LaserCard Corporation announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by ASSA ABLOY AB, at a price of $6.25 per share through a cash tender offer. The total transaction value is approximately $80 million. This per share price represents a premium of approximately 38% over the closing price of LaserCard […]

Dates: September 27-29, 2011 Location: Tampa, Florida Venue: Tampa Convention Center URL: URL: http://events.jspargo.com/biometrics11/ or http://www.biometrics.org/ Description: Supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA), the Biometrics Consortium Conference is focused on Biometric Technologies for Defense, Homeland Security, Identity Management, Border Crossing and Electronic Commerce. The Conference […]

Morpho has helped to issue the first Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) number during the inauguration ceremony for the project. A UIDAI number, a 12-digit personal identification number, will eventually be assigned to each citizen in India. It will be connected to fingerprint and iris biometrics in an effort to make identification easier across […]

Speed Identity, a developer of biometric solutions, has announced the release of the third generation of its biometric data capture system, the Speed Capture Station G3. The Speed Capture Station is a mobile solution that works with e-Passports, visas, driver’s licenses and other biometric government ID cards to capture both the biometric and biographic information […]

HID Global announced that it has obtained a site certificate for its Galway, Ireland e-government solutions manufacturing facility from the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), which supports product certifications conformance up to the Common Criteria assurance level EAL5+. The site certificate covers the initialization and production environments and processes for personal electronic identification […]

Members of the Indian government’s Ministry of Rural Development have met with various state government representatives and bidders from the information and communication sector to discuss aspects of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and how biometrics could play a role in furthering its success, according to a Live Mint article. The […]

Accenture has developed a new biometric system designed for use in large-scale identity matching applications such as those used by government entities for identifying national security threats or managing social service programs. Some of the options that it has built into the new solution, called Large Scale Matching Solution, is enabling it to be scalable […]

‘National Strategy’ proposes massive changes for electronic authentication Zack Martin, Editor, AVISIAN Publications Create a system that individuals can use to login to a bank account, check email or keep track of research topics of interest. Give it a catchy name like “identity ecosystem” and expect it to secure all transactions while at the same […]

Precise Biometrics has announced it has provided the Cross River State in Nigeria with technology to have a state-wide biometric ID card designed for use in government services as well as personal identification. The resulting program fro that state is called the SmartGov Initiative and will work with government services such as tax declaration, health […]

Gemalto announced that its Coesys enrollment solution has been selected to manage the secure biometric registration of voters in the Republic of Benin. The program, which targets all voting citizens, expects more than six million people to be enrolled for the March 2011 presidential elections.
 Gemalto is providing more than 3,200 Coesys mobile enrollment stations, […]