• Upcoming UCLA extension course: Biometric Identification Technology

    UCLA Extension course offers comprehensive review of major biometric technologies and issues; the course is designed for both people already in the field and for newcomers

  • Precise Biometrics in SEK 2.3 million Middle East deal

    Precise strengthens its already-strong position in Middle Eastern biometric markets by signing a contract to supply its200 MC combined fingerprint and smart card readers to an unnamed government

  • Biometrics not yet ready for banking transactions

    Security expert: Biometrics plays a role in banking and financial institutions — but until 2016 or so, it should be used mostly to add a third security factor to existing chip and PIN systems

  • ID-protection ads come back to bite pitchman

    Todd Davis created a company which, he claimed, offered customers an iron-clad guarantee that their identity could not be stolen; to prove his point, ads for his fraud-prevention company, LifeLock, even offered his Social Security number next to his smiling mug; trouble is, a man in Texas did succeed in stealing Davis’s identity and used it to get a loan; now customers are suing

  • Problems plague worker ID program

    The TWIC program is being rolled out, but long lines at enrollment centers, jammed phones, redundant background checks, and paperwork slow the process down

  • A push for ID cards to be used in Australia’s domestic travel

    Nine people inadvertently bypassed X-ray checks in the Qantas terminal at Brisbane’s domestic airport, causing its evacuation and flight delays; some argue that Aussie airports should adopt a passenger ID system similar to the U.S. Registered Traveler scheme

  • WorkLight says RSA chief's observations ring true

    RSA boss Art Coviello offers his insights on Web security, saying that hackers are developing plans to attack healthcare providers as their revenue streams from the financial services sector start to dry up; Coveillo also says that biometric technology is not a solution for IT security – at least so far

  • An HSDW conversation with John Stroia, vice president, Government Security and Monitoring Solutions, Diebold

    Diebold has been adding “layers of protection” to its customers since 1859; Diebold provides one-stop shopping for technology-based electronic systems, software, and services, and the company is active in all four major security markets: financial; commercial (retail); enterprise (large corporations); and government

  • IBM joins Next Generation Identification (NGI) system team

    NGI, the FBI’s new multi-modal, state-of-the-art biometrics system to be used by state, local, and federal authorities, will store fingerprints, palm prints, iris, and facial recognition information; it will accommodate other biometric modalities as they mature

  • NTT shows commercial RedTaction security system

    NTT shows Firmo, a Human Area Network (HAN)-based system which uses the surface of the human body for communication; the Firmo Kit is used as an alternative to short-range wireless security card entrance/exit systems

  • U.S. ramps up biometrics to ID Baghdad residents

    For both counterinsurgency and economic rehabilitation purposes, the United States needs a better census of individuals residing and working in Iraqi areas under coalition control; biometric technology offers a solution, but is implementation has been slow

  • Interest in voice biometrics grows

    The interest in voice recognition biometrics has grown, especially for e-commerce application, but voice biometrics can do more: it may replace polygraphs as a tool for ascertaining the veracity of people being questioned in criminal, military, and homeland security settings; William Shattner gives award to a voice truth-verification system

  • Electronic "pets" to tackle identity theft problem

    Forget passwords, PINs, or even biometric security measures; a new, if futuristic, solution is offered for the problem of identity theft: Electronic pets; the pets would recognize their owners’ voiceprint, fingerprints, or walking style; researchers say it will be important for owners to bond with and nourish their electronic pets by playing with them

  • Existence of new basic element for electronic circuits proven

    There are three fundamental elements to electronic circuits: resistor, capacitor, and inductor; nearly forty years ago, Leon Chua of the University of California at Berkeley theorized that there was a fourth element — memristor — which had properties that could not be duplicated by any combination of the other three elements; HP researchers have now proven the existence of memristors; facial recognition biometrics will benefit

  • National ID projects drive Asian biometrics market growth

    National ID and e-passport programs drive growth of biometric market in Asia; fingerprinting remains the preferred biometric technology