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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
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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)
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Berkeley professor looks to anonymize CCTV coverage
Privacy advocates applaud this method of blocking out the faces of pedestrians
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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
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L-1 signs $50 million deal with Verified Identity Pass
Biometrics company will supply the enrollment and verification kiosks; but will anyone use them?
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Gemalto continues to dominate ePassport market
Keesing Journal reports that the French company provides travel documents to 30 percent of VWP countries
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UAE adds iris scans to foreign labor identification cards
Scarred and worn hands on Pakistani and Indian workers make fingerprints unreliable
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Cross Match to go public
Biometrics heavyweight plans to raise $225 million to pay down debts and assist in future acquisitions
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Digimarc wins Vermont contract extension
Following Idaho’s lead, the maple syrup state sticks to a familiar company to manage its transition into REAl ID
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Florida congressman asks for a reprieve on compliance
Gus Bilirakis complains that the buggy system conflicts with a state-issued maritime identification card
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EDS wins critical GSA HSPD-12 contract
Bidding is fierce after agency cancels BearingPoint options and puts contract out to bid; $66.3 million bid includes work by L1, ActiveIdentity, and Entrust
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Smart card market cools down, but only a touch
20 percent growth expected for 2007, with growing markets in Asia and Latin America; government ID cards are “the smallest, yet fastest, growing segment”
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Precise Biometrics wins Portuguese national ID contract
Following on success with Qatar ID project, fingerprint-biometric company teams up once again with Gemalto
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Titanium Group secures $1.45 million in funding
Facial recognition company, known for its efforts on Hong Kong, gets its first cash infusion since commercialization
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British test "Bug" intelligent video system
Viseum’s anti-Asbo approach turns heads from Luton to Chester; West Midlands considers buying an Israeli UAV capable of identifying license plates from 500 feet
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The long view
“The Federal Government Is Gone”: Under Trump, the Fight Against Extremist Violence Is Left Up to the States
As President Donald Trump guts the main federal office dedicated to preventing terrorism, states say they’re left to take the lead in spotlighting threats. Some state efforts are robust, others are fledgling, and yet other states are still formalizing strategies for addressing extremism. With the federal government largely retreating from focusing on extremist dangers, prevention advocates say the threat of violent extremism is likely to increase.