Alclear, LLC has announced that it has acquired the assets of Verified Identity Pass, a biometric systems developer, out of bankruptcy protection. The acquisition includes Verified’s CLEAR system, a biometric system that worked in the Trusted Traveler program designed to ease security lines for regular, low-risk airport travelers, which Alclear plans to relaunch in the […]

Entrust Inc. is providing PKI-based e-passport technology to help the Malaysian government (Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia) migrate to the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Basic Access Control standard and eventually go to the Extended Access Control standard. Entrust provides a commercial off-the-shelf, dual-rooted solution that enables an upgrade from Basic Access Control to the more advanced […]

There are varying reports on whether immigration reform will be discussed in Congress in 2010, but if it is addressed one aspect that will likely be included is a biometric Social Security card for employment verification. Dubbed Biometric Enrollment, Locally-stored Information, and Electronic Verification of Employment, or BELIEVE, the card would be required to verify […]

Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, has released a new report titled North American Biometrics Market that details technology development, competition and distribution trend analysis for different modes of biometrics such as fingerprint, face recognition, iris recognition, hand geometry, voice verification and signature verification. Each mode has revenue forecasted within the report as […]

Northrup Grumman announced the release of BioTRAC, a portable and mobile identity authentication device that collects biometric data and authenticates the individual in field-based operations. The device is manufactured by Black Diamond Advanced Technology and is reported to be ideally suited for use by law enforcement, homeland security and other military personnel. The BioTRAC boasts […]

Daon, a developer of identity assurance software, has announced that it has been chosen to provide software to help power the Government of Mexico’s National Service of Personal Identification program. Daon was choosen by biometrics developer Unisys who had been contracted for the program. The software Daon will be providing will be multimodal utilizing iris, […]

Mexico plans to start enrolling 110 million citizens into its national ID card program this summer. The program will be among the first to capture iris, fingerprint and facial biometrics for identification, says Terry Hartmann, vice president of identity solutions at Unisys. Unisys’ Mexican subsidiary was awarded a contract by the Mexican Ministry of Internal […]

Northrup Grumman Corp., a developer of biometric technology solutions, has announced it will unveil a new biometric system aimed at the law enforcement community, according to a UPI article. The system, which will be shown at an upcoming counter-terrorism conference exhibit in London, will allow for mobile scanning of fingerprint, iris and face data as […]

A British business man has developed a consumer-level biometric computer security device, according to a Bradford Telegraph and Argus article. The device, called 2secureID, was developed by Karlis Obrams and his company xVista Biometrics as a low-cost and easy to use solution for protecting data on one’s computer. The system uses a special Web cam […]

AOptix Technologies, a developer of biometric solutions, has announced that they in a partnership with fellow biometrics developer Aware have completed the integration of an AOptix iris system with Aware software. The final product, which utilizes AOptix’s InSight iris recognition system and Aware’s Universal Registration Client application and Biometric Services Platform software, is to be […]