ActivIdentity Corp., a provider of strong authentication and credential management, announced it has won a tender by West Midlands Police Authority in the UK (WMPA) to deploy a smart card and credential management solution to create secure electronic identities for its 16,000 staff members. West Midlands Police is the second largest police force in the […]

The school’s Mobile Experience Lab explores the future of life with the mobile handset Most trials of near field communication have involved payment applications at the neighborhood department store, restaurant or transit agency. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge took a different tact, however, attempting to illustrate the many other ways NFC could be […]

BioTraits, a biometrics and computer security company, has announced the signing of an agreement for acquiring fellow Florida-based biometrics company Reliable Tech Experts, according to an Orlando Sentinel article. The merger is expected to see Roberto Torres, founder of Reliable, to be seated as BioTraits’ new chief information officer. Additionally, BioTraits expects a boost from […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor While some students may complain when they have to fork over money for a replacement student ID card that was originally free, most have little choice if they want to keep availing themselves of the university’s services. Still, CR80News wondered what was the going rate for lost or stolen cards. […]

The Belgian Federal Police Department has announced they have chosen Steria Benelux, a European systems integrator, to provide their Technical and Scientific Police Department’s Legal Identification Division with a fingerprint capture system. The system will be based on Cogent System’s Automated Palm Print and Fingerprint Identification System (APFIS) with Steria enabling safe transmission of samples […]

EarthSearch Communications International Inc., a specialist in GPS-based solutions, has introduced an asset tracking system, AutoSearch RFID, which combines GPS and RFID technology to enable the detailed tracking of human and property assets in transit. The solution integrates the two technologies on a hardware level. RFID tags are placed on packages or other assets in […]

by David C. Wyld, Southeastern Louisiana University There is no setting in the private or public sectors where a verifiable “chain of custody” is more essential – or more lacking – than the handling of evidence in criminal cases. In the United States, the legal system is dependent on the proper handling of all forms […]

By Andy Williams, Associate Editor Television shows like HBO’s The Wire and Homicide: Life on the Street depict Baltimore as a gritty city. While the shows are fiction, crime is a real concern and Johns Hopkins University is testing a system that detects gunshots in an effort to help keep the campus safe. The gunshot […]

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has spent close to $1 billion on a new multi-modal biometrics system for better identifying criminals developed at the FBI’s Center for Biometric Excellence, according to an Oh My Gov article. The system was developed by Lockheed Martin. The new system, called the Next Generation Identification (NGI) […]

System demonstrations available in D.C.-area March 2-6 AOptix Technologies Inc. will roll out its first iris-at-a-distance product next week in Washington. The Campbell, Calif.-based company is holding an open house in Crystal City, Va. to demonstrate the product to system integrators, consultants, end users and the media. AOptix is a Silicon Valley startup founded by […]