By Angela Tweedie, Contributing Editor Imagine the stresses credit cards, ID cards and debit cards go through on a daily basis. Between constantly being taken in and out of wallets and purses, subjected to heat, and even run through the washer and dryer, the durability of plastic cards are put to the test every day. […]

The Dutch national police agency, the Korps Landelijke Politie Diensten (KLPD), has awarded a contract for a biometric-based identification system and service to Motorola, according to an EFY Times article. The contract spans four years and stipulates the implementation of Motorola’s Printrak Biometric Identification Solution which will support both finger and palm prints as well […]

North Carolina counties New Hanover, Duplin and Orange have joined the list of counties participating in the U.S. Department of Justice and Homeland Security sponsored program called Secure Communities. The program is aimed at identifying and deporting dangerous criminal aliens. The new system now sees arrested foreigners submitting to fingerprints that will be checked against […]

Payments processor Heartland Payment Systems has learned it was the victim of a security breach within its processing system in 2008. The company believes the intrusion has been contained. Heartland’s campus solution, the Give Something Back Network, was not impacted by the intrusion. “We found evidence of an intrusion last week and immediately notified federal […]

TranZfinity, an enabler of trusted transaction solutions, announced that Senthilkumren Kanagaratnam has joined the company as its Chief Technology Officer. Kanagaratnam, who will lead the technology development efforts for the Secure-Z platform and Secure-ME solutions, is based in San Jose, Calif. Prior to joining TranZfinity, Kanagaratnam has managed engineering teams at companies such as Symbol, […]

Inspection systems and extended access control are next hurdles By Zack Martin, Editor More than 100 million electronic passports have been issued in the two plus years since governments initiated production of the new travel credentials. The U.S. State Department alone has issued almost 15 million of the contactless documents. But while there are many […]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reminded travelers from all Visa Waiver Program countries that they are now required to obtain approval through the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) prior to traveling to the United States. This requirement, effective today, applies to all eligible citizens or nationals traveling under the VWP.

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The police department of Collin College near Dallas, Tex., has installed mobile fingerprint readers in its vehicles to quickly enable officers to provide ID verification during traffic stops. The MobileCop from BIO-key International, Wall, N.J., provides a wireless query and messaging solution. “Campus law enforcement faces the same challenges that any police department does,” said […]

Orizin Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a Bangalore-based RFID hardware maker, has announced a New Year’s gift of sorts to prospective business partners. The Indian firm is offering an economically priced integrated RFID demo kit for solutions providers and resellers interested in a long-term business relationship with Orizin. The demo kit, with products from Orizin’s Dominion series, […]

Argus Solutions, an Australia-based developer of biometric technologies, has been tapped for a quarter million dollar upgrade to the existing system for the NSW Police Force, according to an IT News article. The system is used to compare samples taken from a database of criminals. The current upgrade is designed to have no down-time for […]