimes.com. The companies will participate in the $19.4 million project called BioP@ss which is doing the technical work for the introduction of an smart card ID format […]

Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW) has delivered five types of biometric documents and the extended access control system to Lithuania. In September the company issued more than half a million units. PWPW S.A., in consortium with the Lithuanian company Garsu Pasaulis, has been delivering biometric passport booklets to the Republic of Lithuania since the beginning […]

NXP’s SmartMX security chip has been chosen by the Chinese government to power the country’s first e-passport. The Chinese government’s intent is to replace its 30 million paper-based passports currently in circulation beginning next year. NXP’s SmartMX chips include several security features including light and lasers and a dedicated hardware firewall to protect specific sections […]

Unisys, a developer of biometric and security solutions, has announced it has received an extension on its existing contract with the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship covering desktop support and biometric services. The extension is for two year bringing the contract until June of 2013 and is estimated at nearly $40 million. For the […]

MXI Security announced the availability of USB drive authentication technology leveraging Common Access Card and Personal Identity Verification cards. Used in conjunction with secure portable storage devices from the two companies, the new technology provides the U.S. government protection for portable data. MXI Security’s new technology, available as a module for McAfee’s ePolicy Orchestrator, enables […]