Biometrics

Bioscrypt shows FIPS 201-compliant PIV-Station
FIPS 201 program is one of the largest biometric projects to date: Nearly 3 million federal employees, 6 million state employees, and 500,000 contractors will be enrolled in the program; Bioscrypt wants a piece of the action
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Consumer biometrics falls short
A few years ago, retail biometrics had what seemed to be a very bright future, but the surprisingly rapid acceptance of contactless payment credit cards essentially usurped the speed and convenience argument away from biometrics
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Smart Card Alliance opposes RFID-based enhanced driver's licneses
DHS is cooperating with Vermont, Arizona, and Washington on an RFID-based enhanced driver’s licnese as an alternative to passports; the alliance says that “RFID technology was designed for automating the tracking of products and pallets through a supply chain, not for validating human identities”
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Fujitsu shows PC mouse-based palm vein biometrics
Fujitsu begin sales to corporation of a PC mouse which contains palm vein biometric sensor: A user holds the mouse to activate the PC and in the process his or her identity is authenticated
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Consumer-level biometrics growing
Biometrics access control is not only for nuclear power plants or bank vaults; California company offers a $200 home access control system; instruction manual recommends registering two fingers, in case one digit is inadvertabntly removed
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RCG benefits from hightened security fears, beats profit forecasts
Hong -Kong-based biometric specialist says growing security concerns helped its bottom line — and will continue to do so for a long while yet
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Biometrics can offer security beyond access control
Biometrics can offer organizations added layers of security without arousing complaints from employees — and if planned and implemented properly, can offer security beyond access control
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NIST's enhanced PIV Data Generator
NIST releases an improved version of its Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Data Generator — and it can be downloaded from the organization’s Web site
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U.S. deploys more biometric scanners to more consulates around world
Tightening control of entry to U.S., and trying to cope with growing wave of forged visa applications, U.S. deploys more fingerprint scanners to embassies and consulates around world
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Sharp rise in forged Indian applications for U.S. visas
More Indians — especially business people and students — arrive in the U.S. every year, but there is also a sharp increase in the number of Indians trying to enter the U.S. illegally
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Siemens predicts more than 30% annual sales growth in biometrics
Siemens creates new unit — Solutons and Systems (SIS) — and its director is bullish about biometrics
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U.K. nurseries deploy biometrics to protect toddlers
More and more nurseries install biometric access control systems to make sure that only parents have access to children
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Pneumonia remedy could have anti-bioterror use
An Illionis company develops an antobioitc to fight pneumonia, but tests came back with surprising results: The antibioitc also showed effectiveness against anthrax, tuleremia, and plague
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Army sends hardened fingerprint readers to Iraq
The U.S. military deploys about 4,000 fingerprint readers in theaters around the world; trouble is, dry weather, sandy conditions, and more limit these readers’ effectiveness; a New Mexico company may have a solution
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Voice biometrics gains beach head in Canada
Bell, Canada’s largest communications provider, installs spoken pass phrase from Israeli company PerSay as the universal identifier for customer support
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