NEC Corporation of America and Cross Match Technologies Inc. have partnered to put multimodal biometrics on handheld devices. Cross Match has integrated NEC’s Neoface facial recognition and automated latent print matching technologies into its SEEK mobile handheld device. The NEC technology leverages the SEEK camera for image acquisition and searching capabilities. This system can complete […]

Biometric security provider ImageWare Systems Inc. has introduced IWS CloudID, its next-generation identity software platform for the cloud. With the IWSCloudID platform users can securely manage their identity needs. The system enables users to do a variety of identity tasks, ranging from secure credential creation to investigative and biometrics integration. The platform consists of three […]

Hitachi Europe, a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., has confirmed the delivery of a finger vein biometric authentication solution for Poland’s Bank BPH. One of Poland’s largest banks, and GE Capital group member, Bank BPH went in search of a more secure PIN-less method of authentication. The finger vein biometric— which has been in pilot testing […]

3D facial recognition and identity provider Animetrics has partnered with Raptor Identification Systems Inc., an Android 4.0-based mobile device maker, for smart phones and tablets that incorporate biometric technologies. The new product is geared to law enforcement officials, military personnel and intelligence officers. The new devices will incorporate Animetrics’ facial identity management software that has […]

Creative Information Technology, Inc. (CITI) has released manageID, a set of commercial identity management and credentialing software products. Designed for both companies and agencies in both the private and public sector, the manageID framework is configurable and scalable in order to provide identity, credential and permission lifecycle management services. It uses two features called Dynamic […]

With the advance of voice authentication systems, administrators have discovered that even they are prone to identity theft. However, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Language Technologies Institute (LTI) have developed a way to protect voiceprints in an effort to reduce this theft. Bhiksha Raj, associate professor of language technologies at Carnegie Mellon, teamed with Manas […]

The Ukrainian parliament has passed the first reading of a bill to introduce biometric IDs to the country. The bill also would enable the creation of a unified state demographic database with basic personal information on all citizens and it would also call for the implementation of e-passports with contactless smart card chips. This bill […]