Canada Immigration has announced a program that will collect biometric information from visa applicants to obtain an digital visa in an effort to cut back on illegal immigration in the country, according to an ID Super Store article. The program, which was laid out as a five-year plan, will be utilizing fingerprints and photographs of […]

L-1 Identity Solutions announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Safran in a merger transaction providing for stockholders to receive $12.00 per share in cash, for an aggregate enterprise value of approximately $1.6 billion, inclusive of outstanding debt. The per share consideration of $12.00 incorporates the purchase price to be […]

Two researchers from the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kevin Bowyer and Patrick Flynn, have turned to the largest gathering of human twins in the world held each year in Twinsburg, Ohio for testing on biometric differences and similarities between twins. The research, which is specific to iris and facial […]

Suprema has announced they have been chosen to provide their RealScan live scanners and RealPass electronic passport readers to South Korea’s Ministry of Justice for a new program. The program, which will begin at the country’s Incheon International Airport, will see the Ministry of Justice fingerprinting foreigners entering the country. Additionally, the RealScan passport scanners […]

A new study finds there is no empirical evidence to validate claims about the use of RFID technology in the prison environment, according to Homeland Security Today. “Tracking Inmates and Locating Staff with Active Radio-Frequency Identification,” prepared by the Rand Corporation and the National Institute of Justice, reviews a case study of an actual RFID […]

3M and Cogent Inc. announced that they have entered into a agreement for 3M’s acquisition of Cogent Inc. for approximately $943 million, or $10.50 per share. Cogent Inc. provides finger, palm, face and iris biometric systems for governments, law enforcement agencies and commercial enterprises. The agreement provides for a subsidiary of 3M to commence a […]

In an effort to promote and strengthen security solutions among law enforcement agencies in California, Entrust hosted an event in Los Angeles that detailed more specific security strategies these institutions could be implementing. Outlined topics included strong authentication and smart card credentialing. It has been the concern of law enforcement agencies that employees properly authenticate […]

Global Rainmakers has partnered with Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico-based information systems company Portoss on a project intending to make Leon the most secure city in the world. The partnership will utilize iris biometrics from Global Rainmakers as the base of the security for all aspects of day-to-day life for Leon’s 1.2 million citizens. Portoss will integrate […]

Two chips on a card is nothing new, but three plus an optical stripe? By Autumn C. Giusti, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications Sometimes the best way to improve on an idea is to incorporate the tried and true. That’s what Mountain View, Calif.-based LaserCard Corp. discovered with some of its deployments, combining its optical storage […]

U.S. soldiers stationed in Afghanistan are depending on various biometric devices and the enrollment of Afghani citizens into their databases to better tell civilians from militants and other criminals in the area, according to a CJTF-101 article. Among the biometrics the soldiers collect are all fingerprints, a facial scan and iris scans of each eye. […]