Quantum Secure, a provider of enterprise software to manage and streamline security identities, compliance and events across disparate physical security systems, announced a collaboration effort with the Global Identity Practice within HP Enterprise Services. HP Enterprise Services has experience developing and implementing enterprise-wide and identity management solutions that can help governments meet their HSPD-12 and […]

Leading Software, a UK-based developer of management software solutions, has announced it has selected biometrics developer Voxeo’s cloud to host authentication for the new voice-recognition biometrics system it is developing. The solutions Leading Software is working towards include biometric-based password reset services and mobile phone transaction authentication. Leading chose Voxeo for hosting their authentication services […]

Since its launch in January 1996 millions of organizations have made the switch to Google Apps. 30 million users now depend on the messaging and collaboration tools that make up the Google Apps suite. Google Apps is a series of Web-based applications with offerings–email, calendar, word processing, and spreadsheet–comparable to those found in traditional office […]

IronKey announced that its Trusted Access for Banking product can allow banks to protect their commercial banking customers from the potential risk from allegedly compromised RSA SecurID authentication tokens. IronKey says that Trusted Access for Banking allows banks to continue using their existing SecurID deployments and banking applications without concern. It is designed to isolate […]

A pruning back of industry players has been under way in recent months, as three key companies in the biometrics and identity space have given in to acquisition deals. Within a period of a month and a half, L-1 Identity Solutions was acquired by Safran, L-1 competitor Cogent Systems was picked up by 3M and […]

Securing online identities is a hot topic. Gemalto and Microsoft Corp. have partnered to bring a product to market combining smart cards with cryptography to enhance privacy and trust. Gemalto’s James McLaughlin discusses the partnership with Microsoft and how it may change the way people identify themselves online. “It allows a person a way to […]

RSA was recently the victim in a hacker which may have lead to information related to RSA’s SecurID two-factor authentication products being taken. Art Coviello, executive chairman at RSA, informed the public about the attack in an open letter on RSA’s Web site. “Our investigation has led us to believe that the attack is in […]

An interview with Ben Boulnois, regional manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at DigitalPersona , detailed how biometric technology adoption in the workplace can help smooth over issues technophobes have with their regular workplace technology as well as ease the job of network administrators, according to a SC Magazine article. Additionally, Boulnois speaks […]

Maybe you’re a hunt and peck typer. Or perhaps you zip around the keyboard but linger over certain keys. And it’s possible that you type much faster after you’ve had your morning coffee than you do when 5 o’clock rolls around. A person’s typing patterns can be as unique as a fingerprint or signature. That’s […]

Intercede has announced that its MyID PIV v9, the latest version of its identity and credential management system, has been approved by the U.S. General Service Administration for use by government agencies as part of the FIPS 201 program. This enables Intercede’s existing and new federal customers to take advantage of a new generation of […]