idOnDemand has partnered with smart card distributor, Tx Systems, to offer its customers SmartID and on-demand services. This partnership enables the reseller to offer both small and large organizations a single identity card with multiple functionalities. Tx Systems also agreed to add idOnDemand’s products and services because the solutions come at an affordable cost to […]

Infineon Technologies AG announced that IBM will manufacture Infineon-designed integrated circuits (ICs) used for secure identification applications, including electronic passports compliant with international travel regulations and the U.S. Personal Identity Verification cards. The planned production at IBM’s chip fabrication plant in Burlington, Vt. provides U.S. manufactured components for suppliers to U.S. government electronic identification programs. […]

The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, has begun installing Salto System’s XS4 wire-free security solution as part of a major rolling access control system upgrade. Vision Systems, Salto’s southern African distributor has already installed the university campus’ first 30 units into lecture venues, computer labs and administration offices; with an additional […]

An apartment building in downtown Montreal, Quebec has had a new security system installed that utilizes the tenants’ fingerprints to unlock the main doors, according to a CBC News article. Some of the residents, however, are fighting the new security system claiming they will not use it citing feelings of discomfort with having their fingerprint […]

ASSA ABLOY Future Labs’ Derek Scheips argues for voice recognition in physical access systems citing the technology’s appeal with users, according to a Source Security article. A Unisys-sponsored survey suggests voice recognition has the highest acceptance among biometric modes followed by fingerprints and hand geometry. From this, inferences are made pointing towards convenience and familiarity […]

VingCard Elsafe announced that its SENTINEL II NFC in-room safe has been selected as a contributor to the GUESTROOM 20X display at HITEC 2010, June 22 – 24 in Orlando, Fla. According to Rune Venas, president of ASSA ABLOY Hospitality Inc. for North America, “GUESTROOM 20X showcases the most technologically advanced products and services as […]

atsec information security, a laboratory for the GSA FIPS 201 Evaluation Program which runs a product approval program for PIV-related products destined for the U.S. federal market, has announced the successful GSA FIPS 201 evaluation of Codebench’s PIVCheck Desktop Edition and PIVCheck Mobile Edition. As a result of its evaluation, atsec has determined that the […]

Following the closing down of companies trying to operate privately-run biometric security checkpoints in airports designed to increase the speed and ease with which regular travelers move through the airport, two airports are expecting new and similar programs, according to a New York Times article. The airports in Denver and Indianapolis are getting programs run […]

Amal Graafstra, a technology author and owner of several technology and mobile communications companies, is a double RFID implantee who can access his computer and open his front door with a flick of the wrist, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. In 2005, Graafstra first applied the technology to himself so he could stop carrying […]

When representatives from Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies went out to talk to customers about the company’s technology they were taken aback at what they heard, said Steve Down, general manager at Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies. “We thought we knew what the customer wanted but when we started talking to them and found out where the […]