IrisGuard, a developer of iris recognition systems, has decided to establish a subsidiary with its main office based in Singapore in reaction to a growing demand its solutions in the Asia Pacific region. The subsidiary’s operations will be overseen by Andy Kuwan, IrisGuard’s vice president of sales. Kuwan specializes in sales with the two sectors […]

HID Global announced it will showcase new developments in its federal identity compliance initiative and preview its next-generation access control technology platform at next week’s ISC West International Security Conference and Exposition. The company will also present its share insights into the recent acquisitions of ActivIdentity and LaserCard during its annual strategy briefing on April […]

Codebench, Inc., a provider of authentication and physical access control middleware, announced that it has formed a partnership with Quintron Systems Inc. to provide the U.S. government and its agencies with a high-assurance access control solution that meets guidelines as outlined by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology. As part of this relationship, Codebench’s […]

Intercede announced the release of its MyID Management Agent for Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager. This is the culmination of collaboration with the Microsoft Identity and Access Management technical team. The combination of Intercede MyID and Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager provides customers with a credentialing solution for enterprise customers. The Intercede MyID Management Agent for Forefront […]

Quantum Secure, a provider of enterprise software to manage and streamline security identities, compliance and events across disparate physical security systems, announced a collaboration effort with the Global Identity Practice within HP Enterprise Services. HP Enterprise Services has experience developing and implementing enterprise-wide and identity management solutions that can help governments meet their HSPD-12 and […]

Ohio is considering a bill that could make it more difficult for students to vote. It would require a government issued photo identification card but won’t recognize student ID cards even if they’re issued by public universities. North Carolina is looking at similar legislation. The Ohio bill would limit the options that voters have to […]

Some scoff at the idea of emerging biometrics, saying that the identification technology as a whole is still emerging. In reality, however, fingerprints have been used to identify criminals for nearly a century and around the world biometrics are used to gain access to buildings, get cash at ATMs and authenticate online transactions. The days […]

HID Global announced FIPS 201 certification for its line of multiCLASS magnetic stripe readers. The expansion offers U.S. government organizations a simplified path as they begin to migrate programs from legacy magnetic stripe cards to contactless 13.56 MHz FIPS201 credentials. HID Global’s multiCLASS line of multi-technology readers allows an agency’s access control system to function […]

John Schwartz, program manager for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), was going to begin an update on the program with the words “eight-years ago,” but then thought better of it. It has been that long since Congress mandated that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) create a credential for secure access to ports, and the […]

The Indonesian Immigration Office has made official plans to launch e-passports with enhanced security features, according to a FutureGov report. Immigration officials have prepared nearly 10,000 e-passports to be issued in its initial trial phase. With this announcement Indonesia joins Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand as Southeast Asian countries that have begun issuing e-passports. A 48-page […]