Canadian consulting firm RFID ProSolutions has teamed with Chicago-based RFID manufacturer RFID Solutions to create a multi-platform authentication program for the Canadian market. The technology platform, Trusted eSentry Security (TES), combines facial recognition, RFID and other options to create a security product aimed at the aerospace, drug manufacturing and finance industries. The standard version of […]

Clear, a registered traveler program in the U.S., has secured $44.4 million in venture funding. The latest round of funding was led by new investor Spark Capital, and also includes Syncom Venture Partners. Existing investors Lockheed Martin, GE Security, Baker Capital, Lehman Brothers, and Clear founder and CEO Steven Brill also contributed in this funding […]

The Netherlands have slowly but surely been adopting biometrics in many facets around the country, according to a CSO Online article. The programs are at first touted for their ability to expedite tasks, but they’re also being deployed because they offer better security. Earlier this year, a large grocery store chain introduced fingerprint technology to […]

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 […]

By James M. Anzalone, Compliance Assurance LLC Did you know that many biometrics technologies are controlled for export? The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) controls the export of biometric technologies for crime control reasons, a policy aimed at promoting human rights throughout the world. The idea is that that crime […]

Sagem Morpho Inc. introduced the MorphoAccess 521 TWIC biometric reader, a smart card access device to meet Transportation Security Administration implementation requirements for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program. The MA521 TWIC is designed to read encrypted biometric data, such as a digital fingerprint, perform the match to the cardholder and perform an active card […]

Biometric and smart card companies aim to educate lawmakers on how the technologies can be privacy enhancing and not privacy invasive By Zack Martin, Editor RFID. It’s hard to believe that four little letters can cause individuals to imagine such evil things. Mention RFID and people envision Big Brother or another type of all-seeing specter […]

Biometric Intelligence & Identification Technologies, a biometric technology provider, has filed for a patent on a mobile, wireless handheld iris scanner. The new device, called MORIS for Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System, is immediately intended for use by law enforcement agencies as a means of quickly identifying someone in custody. MORIS is software that […]

UK’s Identity and Passport Service’s biometric ID card project may have some possible issues due to fingerprint errors, according to a Silicon.com article. The Biometrics Assurance Group, and independent UK-based biometrics group, has warned that the project, which is to be rolled out over the next four years in the UK, is facing possible serious […]

Delta Airlines has partnered with registered traveler vendor Clear to offer expedited security lanes at New York’s JFK and LaGuardia airports, and Los Angeles International, starting this summer. The partnership also includes new enrollment centers in select Delta Crown Room Clubs in Atlanta that provide a way for customers to join Clear’s Fast Pass program. […]