Biometrics

Johnson Controls Offers Dual Iris Capture With Iris ID IrisAccess iCAM 7S And C?CURE 9000

Johnson Controls introduces the Iris ID® IrisAccess® iCAM 7S Series multifactor biometric readers offering superior performance and easy integration with Software House?s C?CURE 9000 security and event management platform. The IrisAccess iCAM 7S Series readers are part of the new 5th generation IrisAccess platform, whose global, multi-market deployments number in the millions. Each reader has the database capability of 100,000 credentials with biometric data and a transaction log capacity of up to one million transactions per reader.

Invixium Showcases The Future Of Biometric Solutions At ISC West 2018

Invixium unveiled its truly innovative IXM TITAN multimodal, multifactor, multipurpose biometric solution here at ISC West 2018 (booth #6109). The company is also highlighting its growing family of access control integration and technology partners that continue to contribute to the development of superior solutions and integration capabilities. The new TITAN consolidates the functionality of biometric authentication, time and attendance, video intercom and video surveillance devices into a single unit that accommodates a diverse host of applications for the ultimate in performance and convenience.

Invixium Showcases Integration And Technology Partnerships At ISC West 2018

Invixium continues to add new integration and technology partners to support the company?s global expansion and growth. Integrations with the industry?s leading access control companies compatible with Invixium?s portfolio of biometric solutions are all on display here at ISC West 2018 (booth #6109). Invixium?s IXM WEB enterprise software includes their newest module IXM Link which plays a major role as the foundation in making these integrations possible. Link allows for two-way synchronization of user/cardholder data between IXM WEB and various access control software platforms, making the entire process of management and system administration simple and efficient for installers and system integrators; eliminating the need to enter user/cardholder data in two places and dramatically reducing set-up time.

Invixium Unveils IXM TITAN ? A Groundbreaking Biometric Solution At ISC West 2018

Invixium, a leading manufacturer of next-generation biometric products for enterprise access control, time and attendance and smart home markets, introduced its IXM TITAN at ISC West 2018 (booth #6109). TITAN incorporates facial recognition and fingerprint or finger vein biometric modalities into one multifunctional device capable of access control, time tracking, video surveillance and video intercom applications. With the fastest enrollment time and smallest biometric record size, TITAN delivers superior throughput, authenticating approximately 15 faces per minute with extreme accuracy and includes onboard memory to store an unprecedented 100,000 facial biometric records.

Invixium to Unveil New Benchmark in Multimodal Biometric Solutions at ISC West

Invixium will be unveiling a new benchmark in multimodal authentication technology at ISC West 2018. The new IXM TITAN promises to be the most advanced biometric product ever engineered, reflecting Invixium?s drive to become the world leader in multi-purpose authentication solutions. TITAN is equipped with facial recognition as the primary biometric modality, fingerprint or finger vein authentication as the secondary and consolidates features for access control, time and attendance, video intercom and video surveillance into a single device that accommodates a diverse host of applications with extreme efficiency and convenience.

Acuant And iDentyTech Partner To Boost Physical Security And Authentication

Acuant has announced a partnership with iDentyTech to provide document validation for iDentyTech?s IDT physical access security platform. The integration will enable efficient management of entry points into a property or facility, according to the announcement, with Acuant?s AssureID technology extracting biometric and other data from identity documents and applying more than 50 forensic document tests to authenticate them.

Northrop Grumman Wins $95 Million Contract From DHS

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $95 million contract by the Department of Homeland Security?s (DHS) Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) to develop increments one and two of the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) system. Northrop Grumman will serve as systems developer and integrator for this 42-month effort. HART is the organization?s next-generation recognition program, replacing the Automated Biometric Identity System (IDENT) built in the 1990s.

Orion Entrance Control Joins PSA Security Network

Orion Entrance Control, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative optical turnstile solutions, has joined PSA Security Network in a partnership that will offer Orion?s customizable, technologically-advanced speed lanes to the thousands of security professionals in the PSA marketplace.

Global Net Solutions Unveils Its IoT S-Badge

Global Net Solutions (GNS), an innovator in facilities-based smart security and business intelligence solutions, unveiled its S-Badge, a revolutionary IoT-based security solution designed to improve safety and tackle insider threats and breaches in high security environments, such as airports, hospitals, school districts and college campuses, government agencies and more.

Iris ID Demonstrates Mobile Biometric Enrollment And Identification

Iris ID, a leading provider of iris biometric technology, announced two lightweight handheld mobile devices integrated with the OPALi™ (opal-eye) iris recognition camera module providing fast and accurate multimodal enrollment and identification capabilities for field use by border control, customs, immigration, law enforcement, and other officials.

What?s The Worst That Could Happen With Huge Databases Of Facial Biometric Data?

The widespread use of facial recognition technology is almost upon us. The new iPhone is available with FaceID where you can unlock your phone with your face. Facial recognition is not new. It?s been a sci-fi staple for decades, and its practical roots are in the 1960s with Palo Alto researchers on RAND Tablets manually mapping out people?s features. Even back then we could give a computer enough data to be able to match a person to a their photograph.

Indian Supreme Court Landmark Ruling On Privacy

India’s Supreme Court has ruled that citizens have a fundamental right to privacy. The judges ruled the right to privacy was “an intrinsic part of [Indian Constitution] Article 21 that protects life and liberty.” The ruling has implications for the government’s vast biometric ID scheme, covering access to benefits, bank accounts, and payment of taxes. Rights groups are concerned personal data could be misused. The authorities want registration to be compulsory.

StoneLock To Debut New Biometric Identity Management Solution At ASIS

StoneLock announced that it will be will be unveiling its newest biometric-centric solution, StoneLock Gateway, at ASIS 2017. StoneLock Gateway is designed to deliver a seamless integration pathway for enterprise-level security. With the addition of StoneLock Gateway, StoneLock now provides an enterprise biometrics solution that provides scalability, high availability, seamless functionality, and traceability across multiple simultaneously connected physical access control systems (PACs), enterprise resource planning systems (ERPs), and other external system integrations. This will provide credentialing data and monitor activity. As enterprises expand and adopt biometric solutions, StoneLock Gateway overcomes limitations with traditional PAC systems that do not allow for the full functionality and power of a biometric device.

ZKAccess Introduces Industry’s First Multi-Biometric Access Control Device With SilkID Technology

ZKAccess, a leading provider of biometric, RFID, and access control solutions, is pleased to bring to market the security industry’s first Multi-Biometric access control device with SilkID technology – the ProBio-ID. It offers the highest level of both security and convenience, all in a single, easily-installed stand-alone device.

Princeton Identity Upgrades Access Control System With Biometric Iris Recognition At Elder Care Facility

Princeton Identity has recently implemented an iris recognition system at Brevillier Village, a long term care and independent residential/retirement facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, that will make access control procedures easier and more convenient for both residents and staff. According to Jean LaFuria, Vice President of Residential Services, Brevillier Village, there were problems on-site when residents had difficulty using the access control keypads to move about the facility. A variety of options were investigated, including larger keypads to increase visibility, but none were an ideal solution.

Tyco Security Products Introduces World?s Most Accurate Reader, Contactless Biometrics

Tyco Security Products introduces the Safran MorphoAccess SIGMA Series access control high speed biometric and card reader featuring the world?s number one performance-ranked fingerprint technology and the world?s only single hand movement capture and match reader, the MorphoWave Tower. Using this technology, C?CURE 9000 Security and Event Management platforms are now able to deliver contactless […]

Workplace Biometric Technology Outpacing the Law

Whether they?re clocking in to work, trying to enter a secure room or driving a company car, many workers are finding that the procedures for these everyday workplace occurrences are changing. To improve efficiency, combat fraud, and boost employee health and safety, employers increasingly are adopting biometric devices. Biometric technology analyzes the unique characteristics of a person through his or her fingerprints, irises, retinas, hand geometry, facial patterns, voice patterns or DNA information.

Zwipe Joins Allegion’s aptiQ Alliance Program

Zwipe, a global leader in biometric authentication technology, today announced that it has joined the aptiQ® Alliance Program, a collaborative group of global companies that support Allegion’s aptiQ smart card technology to create an ecosystem of open, highly secure solutions. Zwipe can now provide aptiQ customers with biometric authorization using their presently installed aptiQ card readers. aptiQ users will be able to authenticate themselves directly on the Zwipe biometric card without adding a biometric reader to existing aptiQ? multi-technology card reader systems.

LA County Sheriff?s Department to Start Collecting Face and Eye Scans

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved $24 million in state funds for the LA Sheriff’s Department (LASD) to get new identification technology that would include palm prints, face recognition, iris scans, and voice recordings, in addition to fingerprints.