Canadian Crown Corporation Moving Forward With Biometric Security TORONTO, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – After a competitive bid process, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) has chosen ACME~Future Security Controls to develop a comprehensive solution for the operational trials of CATSA’s restricted area identification card (RAIC) project to improve security at Canadian airports. ACME~Future Security […]

In locations where laptops or wireless technology just won’t cut it, many college campuses are turning to personal digital assistants (PDA), combined with add-on card swipe devices, to verify student eligibility for certain events. A handful of companies have such devices in use at universities covering both the Palm operating system and the more elaborate-and […]

What solutions do you provide to campus clients seeking to improve service delivery in student activities such as athletics, intramurals, recreation facilities, etc.? Tom Bell, VP Industry Relations, Blackboard What a great question. Campus athletic and recreation facilities have become complex facilities offering a vast array of services to students, faculty, staff and guests. Services […]

Do you offer any handheld computer or PDA technology and how are your campus clients using these devices? Tom Bell, VP Industry Relations, Blackboard Blackboard offers clients the Wireless Activity Reader as a solution for a variety needs. As an example, Creighton University uses the Wireless Reader to grant or deny access to athletic events. […]

The Biometrics Consortium, a leading industry group, defines biometrics as “automated methods of recognizing a person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. Among the features measured are; face, fingerprints, hand geometry, handwriting, iris, retinal, vein, and voice. Biometric technologies are becoming the foundation of an extensive array of highly secure identification and personal verification […]

Validating people, not plastic, sounds good on paper and is, in fact, one of the reasons cited by some colleges and universities for controlling building access-primarily dorms, or sororities/fraternities-with biometric hand readers.   Johnson and Wales (JWU), in Denver, Colorado, San Diego State University (SDSU), and, most recently, the University of Central Florida (UCF) in […]

A great deal of attention is being paid to the driver license in countries around the world.   In India, a project is underway that could eventually result in more than 100 million contact chip-enabled drivers licenses throughout the country.   In South Africa, a 2-D barcode-equipped license is being issued to the 6.5 million […]

Sonitrol of Orlando Replaces Proximity Readers with HandReaders – Biometrics Ensure Only Authorized Individuals Enter Sorority Houses. CAMPBELL, CALIF. – December 10, 2003 – IR Recognition Systems, the biometric component of Ingersoll-Rand’s (IR) Security & Safety Group’s Electronic Access Control Division (EACD), today announced that Sonitrol of Orlando has installed Recognition Systems biometric HandReaders at […]

Sonitrol of Orlando Replaces Proximity Readers with HandReaders – Biometrics Ensure Only Authorized Individuals Enter Sorority Houses. CAMPBELL, CALIF. – December 10, 2003 – IR Recognition Systems, the biometric component of Ingersoll-Rand’s (IR) Security & Safety Group’s Electronic Access Control Division (EACD), today announced that Sonitrol of Orlando has installed Recognition Systems biometric HandReaders at […]

The Israeli military is to install a secure identification system, based on biometric and contactless (RFID) smart card technology at a critical Gaza checkpoint in January 2004, to speed up passage while limiting friction between Palestinian workers and soldiers. The Basel System, being installed at the Erez checkpoint, was developed by the Israeli firm, On […]