Identity authentication

ACLU: Terrorist Watch List hits one million names
ACLU claims terrorist watch list reached one million names; launches online watch list complaint form
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Biometrics by the numbers
Fingerprint biometric is the oldest and most popular biometric technology; a tech blogger finds flaws in it we should be addressed
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Expedited screening for flight deck crew members
TSA tests expedited flight crew screening; measure is mandated by 9/11 legislation; TSA will use trial to examine behavior detection methods
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Stanley closes Oberon acquisition
Purchase puts integrator on the biometrics fast track, enabling it to compete with some of the largest systems integrators in the government market for opportunities with the Defense Department
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Cyber cafes to be monitored in India
Indian police places biometric systems and CCTV in more than 150 cyber cafes in order to catch cyber criminals in the act
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U.K. nursery chain install biometric access control
Fourteen Busy Bees children’s nurseries install biometric access control from UK Biometric; access control will allow entry only to parents and care-givers
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Sagem Morpho shows TWIC-compliant biometric reader
Card is designed to read encrypted biometric data, such as a digital fingerprint, perform the match to the card holder, and perform an active card authentication across a contactless interface
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Voice biometrics solves PINs-related security problems
Survey shows that bank customers are worried that PINs, passwords, and security questions may not be the most viable ways of identifying individuals when it comes to accessing their details; researchers say voice biometrics is the solution
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Draft security publication looks at cell phones, PDAs
PDAs are offering more and more features, and more people now use them; NIST publishes a draft guidelines on security considerations for cell phones and PDAs
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Smart-card manufacturers sues to suppress security flaw information
NXP Semiconductors is suing Radboud University Nijmegen to prevent university researchers from presenting a paper in an October conference on IT security; paper in question details serious security flaws in the company’s RFID chip
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Atos Origin wins French biometric passport contract
French IT services company missed out on the U.K. e-Borders contract, and has also failed to win a framework contract as part of the procurement for the U.K. national ID card scheme, but it finds consolation in winning the contract to manage the development and rollout of the biometric passport system in France
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Biometrics for U.K. home bankers
Digital DNA fingerprinting technology launched to improve IT security and reduce ID theft and fraud for the U.K. banking industry
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Hirsch Electronics biometric station wins award
The Verification Station from the Santa Ana, California-based company wins Buildings Magazine 2008 award; “Finally…a high-end, cost-effective biometric system for more stringent security needs,” the magazine’s editors explain
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Federal money for identity programs boost biometrics market
A slew of U.S. government programs — US VISIT, the Real ID Act, TWIC, the FBI’s next-generation database, and many more — depend on biometric technology; the estimated value of potential contracts to implement federal identity-solutions programs has more than doubled since 2006, rising from $890 million to $2 billion this year; biometric companies fiercely compete — and lobby — for contracts
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The big biometric hitters
Five companies are in the lead in the competition for a share of the U.S. government biometric market; they have plowed money — a lot of money — into their lobbying activities, and some hope to strengthen their hand by hiring former administration officials
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