Privaris’ plusID personal biometric tokens will partner with Alacera’s Sentrix™ identity verification and access control modules through an OEM relationship. plusID is a key-fob sized personal wireless biometric token that can be used to provide secure access to facilities and computers. All biometric processing is done on the user’s personal device as opposed to an […]

Labcal’s Be.U Mobile, a rugged handheld biometric device, has received FIPS 201 approval through the General Services Administration (GSA). The reader is in the CHUID card reader category. Appearing on the approved product list means Be.U Mobile passed rigorous testing requirements and can now be purchased by any federal agency for personal identity verification of […]

Bio-key International, Inc. and Tiger IT are partnering to develop Phase I of a biometric-based credentialing system for the Bangladeshi Voter Registration Project. The program will start with the general elections in 2008. The program enrolls and manages digital identities, prevents duplicate registrations and issues temporary national identity cards. The identity management system is a […]

Biometrics was named as the fastest growing segment in the North American electronic access control (EAC) market in Frost & Sullivan’s new report. The Frost & Sullivan research titled “North American Electronic Access Control Market – Investment Analysis and Growth Opportunities” examined card, biometric and audio/video-based EAC markets and their financial data. Security concerns, national […]

ActivIdentity® Corporation is launching Smart Police ID, a range of smart card solutions that allow police forces to develop and implement comprehensive identity assurance strategies to meet evolving business and legislative requirements. The Smart Police ID enables police forces to consolidate physical and logical access controls into a single smart card that uses the familiar […]

L-1 Identity Solutions has received two orders from the U.S. Military for its PIER portable iris recognition and enrollment devices totaling over $2.5 million. The PIER devices will be used in conjunction with the Military’s Biometrics Automated Toolset (BAT) system to identify and track persons of interest using multi-modal biometrics. The PIER 2.3 and PIER-T […]

Santa Clara, Calif., company Intelleflex Corporation, today announced its Strategic Partner Program (SPP) leveraging Intelleflex’s Intelligent RFID Platform. Program partners offer end-to-end RFID solutions that “are not possible with other automatic data capture technologies,” including advanced RFID tracking, control and monitoring capabilities for yard management, transportation and logistics. So far, SPP partners include more than […]

MasterCard, Visa, and Amex cards replace the ticket in high-profile public transportation trials By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor A new way of riding the rails and roads–or rather paying for those trips–may be in the wind at two transit agencies across the country from each other. Both involve contactless payments, but what sets these initiatives […]

A former U.S. cybersecurity advisor is spearheading a new consortium to help first responders better prepare for crisis situations such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. The consortium, which was announced on the sixth anniversary of 9/11, includes some of the top security solutions providers, such as HID Global, OMNIKEY and PGP. Washington, DC — Howard […]

By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor Less than four months since EDS stole some of competitor BearingPoint’s thunder by winning the General Services Agency’s bid for a shared service provider to execute HSPD-12’s ID-card program, BearingPoint is making waves with a major agency contract. BearingPoint announced Aug. 1 a new contract with the U.S. Department of […]