Entrust will be providing the public key infrastructure (PKI)-enabled digital signatures for U.S. ePassports. The digital signature verifies that the digital credential has been issued by the U.S. Department of State and that it has not been tampered with since its issuance. ePassport travel documents contain an electronic chip that stores sensitive personal information that […]

Lockheed Martin is cooperating with Cognitec Systems, facial recognition experts, in the rapidly growing marketplace of biometrics solutions. Lockheed Martin is incorporating multiple biometrics techniques – including fingerprint, facial and iris scanning – into their operations. In May, the corporation opened its Biometric Experimentation and Advanced Concepts (BEACON) facility in White Hall, WV, to serve […]

L-1 Identity Solutions has received a contract from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) to provide digital fingerprinting services for civil applicants statewide. The program allows applicants to take advantage of lower electronic FBI processing fees and enables significantly faster processing times. L-1 Enhanced Definition TouchPrint™ live scan systems will be used to collect […]

International Biometric Group (IBG) has been awarded a research grant by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop next-generation mobile biometric screening technology. The 6-month, $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant supports development of interoperable, low-cost mobile biometric systems and focuses on mobile biometric screening device requirements and engineering design, […]

L-1 Identity Solutions has received an order from the Turkish National Police for its L-1 TouchPrint™ Enhanced Definition 4100 Slap and Roll Live Scan for its criminal booking and civilian enrollment applications. They will use the devices to upgrade live scan systems and aid in the identification of criminals. In addition, slap and roll tenprint […]

Joseph Pearson, Marketing Manager (Government ID), Texas Instruments The government electronic identification market is gaining momentum as traditional ID documents are being replaced with more secure cards containing smart chips. More than 50 countries have electronic passport (e-passport) programs and many more are implementing secure electronic identification programs for citizens, visitors and government employees. The […]

Cross Match will deliver its L SCAN® Guardian™ ten-print fingerprint systems to 10 metropolitan airports to upgrade the current Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) United States Visitors Immigrant Status and Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program which feature two-prints only. Airports which will receive the Guardian system include Atlanta, Boston, New York, Orlando and San Francisco. Cross […]

ImageWare has patented its Multimodal Biometric Platform which includes a system for enrolling, searching, matching, and managing biometric modalities on a common platform. It is Independent to the biometric types or the algorithms managed, the platform has been employed throughout the company’s line of biometric identity management solutions and marketed as the IWS™ Biometric Engine™. […]

Vein patterns prove highly accurate and popular for pioneer vascular developer Identica By Jennifer Slattery, Contributing Editor Do you know what the back of your hand says about you? Or your finger or palm for that matter? Quite a bit … if you are looking beyond the surface to track the pattern of veins that […]

ImageWare Systems has been awarded a patent for a multimodal biometric identification or authentication system. This patent covers a system and method for enrolling, searching, matching, and managing biometric modalities on a common platform, and is independent to the biometric types or the algorithms managed. The patent is employed throughout ImageWare’s portfolio of biometric identity […]