Biometrics

DHS, Michigan reach agreement on enhanced driver's license
The Michigan agreement, similar to that reached with other states, seeks to create an enhanced driver’s license — which denotes both identity and citizenship — as a compliance option to fulfill Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) requirements
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TSA to require background checks of private jets' passengers
There are about 15,000 corporate jets in the United States, flying out of 315 small airports; until now, there was no security scrutiny of these planes and the hundreds of thousands of passengers who use them every year; this is going to change
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Identifying emergency personnel
Emergency response teams work in confusing conditions; in large disasters, emergency units from several jurisdictions may be involved; the rescuers need to able to identify each other
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Briefly noted
As ports RFID deadline approaches, applications flood in… eMentum wins $23 million Contract to provide identity management services to DOJ… Early spotting of a potential IT train wreck… Getting the facts straight on cybersecurity
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Private-public partnership to promote cyber safety
New consortium to study ways to improve personal identification management on the Internet to combat crimes such as identity theft and fraud, narcotics and human trafficking, and terrorism
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A first: quantum cryptography used within a commercial network
European consortium demonstrates transmission of quantum-encrypted data within commercial telecommunications network
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Hacker reveals how to compromise e-passport systems
An anonymous technology researcher discusses the ease with which e-passports may be compromised by hackers
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U.S. considers waiving visa requirement for Israelis
U.S. may add Israel to the Visa Waiver program in 2009, after Israel implements a new biometric passport for Israeli citizens
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Coast Guard to expand biometric project
There has been a 75 percent in the number of illegal immigrants attempting to cross the Mona Passage from the Dominican Republic into Puerto Rico in the past two years; the Coast Guard is not sure the drop is all due to the service’s biometric measures, but it thinks the technology has something to do with it
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The new face (well, not only face) of biometrics, II
Next-generation enterprise biometric solutions will evolve toward being able to work both with centralized, distributed as well as mobile devices, such as smartcards or contractless smartcards
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Age-guessing software has security, commercial applications
Fighting Illini researchers develop an age-guessing software which can perform tasks such as security control and surveillance monitoring, and may also be used for electronic customer relationship management
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The new face (well, not only face) of biometrics, I
New biometric technologies must make a compelling business case why business should adopt them over much-improved existing technologies
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Football fans try "clear" fast pass
Florida-based Clear, which offers travelers to collect their biometric and background information in order to allow them a faster airport security check, makes arrangements with football teams to allow Clear card holder faster entry into football stadiums
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Colorado to remove Social Security numbers from public Web sites
Colorado attorney general asks counties to remove documents containing Social Security numbers from public Web sites, saying that the “The availability of this information online increases the possibility of Colorado citizens becoming the victims of identity theft”
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China, INTERPOL celebrate security success during Summer Games
The Summer Games and the Paralympics passed without any major security incident; China says this highlights the success of security efforts for the Games, in particular the collaboration between China and INTERPOL
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