Administrators at eduKan, a consortium of six Kansas colleges created to offer online courses, are using BioSig-ID, a software only biometric solution, to discourage cheating among students involved in the schools’ distance education programs. The technology enables the colleges to determine that the student taking the course and the test is the same student who […]

Large, high profile events, like the London 2012 Olympics, need to be secure while also enabling individuals to get where they need to go without too much of a security hassle. Mark Joynes, director of Product Management at Entrust, explains how security and identity plans for these events are created. He also discusses Entrust’s involvement […]

GoldKey Security Corporation has released GoldKey Tokens with Built-In Flash, a line of form factor authentication tokens that come with a hardware-encrypted secure flash drive along with a smart card and two-factor authentication. The new device measures about an inch long and is made of a stainless steel case with an industrial grade waterproof epoxy […]

Gemalto announced the launch of ProtivaMedSecure, a solution package that addresses one of challenges facing health care providers: a secure digital identity. Gemalto’s Protiva MedSecure provides a portfolio of authentication software, digital credentials, secure devices, servers and associated services. The Gemalto solution provides a single credential for secure visual identity, as well as physical and […]

In an effort to promote efficiencies and reduce paperwork costs, three leading identity trust hubs and a certification authority have signed an agreement to promote the use of digital identities and public key infrastructure (PKI) for employees in both the private and public sectors. The three trust hubs serve various facets of government and industry. […]

Fingerprint device maker SecuGen has introduced a scanner that’s compatible with SAP systems to provide biometric identity management and fraud prevention in conjunction with software from realtime North America Inc. The SecuGen Hamster Plus and Hamster IV fingerprint readers work with bioLock software to give SAP users biometric control of system activities at varying levels […]

The April meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

Minneapolis-based software developer NetProf has launched a centralized management software system that supports full identity management and user provisioning. Called OmnID, its goal is to help educational administrators maintain accurate student data systems that provide user identification, systems access, security and ease-of-management. “OmnID gave us a single source for data management in a console that […]

Key Source International announced GSA approval for it’s biometric keyboard and stand-alone biometric pod. KSI products are approved under FIPS 201 for Federal Employees and civilian contractors. The KSI-1700/GFFB biometric keyboard and the KSI-1008F biometric pod meet these requirements for FIPS 201. Marktron of Frederick, Md., whose primary focus is on OEM’s, systems integrators and […]

BT and Hitachi Europe Ltd. announced that they are jointly designing an identity management solution for the financial services market. In this move, BT is introducing BT Unified Trading federation, a cloud-based trust utility for secure identity exchange and will incorporate Hitachi’s Finger Vein Authentication Engine and technology to offer biometric security capabilities. The combined […]