End-to-end encryption, dynamic cryptograms and EMV are all options being considered to protect payment transaction data in the U.S. The goal is to prevent data breaches, such as the one with Heartland Payment Systems in 2008, and make it easier for merchants and processors to secure the information. It’s estimated that tens of million of […]

A modern day Bonnie and Clyde, James Drake and his wife went before the U.S. District Court of Kansas concerning an identity theft scheme targeting college students in central Missouri, reports KansasCity.com. The interesting part of this tale is that James Drake was no ordinary culprit – he was an officer of the University of […]

Regional Transit System and University of Florida’s RecSports employees are finding more and more non-UF students attempting to reap the benefits of a Gator 1 Card, reports The Independent Florida Alligator. Attending UF students pay fees for free transportation and access to various fitness facilities by simply flashing their Gator 1 Card, so for non-students, […]

NEC Corp., a developer of new technologies including biometric and other security technology, has announced they received first place in the Still-Face Dataset of the Multiple Biometric Grand Challenge for their face recognition technology. The challenge was carried out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security […]

Following a burglary over the Christmas break, the State College of Florida is planning to improve security, reports Bradenton.com. College President, Lars Hafner say two things to be included in the upgrade are surveillance cameras and changing conventional door locks to the issuing of ID badges. While no student information was compromised in the burglary, […]

Larrian Daniels was arrested while attempting to enroll at Meridian Community College as a suspect in a gang related shooting that took place in El Paso, Texas, according to a news report from WTOK.com. The 19-year-old was taken into custody by Campus Police while trying to obtain his student ID. Students beginning a new semester […]

By Jeff Zander, vice president of sales and international business, Heartland Payment Systems Campus Solutions Safety will always be a top priority for campus administrators, with concerns ranging from health issues to campus security. In light of heightened security concerns in recent times, new federal regulations have been passed to deal with campus’ emergency response, […]

STAR Technologies, a developer of biometric and other security technologies, has announced a new facial recognition product suite and software development kit designed for use by government, law enforcement and commercial sectors. The product suite, called STARFace is intended to be especially useful for proactive surveillance, perimeter security, border control, physical access control, and security […]

IriTech Inc., a provider of iris-based biometric identification technology, products and services, has unveiled a new product in its IriCAMM family of iris recognition cameras. Built around an ARM processor, the new cameras perform on-board processing that reduces the workload for a host PC. This expands the number and types of acceptable host systems, enabling […]

MorphoTrak (Safran Group) is pleased to announce the acquisition of a unique tattoo matching technology developed by Michigan State University. With this technology, the corrections and law enforcement community will now have the capability to accurately and efficiently search tattoo image databases to identify suspects, criminals and victims. This content-based image retrieval and matching technology […]