Biometrics

Admiral Loy joins Viisage’s Board
Former deputy secretary at DHS is now a board member with biometric specialist Viisage Technology
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U.K. government’s ministers reveal doubts about feasibility of national biometric ID
The U.K. government has been pushing an ambitious agenda of equipping all of the 50 million adults in the United Kingdom with biometric national ID; questions about the feasibility of the project, its cost, and its real contribution to U.K. security persist, and leaked e-mails between cabinet ministers now show the questions about the program are rife not only on the opposition benches
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Lockheed Martin’s solution receives GSA approval for HSPD-12 compliance
Another large defense contractor gets GSA approval for HSPD-12 compliance solution
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BIO-Key fingerprint solution successfully passes NIST SDK test
The standard organization NIST runs pretty tough tests, so it is good news for BIO-Key that its fingerprint solution has passed the NIST SDK test with flying colors
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Password-protected gun ammunition
You can protect your gun with a safety latch; but what if you want to protect your ammunition from being stolen and misused? A German inventor has an answer: Password-protected rounds
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Hot debate over proper technology slows progress on border-crossing ID
Political pressures from states bordering Canada persuaded DHS to relax its demand that U.S. and Canadian citizens crossing the border back and forth for shopping carry passports; instead, a biometric ID card would be issued; trouble is, there is an acrimonious debate over what technology to use in the card
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Britons want to know more about controversial ID card scheme
Liberal Democrats have been granted their request to have the DWP release the a feasibility report concerning the national biometric ID card plan; the DWP says this is not a good idea, but the commissioner ruled that the people have a right to know
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ImageWare enhancing biometric solution to comply with FIPS-201
Another biometric company is making its flagship product FIPS-201-compliant, and a good thing it does
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A4Vision, Fastcom in integrated secure access solution
Two companies combine their technologies to offer secure access control for areas where tail-gaiting and card sharing must be prevented
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GAO: Feds should plan before awarding automation contracts
The federal government wants to digitalize more than 50 million paper records — but the GAO says that such a massive project should be better planned and thought out
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SuperCom wins GSA approval
Non-U.S. companies are walking on egg shells when they want to market their homeland security technologies and solutions in the United States; and Israeli smart-card company has just received the coveted GSA approval
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Microsoft drops SecurID, saying Vista aims for authentication openness
Microsoft says it decided against supporting SecurID authentication because it did not to offer support for only one system; industry insiders say the decision was more the result of time pressures
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Biometric IDs will cost more and more often
Biometric IDs may add to safety, but they will cost more — and will cost more to replace, a U.K. government study says
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States push back on mandated ID
The Real ID Act of May 2005 gives states 3 years to incorporate biometric information and RFID technology into the driver’s licenses they issue; states say the deadline is too short and the costs too high
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Hitachi finger vein system allows for "duress digit" designation
Hitachi offers a finger vein architecture biometric device with a twist: It allows users to designate one finger as a duress digit: If a customer is forced at a gun point to go to the bank or to an ATM, he may use the duress finger to alert the authorities
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