Secure identity provider L-1 Identity Solutions, in a stock for stock transaction, has agreed to purchase Canadian biometrics company Bioscrypt. The purchase price is expected to total about C$44 million and represents a further expansion of L-1 into the physical and logical access control market. STAMFORD, Conn.–L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. has entered into a definitive […]

FaceKey Corporation announced today that Centralized Showing Service, Inc. an around-the-clock call center headquartered in Lenexa, KS has selected the EntryGuard™ fingerprint-based time and attendance system and access control system for several of its Real Estate Call Centers. FaceKey fingerprint-based time clocks and access control products will be used to improve efficiency and free the […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor A few years ago, demand among smaller organizations was limited for low cost ID card printers that could print quality images on IDs with embedded technologies (e.g. smart cards, contactless cards, prox cards). But a lot has changed in just a few years with new regulations and growing demands for […]

SmartMetric has released its credit card sized portable biometric fingerprint reader card. Using the SmartMetric Biometric card with its built in fingerprint scanner companies can now secure physical entry points and computer systems with the all-in-one biometric card. It also allows Companies to integrate biometrics into existing contactless doorway entry systems. The SmartMetric Biometric card […]

SmartMetric announced that it has successfully incorporated doorway wireless frequencies into its credit card sized portable biometric fingerprint reader card. Using the SmartMetric Biometric card with its built in fingerprint scanner, corporations can now secure entry to doorways, offices and even computer systems with the all in one biometric card. It also allows companies to […]

Consuelo Bangs, Senior Program Manager Access Control Solutions, Sagem Morpho, Inc. Match-on-Card (MOC) with secure messaging (SBMOC) has the potential to become part of the Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS201) and may prove useful for the maritime Transportation Worker Identity Credential (TWIC) program. MOC is the process of sending a biometric template from a […]

Consuelo Bangs, Senior Program Manager Access Control Solutions, Sagem Morpho, Inc. Match-on-Card (MOC) with secure messaging (SBMOC) has the potential to become part of the Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS201) and may prove useful for the maritime Transportation Worker Identity Credential (TWIC) program. MOC is the process of sending a biometric template from a […]

austriamicrosystems’ Full Service Foundry was selected by Fingerprint Cards conduct high volume production of Fingerprint Card AB’s advanced high quality fingerprint sensor chip FPC1011C. The new sensor chip offers high image quality, 3D image with 256 gray scale values in every pixel and highly sensitive pixel amplification (HSPA) resulting in a very high signal to […]

Siemens has introduced a new multi-communication protocol reader to be released in early 2008. The Siemens PP500-EM is a heavy-duty proximity and PIN reader which can be used in any of the popular SiPass access control systems: SiPass Entro Lite, SiPass Entro and SiPass Integrated. The reader supports 2 different card technologies – 125 KHz […]

Proximex and NEC Corporation have joined together to offer integrated physical security solutions for organizations that require “real time, all the time” systems. Proximex Surveillint™, combined with the NEC® Express5800™/320Fc fault tolerant server or ExpressCluster® product family, protects organizations with the ability to discover, connect and resolve seemingly unrelated events as well as handle constant […]