Biometrics

Trend: The emergence of vascular pattern identification system
A Dutch company develops a new biometric measure — vascular identity —which holds the promise of being more usable, more accurate, and less susceptible to fraud than other measures
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ID cards and passports drive smart card markets
Governments’ drive for biometric ID, followed by increasing adoption of the technology by the private sector, will boost demand for smart card
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Mexico equips prisons with biometric systems
Mexican prisons are a battle ground in the drug war, with violence and corruption rampant; the Mexican government decided to rely on biometric to increase security in these prisons
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Sequiam offers biometric kit
It is one thing to want biometric measures for added security, but it is another thing to do it on the cheap; Sequiam now offers a biometric kit which may just do that
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Good day for non-U.S. companies: Federal Court reinstates OTI to ePassport program
It is not easy for non-U.S. companies to be awarded U.S. defense or homeland security contracts; a judge’s decision in the case of an Israeli smartcard company eager to participate in the U.S. ePassport program may make it a bit easier
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iSM installs biometric single sign-on in Spain
Ach so: Innovative German biometric products provider equips large Spanish insurance company with an innovative single sign-on solution
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Gemplus sells EMV cards to leading Chinese bank
Luxemburg-based company expands it biometric solution — and the reach of the EMV standard — to China
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Identix has $2.2 million in orders for its BioLogon authentication software
Minnesota biometric company sees growing orders for its solution
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Bioscrypt, HID, OMNIKEY collaborate to offer a door-to-desktop card solution
The three companies announce that VeriSoft Access Manager will be the authentication software application which would allow cards to be used for access control to facilities and computers
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US-VISIT completes installing biometric systems at 154 U.S. border ports
All of the U.S. 154 land ports are now equipped with biometric entry control systems and procedures
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Israeli company develops behavior-based airport security system
A start-up uses nuanced voice analysis technique to detect criminal or terrorist intentions; one more behavior-based security measure for airports
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Gabriel to acquire majority stake in biometric innovator Resilient
Illustrating a growing trend, a (mostly) physical security company acquires an innovative biometric ID maker
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Biometric readers fooled by fingers made of Play-Doh
A university professor fools biometric fingerprint reader with fake fingers made of Play-Doh and gelatin
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TransTech to sell Magicard ID printers from Ultra Electronics
TransTech to sell smart card printers offering HoloKote card watermark technology
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DoD to set up labs to test contactless smart cards
DoD is setting up testing procedures for smart cards and readers; vendors selling smart cards to DoD will have products tested
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