Ringdale, an Austin, Texas-based provider of network connectivity solutions, has launched Sentinel CardCreator, photo ID card production software designed to work with standards-based card printers, for instance those manufactured by Fargo and Zebra. CardCreator is scalable to fit any size organization’s requirements. The software can be installed on a standalone PC at an organization’s reception […]

A new policy at the U.S. Department of Defense allows contractors and agencies working together to accept external authorities that issue PKI certifications. Those authorities, such as VeriSign and IdenTrust, must as a condition use identification cards that are compliant with federal PIV standards. Alice Lipowicz writes that Paul Grant, DoD CIO, believes that this […]

Software, manufacturing and security technology developer, Avalon Technology Group, has agreed to purchase biometric and security company Worldwide Security Acquisitions (WSA) for $1 million plus future payments based on revenue from the acquisition. Avalon will be changing the name of WSA to Avalon Biometric Solutions as they become a complete subsidy of Avalon. Included in […]

Under Beijing’s seven year, $6.5 billion program called the Grand Beijing Safeguard Sphere, the Chinese government has installed roughly 300,000 video surveillance units around the city, according to a Los Angeles Times article. Included in that project and in conjunction with the video cameras, China has also deployed a face recognition technology in hopes of […]

Sagem Morpho Inc. and BIO-key International Inc. announced a technology partnership to create a high-performance biometric matching technology. Under this partnership arrangement, Sagem Morpho has invested in licensing of BIO-key technology to create a scalable and responsive fingerprint identification solutions. Technical and scientific teams from both companies are working together to optimize the fusion of […]

Sun Microsystems, a software and technology developer responsible for developing the Java programming language, has integrated their Java System Access Manager with Biometric Services Platform from Aware, a biometric systems vendor. The new product has Sun’s identity security and management combined with fingerprint, face, and iris reading technology from Aware. The new product is aimed […]

LaserCard Corp. announced a follow-on purchase order valued at $2.8 million to supply identity cards for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s National ID Card program. This brings the total value of orders received for the program since April 1, 2008 to $7.4 million. The latest order is for the continued supply of optical smart cards […]

Austin, Texas-based IMS Research reports that there will be more smart cards than people by the end of next year. By the end of 2009 the IMS projects that smart cards will have passed 7 billion, a level the global population won’t reach until 2011. IMS predicts that 10 billion smart cards are less than […]

The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) has announced that they will be hosting a symposium to target issues such as credentialing and access control as they relate to aviation security, according to an Aviation News article. In addition to workshops set out to review current credentialing programs in place at airports, the symposium will […]

In an effort to create a system to curb forged identification papers as well as improve government agency’s abilities to properly identify citizens without proper identification on them the Israeli government has approved a motion calling for biometric passports and a database of biometric information of the Israeli citizens, according to a Y Net News […]