Access control

U.K. £18 million National Identity Register deal awarded
French firm Thales awarded £18 million to design, build, test, and operate an early version of the U.K. National Identity Register (NIR) and ID card application system
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New Zealand to use biometrics to monitor immigration
Technology will allow border control staff to conduct biometric checks on inbound and outbound passengers
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The pace of development and adoption of biometric technologies accelerates
Biometric technology has been with us for more than two decades, but how will it evolve over the next ten years? John Davies, managing director of access control specialist TDSi, answers
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An HS Daily Wire conversation with Robert Horton of Motorola
Motorola’s Biometrics Business Unit has more than 300 customers in 40 countries; Robert Horton, director of Portfolio Management & Strategy, Biometrics Business Unit, Motorola, expects an increased number of deployments incorporating Motorola’s multi-modal and Mobile ID functionality with seamless mobility
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Identity is a matter of who you are
The next step for business and government is to define and maintain a consistent global approach to applying security enhancing solutions within an ethical privacy framework
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New crime: Forged eye biometrics recognition stamps
How accurate is iris scanning biometric technology? read on: Three individuals are arresed at the Dubai airport for smuggling forged eye biometrics recognition stamps; the criminals’ goal: to facilitate the entry to the UAE of individuals who were previously banned
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US-VISIT
James Jasinski, CEO, Cogent Systems, comments on a young program that is discharging an immense responsibility
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Biometrics by the numbers
Fingerprint biometric is the oldest and most popular biometric technology; a tech blogger finds flaws in it we should be addressed
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Expedited screening for flight deck crew members
TSA tests expedited flight crew screening; measure is mandated by 9/11 legislation; TSA will use trial to examine behavior detection methods
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U.K. nursery chain install biometric access control
Fourteen Busy Bees children’s nurseries install biometric access control from UK Biometric; access control will allow entry only to parents and care-givers
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Draft security publication looks at cell phones, PDAs
PDAs are offering more and more features, and more people now use them; NIST publishes a draft guidelines on security considerations for cell phones and PDAs
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Sagem Morpho shows TWIC-compliant biometric reader
Card is designed to read encrypted biometric data, such as a digital fingerprint, perform the match to the card holder, and perform an active card authentication across a contactless interface
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Smart-card manufacturers sues to suppress security flaw information
NXP Semiconductors is suing Radboud University Nijmegen to prevent university researchers from presenting a paper in an October conference on IT security; paper in question details serious security flaws in the company’s RFID chip
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Biometrics for U.K. home bankers
Digital DNA fingerprinting technology launched to improve IT security and reduce ID theft and fraud for the U.K. banking industry
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Hirsch Electronics biometric station wins award
The Verification Station from the Santa Ana, California-based company wins Buildings Magazine 2008 award; “Finally…a high-end, cost-effective biometric system for more stringent security needs,” the magazine’s editors explain
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