BioPassword has announced that the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) in Santa Ana, California is using BioPassword Enterprise Edition to authenticate its 4,800 employees, including deputies, and prevent intruders from accessing sensitive information like case records and criminal history. BioPassword’s authentication software platform is based on a simple, yet powerful, combination of the user’s standard […]

ChosenSecurity announced they will offer its customers SafeNet Hardware Security Modules smart cards and iKey tokens to protect their PKI infrastructures. The deal comes at a time when ChosenSecurity is rapidly building its product line and partner ecosystem in order to provide thousands of customers worldwide with an expanded range of options for using PKI […]

The Department of Homeland Security calls its “Biometrics-at-sea” program a success based on the figures from its first year. The program collected biometric data from 1,368 migrants, prosecuted 90 of those migrants and helped reduce the flow of illegal migration by nearly 50 percent in the waters between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. This […]

Cogent Systems have been awarded an initial $11 million contract from the Spanish Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of the Police and Civil Guardfor a national criminal automated fingerprint and palmprint identification system. The new system will be used by law enforcement officials for the Spanish National Police and Spanish Civil Guard and will integrate […]

New York’s Abelson Group, Inc., a communications and marketing firm specializing in the telecommunications and technology industries, today announced it has been selected by AIM Global to create and implement an aggressive consumer awareness campaign touting the consumer and societal benefits of RFID Technologies. The comprehensive initiative, which carries the theme “RFID: Making the World […]

Motorola announced that it has made an equity investment in ViVOtech. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Unlike other contactless technology offerings available on the mobile application market today, ViVOtech’s platform is designed for easy collaboration among issuers, mobile operators and technology providers to deliver the most intuitive and integrated consumer experience across […]

Motorola announced that it has made an equity investment in ViVOtech. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Unlike other contactless technology offerings available on the mobile application market today, ViVOtech’s platform is designed for easy collaboration among issuers, mobile operators and technology providers to deliver the most intuitive and integrated consumer experience across […]

Certicom’s Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) technology has been chosen by Texas Instruments (TI) to deliver enhanced security as part of the TI RF360 next-generation, smart integrated circuit (IC) platform for government-issued electronic identification (e-ID) documents. Implementing Certicom’s ECC technology, TI can ensure long-term compliance with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) SP800-78 key […]

Mobilisa’s Defense ID, a handheld scanner that checks an ID card presented at any point of entry, is being utilized by the Walter Reed Army Medical Center to secure access points. The scanned information is compared to more than 100 databases of individuals who are wanted for criminal offenses or are otherwise barred from military […]

Lockheed Martin and IriTech have partnered together to provide integrated biometrics solutions for its customers. Lockheed Martin recently opened its Biometric Experimentation and Advanced Concepts (BEACON) facility in White Hall, WV, to serve as a collaborative center to develop integrated biometrics solutions. BEACON provides a laboratory environment where technologies such as IriTech’s can be integrated […]