Biometrics

UK access control market hits £290 million
Key Note sees 7 percent growth through 2011 for biometrics, smart cards, and vehicle control
- Read more
Call centers drive voice recognition boomlet
New privacy laws coming on line prompt financial companies to look for quicker methods of biometric identification
- Read more

Spitzer proposes expanded criminal DNA database
Plan would add 50,000 samples to the state’s database at a cost of $1.75 million; the convicted will find it easier to challenge DNA evidence
- Read more
Griaule shows two inexpensive biometric solutions
Brazilian biometrics company offers the first SDK to support the Microsoft Fingerprint Reader, and a help-desk authentication utility
- Read more

Experts express concern about REAL-ID security
National database could be a prime target for hackers; Smart Card Alliance modestly recommends smart cards as alterantive to bar codes
- Read more
Canadian arbitrator takes up religious objections to biometrics
Members of the Pentecostal Church are fired after refusing to cooperate with a hand-scanning system; arbitrator calls it a case of religious discrimination and orders company to accomodate concerns
- Read more

Swiss bank is first biometrics-only bank in the world
Swiss bank Pictet has done away with employee badges, passcodes, pins, and other forms of identification; from now on, all identification of employees and clients will be based on facial recognition
- Read more
Company announces RFID-safe mailing envelope
With passports moving toward RFID, demand is growing for sleeves and wallets of all kinds; National Envelope Company sees a market among banks and government offices
- Read more

Biometrics find their way into the remote control market
As cable television combines with Internet, traditional remotes are unsuited for search and content management
- Read more
DHS plans US-VISIT exit procedures
Agency admits it has no plan for biometric control of land borders; $27 million for new air and port scanners
- Read more

XTec and Computer Literacy protest EDS's HSPD-12 contract
GSA accepts EDS’s $66 million bid, but rivals say the company failed to use approved partners; Gemalto plays a key role
- Read more
Brazil's electronic security market posts 15 percent annual gains
A $1.1 billion market exists for those in the biometrics and CCTV game; Priel Metal Detector earns special attention
- Read more

Michigan researchers: identity is more than skin deep
A cross between palm geometry and fingerprinting, ultrasound approach is extremely accurate (if you have a radiologist on staff)
- Read more
Berkeley professor looks to anonymize CCTV coverage
Privacy advocates applaud this method of blocking out the faces of pedestrians
- Read more
L-1 buys Maryland's Advanced Concepts
Robert LaPenta moves forward with the second phase of his acquisition strategy; network security and engineering firm expected to widen federal market access
- Read more

More headlines