McAfee, a division of Intel, is launching a cloud authentication program that leverages face and voice recognition as factors. As reported by Computerworld, the product is called LiveSafe, and it will offer customers 1GB of online storage in the cloud. Users can access it via tablets, smartphones and PCs, and they’re authenticated into the system […]

The use of biometrics as a secure factor in authentication is no longer science fiction. Widespread adoption of iris, fingerprint, finger vein, voice recognition and voiceprint have given rise to a new generation of authentication. However, it has also created a new brand of fraud. As these solutions have increased in popularity and grown into […]

A bill that would have mandated biometric tracking of foreigners to the U.S. was defeated by a Senate panel, according to The Hill. The Republican amendment would have required a biometric entry and exit system at ports of entry before granting permanent legal status to 11 million illegal immigrants as part of the new immigration […]

Dublin International Airport is currently piloting SITA’s iBorders solution to automate border control gates. The SITA pilot will see gates verify that passengers match the information of their passport, granting access to the country. The pilot is scheduled to run through October 2013. The iBorders system captures an individual’s biometric — facial recognition in the […]

New Hampshire-based Animetrics, a 3-D facial recognition and identity management provider, has launched ID-Ready, a new touch up system for facial images. The system is geared toward smaller law enforcement departments to help them make facial images suitable for facial recognition systems to be able to use. It works by applying 2D-to-3D algorithms to a […]

As companies increase their usage of mobile tools in the workforce, biometric authentication could become a common tool for enterprises, reports ZDNet. Biometrics is already helping the problem of security in the digital world by being a second factor in the authentication process. With companies relying on mobile devices–and increasingly BYOD policies–for getting work done, […]

A new safety mechanism for guns may be coming on the market, leveraging biometrics to authenticate users of weapons. Safe Gun Technology Inc. (SGTi), of Columbus, Ga., is working on a smart technology that gun owners can put on their weapons to ensure that only authorized users for those weapons can actually shoot the gun. […]