Biometrics

Porticus Technology introduces voice authentication for interactive voice response systems
New product is meant to authenticate mobile transactions, allow remote network access, and assist in pending two-factor authentication rules for online banking
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Union files protest against biometric time-clock
Claiming that having to punch a time-clock is demoralizing and a change in the conditions of employment, union officials in Long Island City filed a protest against the city government’s use of Ingersoll Rand’s Hand Punch 4000
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Brown floats plan allowing stores access to government biometric database
All but defeated, the U.K. biometric ID program gets new life as head of the British Treasury, Gordon Brown not only advocates the program, but wants to expand it; Brown, formerly in opposition to the biometric scheme is expected to be the next Prime Minister, chiefly because there are no other foreseeable candidates
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Tychi Systems unveils new BioKnob v1.06
An innovative New Hampshire company shows updated version of its BioKnob biometric door locking device
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Persay deploys FreeSpeech technology in Israeli bank VoIP center
Financial security gets another boost with an Israeli company’s push toward speaker verification technology
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U.S. government does not do enough to assuage public concerns about e-passports
The inexorable march toward U.S. e-passports continues, but a research firm says the administration has not done a good job assuaging public concerns about security and privacy issues
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U.K. biometric national ID scheme in trouble
The ambitious U.K. biometric national ID project has been plagued with problems and doubts from the start; the latest blow is a leaked Home Office document admitting the that security of the ID card and the database to which it is related cannot be guaranteed — and that, in any event, British companies simply do not have the manufacturing capacity to make the cards and the card readers
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Sentex Sensing and Security IT Vision enter into long-term distribution deal
With the biometric industry growing rapidly, Sentex enters the industry with exclusive rights to market and distribute Security IT Vision’s biometric technology
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NIST unveils new MBARK system for interoperability of biometric systems
Got MBARK? If not, you should; this one-stop shop middleware solution is aimed at providing industry and government a way to integrate current systems, providing enhanced security
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Move toward e-passports accelerates, SafeNet benefits
More and more countries move toward e-passports – that is, passports which combine biometric information with RFID technology; IT security behemoth SafeNet benefits
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Louis Freeh joins Viisage board
Former head of the FBI joins biometric leader Viisage
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Identix products win NIST, GSA HSPD-12 approval
An important biometrics company received HSDP-12 compliance approval as 27 October HSDP0-12 deadline for government agencies and contractors nears
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Viisage acquires Iridian for $35 million in cash
Viisage continues in its aggressive acquisition campaign to expand and enhance its position as a provider of multimodal biometrics
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Cross Match Technologies approved as provider of fingerprint capture stations for HSPD-12
CrossMatch gains an important GSA approval, making its products even more appealing to government agencies which must comply with FIPS-201 by October 2006
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BIO-key and identiMetrics provide biometric solution for young children
Keeping track of small children is now easier as BIO-key and identiMetrics introduce a new solution to identify children biometrically by their fingerprints
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