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TDSi launches PalmGarde access control reader with palm vein recognition technology
Unlike fingerprints, which change during childhood, the palm vein pattern is established in the womb and is constant throughout a person’s life. Palm vein recognition technology was developed by Fujitsu to help combat the increasing incidence of financial fraud and forgery, plaguing many financial institutions in Japan, at a cost to the economy of ...
European airport security market to quadruple by 2010
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan "European Airport Security Equipment Market: Investment Opportunities" reveals that the European airport security market earned revenues (top 47 participants) of $2.37 billion in 2005 and estimates this to reach $10.35 billion in 2010. The European airport security market looks set for robust growth, partic...
Panasonic iris recognition reader can capture and identify users in 0.3 second
Panasonic has launched its next generation of iris recognition reader, the BM-ET200. The smarter, user-friendly, 5x faster unit can operate within large scale applications or even in stand alone mode, utilising a USB port from which information can be stored and transferred securely. The sleek unit provides unique design characteristics couple...
BioPassword offers strong authentication for web-based applications with support for Linux
More than half of IT decision makers (58 percent) now use open source software for mission-critical applications, according to a recent report from Forrester. As more organisations in financial services, insurance, energy, government, and digital rights management adopt Linux for their environments, BioPassword offers strong authentication for web...
Sensible Vision and Digi International release USB cameras with facial recognition software
Sensible Vision and Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII) have announced the integration of Sensible Vision’s FastAccess™ facial recognition software with Digi’s Watchport® high-performance USB cameras. The Watchport/FastAccess bundled solution gives organisations continuous information protection with fast and accurate authentication and eliminates cu...
CellMax Systems to provide voice-based biometric identification and verification technology to Panamanian call center service providers
CellMax Systems, Ltd. of Tel Aviv and Multitek Corp., S.A. of Panama City have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a five-year distribution agreement to supply CellMax Systems’ identification and verification technology to the region’s growing call center sector. No value was disclosed. CellMax Systems specializes in...
New operational base for the UK National DNA Database
The purpose of the National DNA Database unit, under the direction of the custodian – who is the head of the unit - is to oversee the delivery of national DNA Database services, and to ensure that systems are in place to protect the integrity of the Database. DNA database services are provided under contract by the Forensic Science Service (FSS). ...
New Assa Abloy OMNIKEY smart card reader allows authentication via card, pin and fingerprint
Assa Abloy Identification Technologies (ITG)has introduced a new OMNIKEY smart card reader that combines contact smart card technology with fingerprint recognition. The contact based desktop device is especially designed for logical access control systems in high security environments. Using modern stripe sensor technology, the OMNIKEY CardMan...
Fingerprint biometrics eliminate password security risks
Security experts tell us to start by identifying the weakest links in our systems, and to work on improving the security of those elements to mitigate risk. For many, password authentication is the weakest link in the security infrastructure. Passwords only work if individuals use them correctly, all the time. Despite countless hours in creating gu...
Eliminate password security risks with Fingerprint Biometrics
Studies have shown that fingerprint authentication has emerged as the gatekeeper for access to enterprise data, applications and networks. As companies constantly look for the best way to secure corporate assets, they are turning to fingerprint authentication to replace passwords, smart cards, tokens and PINs. Unlike these other authentication me...
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