Cross Match Technologies has released its PIV One, which will allow federal agencies to create biometric personal identity records of employees and contractors. The records can then be converted into an Electronic Fingerprint Transmission Specification and submitted to the FBI for background checks. New Biometric Identity Solution Provides Secure, Reliable Form of Identification for Federal […]

ViVOtech, a producer of contactless payment readers, will be supplying point of sale devices to SmartCentric’s SmartCity products, allowing the company’s existing customers, among them colleges and universities, to maintain their investment in their POS infrastructure. Dublin, Ireland and West Palm Beach, Florida–SmartCentric Technologies International Ltd (SmartCentric), the leading provider of smart card systems, has […]

A partnership between campus card provider SmartCentric and Integrated Engineering allows SmartCentric to offer contactless biometric access capabilities on the same card, giving its customers the ability to control access to restricted areas. Dublin, Ireland and West Palm Beach, Florida–SmartCentric Technologies International Ltd (SmartCentric), the leading provider of smart card systems in the campus market, […]

Fujitsu has released a new smaller and faster version of its palm vein scanner. The scanner, which won several awards in its first iteration, now providers a faster authentication rate about half the time of the original model, and is now about one-fourth the size of its predecessor, meaning greater flexibility and ease of implementation […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publishing Shackled by an outdated card program and its proprietary operating system, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) went looking for something bigger and better and, more importantly, a campus card that would enable the university to keep pace with technology. With its 27,000 students, NSU, located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, […]

By David Wyld, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications When visitors step up to the gates of the four Disney World theme parks, the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, or the MGM Studios, they will encounter something unexpected and largely foreign to them. Disney has embarked on a program to use an established biometric technology – finger […]

Sagem Morpho says it is seeking FIPS 201 certification on its JD-ID Mark 64 v.1 card with a PIV applet and its PIV Client API v.1 to meet the requirements of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12. ALEXANDRIA, VA –Sagem Morpho Inc., an industry leader in fingerprint and smart card technology, recently announced its submittal of […]

SmartCentric and Siemens will be installing a multi-application contact/contactless smart card system at the largest independent college in the southeastern U.S. The new card will include identification, e-ticketing, physical and logical access controls (utilizing biometrics) and cashless purchases. Subsequent phases will incorporate transportation and car parking. Dublin, Ireland and West Palm Beach, Fla.–Nova Southeastern University […]

From simple to complex, financial institutions have a bounty of choices By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor What kind of value will a financial institution get for its investment in strong authentication? For FIs, it’s become a burning question, thanks to federal guidance that recommends they boost the strength and security of their online banking systems […]

New soft tokens from Diversinet can be used on “mobile devices supporting Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Palm and RIM operating systems, on SanDisk TrustedFlash(TM) memory cards, and on personal computers running Microsoft Windows.” The MobiSecure offering is designed to enable end users to provision and install the tokens on their own, eliminating one of the […]