By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications Global systems operator Thales is more than just a transit/transport integrator utilizing smart cards. Lots more. Try aircraft carriers, global positioning systems, air traffic control, contactless payments, passports, unmanned aircraft, and … well, the list goes on. Even Louvre security has a spot on Thales’ menu of services. […]

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 […]

An all-weather biometric smart card reader from Washington-based Saflink Corp. can harden security for both seaports and airports. It’s the first Saflink reader designed to meet NIST/FIPS 201 requirements and can be integrated with many existing physical access control systems. BELLEVUE, Wash.– Saflink Corporation, a leading provider of solutions that verify identity, secure access and […]

AuthenTec’s fingerprint sensor has been chosen by mobile enterprise platform developer Realm Systems to secure the company’s mobile pocket-sized server, making it, according to AuthenTec, one of the most secure in the industry. SALT LAKE CITY and MELBOURNE, Fla. – Realm Systems has chosen AuthenTec’s biometric technology to enable secured endpoint computing in its pocket-sized […]

A multi-factor authentication product co-developed by Bioscrypt, HID, and OMNIKEY, will support fingerprint biometrics, contact and contactless smart cards, proximity cards, common passwords and USB tokens tokens, virtually eliminating a company’s need for multi-credentials. Bioscrypt VeriSoft Access Manager Enables HID iCLASS and Prox Cards, in Combination with OMNIKEY CardMan Readers, to be the Authentication Tool […]

< ? $key="6789"; ?> Innovative project leaders are using a host of different technologies and approaches to solve unique secure ID needs. In this issue, we highlight a few of the technologies that are sometimes overlooked – 2D barcodes, one time password generators, optical stripes, zigbee, and more. FFIEC tells banks to make transactions more […]

By Rhea Wessel, Contributing Editor Joe Banker rides this city’s subway every morning from his apartment outside of the city to his office high rise. Each month, he pays roughly €100 ($128) for his transport ticket. This month, however, he was sent to London on short notice for two weeks. Banker has grossly overpaid for […]

Through its partnership with Privaris, lock supplier SARGENT has launched a new addition to its physical access control product line: a wireless, fingerprint-based biometric device that it calls the BioFob. This wireless device works with existing HID and Indala door locks and readers in place of proximity cards and PINs, and protects its users’ personal […]

Tessera Technologies announced that it will purchase certain assets of Shellcase Ltd. Shellcase is the world’s leading provider of commercially available wafer level image sensor packaging technology. Shellcase’s broad technology portfolio includes wafer-level packaging for image sensors and other devices. The world’s largest cellular phone manufacturers utilize image sensors packaged in Shellcase technology for cellular […]

A search for technology that would enable users to find their lost hearing aids piqued a University of Pittsburgh professor’s interest in RFID, but the beneficiaries are not hearing aid customers, but small businesses. He’s still looking for the hearing aid solution, but in the meantime, small businesses, which normally couldn’t afford RFID research and […]