DigitalPersona has announced it has been selected by Memorial Hospital of Union County in Ohio for a biometric solution to help it meet Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements for securing electronic forms of patient records. The solution chosen is the DigitalPersona Pro that will serve to authenticate the hospital’s more than 600 […]

Luxund, a developer of biometric authentication software, has released a new biometric login application that is compatible with Windows Vista and both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7, according to a CNET article. The software, called Blink!, was previously only compatible with the Windows 7 32-bit version, but this new version also promises […]

In another of a series of podcasts investigating identity standards, Kevin Gillick, executive director at GlobalPlatform, talks with Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin about its place in the standards landscape and the role it plays. iTunes Aggregator m4a mp3 Older podcasts.   

Rohos software, Tesline-Service’s two-factor authentication solution, can now provide security and network access to Windows systems. The Rohos Logon Key v.2.8 can support MiFare S50/S70 smart cards, making authentication available and convenient for companies that require their employees logon to a single computer. The Rohos software with the MiFare smart cards are hoping to provide […]

SecuGen, a developer of biometric technology solutions, has announced the availability of its SecuGen iD-USB SC/PIV, a USB-connectible device that is capable of scanning fingerprints and smart cards and is FIPS 201/PIV compliant. SecuGen is targeting its new offering at the large number of government and commercial projects that require both biometric and smart card […]

PerSay, a developer of voice-based identification authentication solutions, has announced the availability of new functionality available for use on Apple devices, such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The new technology, called VocalPassword, is designed to replace virtual keyboard use for filling in user names and passwords with voice-based authentication of the user. VocalPassword […]

Elephant Talk Communications, a provider of software and services for the telecommunications and financial services industries, has announced the launch of new voice biometric offering called VALid-SVP. The new product was developed by ValidSoft, an Ireland-based fraud prevention, authentication and transaction verification developer. The VALid-SVP solution is touted as being modular and easily integrated into […]

A partnership between idOnDemand and Directory Concepts could mean the streamlining of smart card issuance for buildings, computer login, electronic signatures, VPN and encryption management. IdOnDemand’s One Identity on demand will now be included in Directory Concepts services, a company specializing in identity, security, access, and resource management. This collaborative effort will allow customers to […]

DigiCert Inc., a provider of authentication and encryption services, now offers managed public key infrastructure for enterprise level SSL certificates. This will enable organizations with a high volume of SSL certificates to better organize and take control of certificate management, including the ability to perform key life-cycle events of SSL certificates on demand. With DigiCert’s […]

Ceelox has announced it has earned the “Compatible with Windows 7” due to its work with Microsoft in utilizing the Windows 7 Windows Biometric Framework, a set of components designed to better support biometric devices and built into the operating system, to create compatibility with its own offerings. More than denoting a product’s capabilities in […]