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08 Apr, 2008Atmel unveils new fingerprint chipset
Atmel Corp., San Jose, Calif., announced the availability of its FingerChip Security Chipset a smaller and less expensive biometric solution. The new chipset is being shown at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. This new chipset combines Atmel’s highly AT77C104 FingerChip fingerprint sensor and the AT91SAM7FP105 FingerChip Security Processor, a low power, 32-bit based co-processor, […]
08 Apr, 2008Upek, Idology Partner
Fingerprint vendor UPEK Inc. and online age and identity provider IDology Inc. have partnered to offer authentication services to online businesses. The joint solution is being demonstrated at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. The partnership combines IDology’s ExpectID service with UPEK’s Authentication Service. Consumers open an account and answer multiple choice questions regarding information […]
03 Apr, 2008G&D unveils new USB security tokens
Giesecke & Devrient will be presenting a new generation of USB security tokens at the RSA conference in San Francisco next week. All data and applications can be stored together with the user’s digital identity on the StarSign Mobility Token, which features a MicroSD card and embedded smart card technology. The token can be used […]
31 Mar, 2008Social networking sites have little to no identity verification
But this must change By Zack Martin, Editor When trying to get into a bar or club there is typically someone at the door checking IDs. But on social networking sites there is no bouncer, which means there’s no way to tell whether you’re corresponding with a 15-year-old girl or a 32-year-old man. It’s the […]
31 Mar, 2008Ashcroft touting Ceelox
Tampa, Fla.-based Ceelox Inc. has former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft touting the company’s technology. The fledgling biometrics firm has left the research and development stage and is now marketing its data security products. The company has three different digital identification products that utilize biometrics. Ceelox ID authenticates a user before enabling access to a […]
24 Mar, 2008Wafer-thin display card incorporates a one-time passcode and PKI chip
Innovative Card Technologies, developer of the ICT DisplayCard for e-banking, e-commerce and data access authentication, and ActivIdentity, a provider of identity assurance solutions, recently launched the Smart DisplayCard. Smart DisplayCard is the first product to incorporate a one-time passcode display and a PKI chip into a wafer-thin card format, according to the companies. Developed and […]
19 Mar, 2008Deloitte Ireland deploys two-factor authentication
Deloitte Ireland will begin facilitating secure remote and office-based access through the use of a strong certificate-based, two-factor authentication solution from ActivIdentity. Deloitte Ireland is using the ActivIdentity solution to provide more than 900 employees with secure remote access to I.T. systems across the firm’s locations in Dublin, Cork and Limerick. In addition, Deloitte practitioners […]
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