Datastrip Inc. has integrated UPEK’s TouchChip TCS1 silicon fingerprint sensor into its DSVII-SC (smartcard) and DSVII-PA (passport) handheld ID verification devices. The UPEK TouchChip TCS1 is the first and only silicon fingerprint sensor approved by the General Services Administration for use in the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS 201) and Personal Identification Verification (PIV) Programs. […]

Great Falls, Va., company epcSolutions today announced a partnership agreement with Niceware to include the NiceLabel bar code or RFID smart label design and print software into RFIDTagManager. RFIDTagManager, a popular RFID compliance software for the current 600 WalMart suppliers, is capable of being set-up easily to print WalMart, DoD or Best Buy compliant labels […]

We knew the Chinese economy is booming, but now, IDTechEx is saying that China “has become the world’s largest market for RFID” by value. In 2007, the spend on RFID in East Asia will be $2.7 billion of $4.96 billion spent globally. The majority of this – $1.9 billion – is just in China. This […]

ActivIdentity Corporation has collaborated with Probaris, Inc. and other key system partners to provide First Responder Authentication Credential (FRAC) identification cards for the Summer Breeze disaster preparedness demonstration. Summer Breeze validated the capability of first responders from multiple jurisdictions to be rapidly authenticated, electronically, for both identity and the emergency support function category as defined […]

After being at war for several years, the United States has created new and improved identification methods used in the battlefield. One of the new pieces of equipment developed is the HIIDE™ system. HIIDE is an acronym for Hand-held Interagency Identity Detection Equipment and is a biometric identification database through which soldiers can quickly input […]

CoreStreet’s PIVMAN System was recently used as an integral part of the July 19 Summer Breeze First Responder Authentication Credential (FRAC) usage demonstration co-hosted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of National Capital Region Coordination (NCRC) and Department of Defense (DoD) Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA). The demonstration […]

By David Benini, Aware, Inc. Following the publication of the FIPS 201 standard in 2005, a series of specifications evolved defining the functionality and interaction of the components that together make up a comprehensive biometrics-enabled credentialing system. The requirements set forth in FIPS 201 were divided among twenty product categories and three services that form […]

By David Benini, Aware, Inc. Following the publication of the FIPS 201 standard in 2005, a series of specifications evolved defining the functionality and interaction of the components that together make up a comprehensive biometrics-enabled credentialing system. The requirements set forth in FIPS 201 were divided among twenty product categories and three services that form […]

The Liberty Alliance are taking nominations for proof-of-concept application deployments which incorporate Project Liberty’s open identity standards for the 2007 IDDY awards. In 2006, recipients of the IDDY wards included EduTech, who deployed a solution in New York school, Deutsche Telekom AG with a deployment of Liberty Foundation to 12 million customers in Germany, and […]

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has selected ImageWare Systems to provide the VA with large-scale, agencywide biometric identity management capabilities and enable the agency to produce Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials in support of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12). This deployment is considered one of the largest to date. Read the full […]