Airborne Biometrics Group, a biometrics industry investment and development group, has announced a reseller agreement with technology systems provider OLAM Development group. The agreement is intended to help bring Airborne’s FaceFirstTM Face Recognition Solution to the U.S. Midwest. The FaceFirstTM solution works with a cloud-based architecture so that encoded surveillance video data is sent to […]

The Federal PKI Policy Authority has certified Symantec as an authorized vendor to issue PIV-Interoperable smart cards. Symantec officially earned its certification when policy authority voted to approve Symantec’s VeriSign Non-Federal SSP PKI for cross-certification with the Federal Bridge Certification Authority at the new PIV-I assurance level. The approval followed extensive policy compliance and interoperability […]

Black Box, a developer of data and voice infrastructure systems, has announced it will be demonstrating its new biometric cabinet access control system at the RSA Conference. The system, called Intelli-Pass Biometric Access Control for Cabinets, is a complete software controlled physical access control system utilizing fingerprints with a sensor that also senses blood flow […]

VisionAIR, a developer of software solutions for public safety, has announced a partnership with biometrics developer M2SYS to create a biometric solution that handles jail management. The system will be built off of VisionAIR’s VisionJAIL enterprise jail management system software along with M2SYS’ Hybrid Biometric Platform client/server system which supports the use of fingerprint, finger […]

Jolly Technologies, San Carlos, Calif., has integrated its Lobby Track Visitor Management software with an access control system from DSX Access Systems, Dallas. The integrated DSX/Lobby Track solution streamlines the registration and credentialing process for a visitor who needs to be issued an access card. Selected visitors are assigned an access card which is then […]

The University of Texas at Arlington has upgraded its one-card system to the point that the students and staff ID cards can be used to access appropriate buildings, make on- and off- campus purchases, and clock in and out of work. The university’s one-card system, implemented by campus card provider CBORD, is the cumulative effort […]

Cisco named MorphoTrak as an Ecosystem Provider, enabling MorphoTrak’s MorphoAccess biometric readers to be integrated with Cisco’s popular IP-based access control solution. The Cisco solution is scalable from one to thousands of points by connecting MorphoAccess input/output modules to the gateway through a controller area network bus without the need for additional Ethernet ports. In […]

Intercede announced that its MyID PIV version 9, the latest version of the identity and credential management software, has been released. The software is targeted at government and corporate users who are required to meet the latest Personal Identification Verification (PIV) and PIV-Interoperable standards. Intercede MyID v9 provides a path to compliance with the latest […]

Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport has completed the first stage of testing out its new biometric security system from California-based biometrics developer Artec Ventures, according to a BSR Russia article. The system, called Broadway 3D, uses three-dimensional images of an individual’s face collected at checkpoints and compared to images stored in a database to properly authenticate […]

Hirsch confirmed the award of a $3 million order from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which encompasses a base year plus four option-years. The order covers application software support and maintenance services for the IRS Enterprise Physical Access Control System being supplied by Hirsch and in the proves of being deployed at all IRS facilities. […]