Kansas City Life Insurance Company reports that after a year with their Cryptocard authentication system they have found a system that works the way they had hoped, according to a Dark Reading article. Cryptocard was the second vendor the insurance company went to in an effort to help solve their needs for two-factor authentication since […]

Organizations are looking at the spec, but not a lot of deployments yet By Zack Martin, Editor Many people agree that FIPS 201 is a good technical specification, but its acceptance outside the U.S. government remains slow. That might not be for long though. Other governments and private organizations are looking at the standard, which […]

Daon, a provider of identity assurance software aimed at government and commercial organizations, has acquired the Physical Security Interlock software and pertinent personnel from Enterprise Air, a New York-based provider of security technology. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The PSI software enables user’s to connect physical security systems to any administrative systems. Enterprise […]

Dell recently unveiled a new series of Latitude laptop computers that come installed with advanced security technology for access control, according to a TMCnet article. The new series, called the E6500, was designed as a replacement for desktops and aimed at high-performance users. The new security features on the Latitude have both smart cards and […]

TD Waterhouse, a discount brokerage firm, has implemented a voice recognition system that records specific and unique qualities of a client’s voice as a means of securely identifying the individual, according to an Investment Executive article. The new system, called Voice Print System, enables Waterhouse customers to make a voiceprint over the phone. The data […]

China and surrounding countries have been seeing an increase in computer data security technology, such as biometric access control, and a trend away from physical computer security, such as laptop locks, as computer theft has been heading towards the data being more valuable that the machine itself, according to a Computer Products article. Companies such […]

Lenovo Mobile, a China-based technology developer, has recently released their P960 mobile phone which incorporates fingerprint biometrics provided by mobile device developer Atrua Technologies. Lenovo chose the fingerprint technology from Atrua as it has been designed for mobile phones and uses much less power to perform its functions unlike most other fingerprint sensors which are […]