Biometrics

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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Voice biometrics solves PINs-related security problems
Survey shows that bank customers are worried that PINs, passwords, and security questions may not be the most viable ways of identifying individuals when it comes to accessing their details; researchers say voice biometrics is the solution
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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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Atos Origin wins French biometric passport contract
French IT services company missed out on the U.K. e-Borders contract, and has also failed to win a framework contract as part of the procurement for the U.K. national ID card scheme, but it finds consolation in winning the contract to manage the development and rollout of the biometric passport system in France
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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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Federal money for identity programs boost biometrics market
A slew of U.S. government programs — US VISIT, the Real ID Act, TWIC, the FBI’s next-generation database, and many more — depend on biometric technology; the estimated value of potential contracts to implement federal identity-solutions programs has more than doubled since 2006, rising from $890 million to $2 billion this year; biometric companies fiercely compete — and lobby — for contracts
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The big biometric hitters
Five companies are in the lead in the competition for a share of the U.S. government biometric market; they have plowed money — a lot of money — into their lobbying activities, and some hope to strengthen their hand by hiring former administration officials
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Precise Biometrics in SEK12 million Chinese deal
Swedish fingerprint specialist expands its presence in China with a SEK12 million (about GBP1 million) order
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Malaysia renwes Unisys contract
The Malaysian government has renewed its contract with Unisys Malaysia to continue work on the national ID card (MyKad)
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An HS Daily Wire conversation with Walter Hamilton of the International Biometrics Industry Association (IBIA)
Walter Hamilton, chairman of the Board of Directors of IBIA, talks about different biometric technologies, new and innovative biometric approaches, the role of biometric in security and commerce, biometrics in the theater of battle, and more
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Banks' PIN codes susceptible to hackers' theft
Network of PIN codes’ thieves nets millions of dollars; hackers are targeting the ATM system’s infrastructure, which is increasingly built on Microsoft’s Windows operating system and allows machines to be remotely diagnosed and repaired over the Internet
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Biometric technology helps Coalition forces in iraq
Gen. David Petraeus: “[Biometric] systems and databases and the dedicated people who run them are helping to eliminate the ability of insurgents and criminals to remain anonymous, hidden amongst an otherwise law-abiding, peace-desiring population”
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Congress weighs in on Digimarc sale
Legislators uncomfortable with French company Safran acquiring U.S. ID maker Digimarc; they want CFIUS to take a very close look at the sale and its consequences for U.S. citizens’ security and privacy
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