Biometric Systems News

Microsoft veteran appointed Chief Technology Officer of GlobalSign

GMO GlobalSign, Inc. appointed Ryan Hurst, a 10 year Microsoft security veteran, as its new Chief Technology Officer. In his role, Ryan becomes responsible for developing the overall technology vision, product architecture, standards development, compliance and will be overseeing the GlobalSign engineering and operations organizations. Ryan is

Kerry Reid appointed Vice President of HID Connect Business to drive HID Global hardware and software partnerships and extending the company’s Genuine HID Technology™ ecosystem.

Kerry Reid joined this week HID Global as as vice president of HID Connect, trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity. In this new role, Mr. Reid will be responsible for driving HID Global hardware and software partnerships and extending the company’s Genuine HID Technology™ ecosystem. This involves building upon HID’s exis

Precise Biometrics launched the next Generation of Mobile Security for Smart Devices: Smart Casings with Smart Card & Fingerprint Reader

Precise Biometrics has developed a smart casing with a built-in smart card reader and fingerprint sensor. The product meets the increasing requirements on network security and strong authentication raised by today’s government, healthcare, enterprise and banking sectors. The smart casing is the first of its kind on the market. With a built-in sm

IP cameras with facial recognition available at Norbain

The Illustra 600 series, from American Dynamics, part of Tyco Security Products, offers an excellent choice for applications requiring exceptional HD video quality in all lighting conditions. Features include free auto-configuration software included with the cameras and hands-free, remote auto-focus and zoom capability. The cameras also feature a

New study from Opus Research and ValidSoft suggests that voice biometrics will be central to future payments authentication if obstacles to adoption can be overcome

ValidSoft, a global supplier of fraud prevention, authentication and transaction verification solutions and part of the Elephant Talk Group, has partnered with leading research house Opus Research to produce a report titled, Voice Biometrics Authentication Best Practices: Overcoming Obstacles to Adoption. The study, led by Dan Miller, senior ana

London City chooses MFlow Journey's facial recognition technology to help passenger measurement

London City has chosen MFlow Journey for passenger queue measurement replacing its existing Bluetooth measurement technology. MFlow improves the passenger experience as it predicts, detects, measures, analyses and facilitates the high volume of people flowing through the airport. Using non-invasive facial recognition technology MFlow Journey hel

Human Recognition Systems and Olive Group partner to increase the pace of biometric adoption for the Middle East and position them for market leadership

A strategic partnership between Human Recognition Systems (HRS), the UK’s independent leader in biometric solutions, and the Olive Group for the Middle East and North African regions has been agreed. The agreement will see HRS leverage the extensive presence of Olive Group, a leader in integrated risk mitigation solutions within the Middle East,

Mark Knight from Thales tells us about the Certificate Authority publishing requirements for the issuance of digitally-signed certificates

Mark Knight, Director of Product Management at Thales e-Security, has written his latest blog post about the Certificate Authority publishing requirements for the issuance of digitally-signed certificates. In the wake of DigiNotar, the industry has woken up to the risk of corporate identity theft and the importance of the correct issuance of digita

Today Neurotechnology released three SDKs for embedded biometric systems in smartphones and other mobile devices

This morning, Neurotechnology, a provider of high-precision biometric identification technologies, announced their new line of embedded biometric technologies, including VeriFinger Embedded SDK for fingerprint biometrics, VeriLook Embedded SDK for face biometrics and MegaMatcher Embedded SDK for multi-biometric systems using face and fingerprints i

Tiger IT creates AFIS/Iris matching system for Bangladesh’s RAB leveraging Lumidigm Advantage

Tiger IT Bangladesh Limited introduces a complete criminal identity solution, including iris and fingerprint biometrics and a database upgrade, to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) office in Bangladesh. Tiger IT sought out Lumidigm’s reliable Venus fingerprint sensors for the project in order to provide the RAB with the best tools available for tra