Biometrics

Passfaces wins another client, this time in the customer call center market
Technology, described as reverse biometrics, relies on the human’s brain’s ability to recognize familiar faces; users identify a series of portraits among a sea of decoys; passwords cannot be written down or given to another
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Inexpensive two-factor authentication technology hooks universities, on-line banking
At a Swedish university, students use Entrust’s grid system to access their transcripts; in Indiana, a credit union strikes a deal with BioPassword for typing rhythm biometrics; low cost and easy implementation woo security planners concerned about customer response
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Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics team up for HSPD-12 venture
Companies will offer cash-strapped agencies ability to purchase compliance on a “per card” basis; venture joins Lockheed’s BioUnique framework to General Dynamic’s MobileID enrollment services
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DoD announces it will make HSPD-12 deadline with new "Super CAC" cards
New cards will be issued over the next three years as older cards expire; cards will contain two encrypted fingerprints and a unique personal identification number
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Gemalto to provide Oman 2.5 million smart cards
Contract the latest international success for the Dutch company; Oman a regional leader in smart card adoption; modern country, strong in oil and finance, a prime target for savvy investers
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GSA names ADT as qualified HSPD-12 integrator
Company will provide full-service compliance with Sure Pass Identity Access Management system; certification follows smart card success in D.C. and Florida
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CardLogix announces new family of smart cards for HSPD-12 compliance
Features include: a choice of Multos or Java configurations; dual interface technology allowing the same card to be examined with a standard or contactless reader; flexible bump interconnection technology that extends the card’s durability; and National Security Agency Suite B-compliant encryption
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Cross Match unveils three new biometric products
Smaller, faster, and lighter is the company’s motto; new biometric Jumpkit for military is 30 percent smaller and five pounds lighter than previous iteration; Guardian R checkpoint scanner gets tougher, too; company rounds out offerings with ten-finger, fifteen second, scanning middleware
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ZeroNines and Sequiam Biometrics to co-develop biometric e-mail system
Project intended for adoption by MyFailSafe.com e-mail and continuity services
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Cross Match unveils first HSPD-12 authentication application
PIVMAN system can check program-compliant IDs without network access; hand-held scanners are constantly updated with dynamic authentication data
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Unisys sign border biometrics deal with Australian government
Company will provide finger-biometric and face-scanning technology; Australian market booming on government demand
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Cross Match brings former DHS official into top management
Elaine Dezenski to serve as senior vice president of global government affairs
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Authentec win Wall Street Journal innovation award
TruePrint finger-biometrics already an industry leader; unlike competitors, technology reads the live skin underneath the dead top layer
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DHS announces plan to scan all ten fingers of foreign vistors to U.S.
System to be operational by 2008; current two-finger system inadequate due to poor capturing technology and vulnerability to spoofing; vistor fingerprints will be compared to massive database that includes those picked up in al Qaeda training camps
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TSA names eight finalists to manage TWIC program
Announcement follows May decision to select a single contractor; BearingPoint, Computer Services, Lockheed Martin, and Motorola among competitors still standing
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