Authentication

GCR Introduces “AirportIQ Secure Credentials” – A Biometric Security And Continuous Credentialing Solution

Posted by dtaitano 3:13 pm Categories: Airports / Seaports / Railroads, Biometrics. Tags: , , , , .

GCR introduces "AirportIQ Secure Credentials," a biometric security and continuous credentialing solution for the aviation and airport industry. AirportIQ Secure Credentials provides a comprehensive and trusted, biometrically-enabled security credential. Features […]

DigitalPersona Fingerprint Biometric Solutions Improve Security And Service In Latin America Banks

Posted by dtaitano 7:46 am Categories: Banking & Finance, Biometrics. Tags: , , , , , .

DigitalPersona, Inc., a trusted partner for biometric identity verification solutions, announced that Coppel Corporation, a group of retail and finance companies, has chosen DigitalPersona® fingerprint technology to verify employee and […]

3M Cogent Biometric Access Control Readers Added To Schneider Electric?s Security And Building Management Solutions

Posted by dtaitano 8:17 am Categories: Access Control, Biometrics. Tags: , , , , .

3M Cogent  has announced that its MiY Biometric Access Control Readers have been added to Schneider Electric’s Andover Continuum integrated security and building management solutions. According to the company, specifically, […]

Biometrics May Be Banned In Florida Schools, But Flourish Elsewhere

Posted by dtaitano 6:20 am Categories: Biometrics, Legislation, Privacy. Tags: , , , .

Breaking Tampa Bay, Florida and national news and weather from Tampa Bay Online and The Tampa Tribune | TBO.com Politics Boca Ciega High School in Gulfport is one of 10 schools in the nation using biometric scanning technology. LUKE JOHNSON/STAFF BY JAMES L. ROSICA Tribune/Scripps Capital Bureau Published: March 9, 2014 TALLAHASSEE — State lawmakers are moving speedily to ban its use on schoolchildren, but the use of biometric identification isn’t going away. Biometrics uses physical characteristics that can be measured — fingerprints, irises, voices — to identify a person. At its most basic, even a photo ID badge is a biometric identifier. The example now causing a ruckus is in Pinellas County. Schools there use palm scanners to authorize withdrawals from pre-paid accounts, moving lunch lines faster and giving students more time to eat. That ruckus, however, so far has been stirred by legislators, not parents. State Sen. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, says she caught wind of the practice and grew alarmed. She also knew about Polk County schools scanning children’s eyes to track comings and goings on school buses. “What are we doing in government in terms of taking biometric information?” she said, mentioning her concern that the information could be breached and used for identity theft. “I think a ban is definitely the way to go,” she said, “I want to protect school kids.” Beyond the security fears and Big Brother-type anxiety, advocates say biometric authentication simply exists to answer the question: Are you who you […]

3M Cogent Biometric Fingerprint Technology Integrated Into Entrust IdentityGuard

Posted by dtaitano 5:42 am Categories: Access Control. Tags: , .

February 24, 2014 – by Peter B. Counter      As is often said, the key to biometric adoption lies in a delicate balance between a promised increase of security and a decrease in the friction users experience when interacting with it. Essentially: next generation authentication is in high demand, but its biggest obstacle in adoption lies in how easy it is to deploy and use. Today a new collaboration was announced between Entrust and 3M Cogent , leveraging that latter’s fingerprint biometric technology as logical access control solution for workstations via the former’s IdentityGuard software authentication platform. It’s a combination that stands to provide customers looking for a strong biometric access control solution for their organization with FBI trusted authentication (the solution satisfies CJIS requirements  necessary for law enforcement deployment) that is proven to be convenient. Entrust President David Wagner explains why the companies are well suited as partners, saying, “Entrust and 3M share the same standards and vision for authenticating identities. Integrating proven 3M biometric authentication is another step in the platform’s evolution — a stride that continues our focus on properly protecting customer identities.” Both new and existing IdentityGuard customers will be able to benefit from the biometric boost to security. This allows for streamlined and strong logical access control for cloud and internal systems. Teresa Wu, who manages 3M Cogent’s global biometric portfolio expands on the collaboration: “Entrust and 3M have complementary offerings in the identity management marketplace — from digital certificate management to identity document […]

Vecna And Fujitsu Announce Strategic Partnership To Deliver A Patient Biometric Identification And Registration Solution

Posted by dtaitano 4:01 pm Categories: Biometrics. Tags: , , , , .

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Vecna , an innovative provider of patient self-service solutions, and Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc. , a leader in front-end solution technology, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver a complete biometric patient authentication solution. Fujitsu’s PalmSecure ® technology uses a near-infrared light to capture a patient’s palm vein pattern, generating a unique biometric template for identification verification. Vecna’s On-Site Registration solution enables patients to update demographics, pay bills, verify insurance, and print directions to their care provider. This joint solution reduces organizational expenses associated with manual data entry, prevents fraudulent behavior at the point-of-service, and reduces problems associated with duplicate records in the Master Patient Index. “Our On-Site Registration kiosks optimize patient communication at the point-of-service,” comments Ben Bau, Vice President and General Manager of Patient Self-Service Solutions at Vecna. “By working with Fujitsu’s PalmSecure solution, we’re able to complement barcode scanning, manual authentication, and credit card authorization with a biometric identification solution to offer patients and their providers valuable time-saving services.” “Since palm vein patterns are unique to each person, it is impossible to forge an individual’s identity,” says Randy Fox, Vice President, Currency Handling and Identity Product Solutions, Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc. “Also, because this innovative technology is highly accurate, healthcare systems are provided with an extra layer of necessary identity verification protection.” Vecna and Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc. will be exhibiting at HIMSS in booth #652 from February 24 – 27. For more information […]

Central Bank of Nigeria Kicks Off $50M Biometric ATM Project

Posted by dtaitano 5:39 am Categories: Biometrics. Tags: , , , , .

While one bank in China tests the waters of biometric authentication at the ATM , an entire nation in Africa is taking the plunge. On Feb. 14, the Central Bank of Nigeria rolled out the first phase of its $50 million plan to migrate to fingerprint ID across all of the country’s ATMs and POS devices.  At a launch ceremony in Lagos, CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi said fingerprint ID will enable customers of all Nigerian banks to initiate cardless transactions at the POS or ATM. "Thanks to the latest biometric technology, this will give Nigeria one of the most convenient and secure financial systems in the world," Sanusi said. Dermalog Identification Systems of Hamburg, Germany, has been chosen as vendor for the project.  The company won an international tender for the project in autumn of 2013.  "Fraud is one of the biggest challenges in the Nigerian banking sector," said Günther Mull, CEO of Dermalog. "Thanks to secure and convenient fingerprint identification, in future it will no longer be possible to fake and misuse identities. This will solve one of the most pressing problems for the Central Bank of Nigeria." The system also will make life easier for bank customers, who will no longer have to remember PINs or passwords but will simply place their finger on the reader to authenticate their identity, the bank said.

Japan Pushes Next-Generation Surveillance Techniques

Posted by dtaitano 4:56 pm Categories: Biometric RFID. Tags: , , , , .

TOKYO — Projects are under way at Japanese universities to develop new personal authentication technologies using individuals’ habits and unconscious behaviors that are hard to be imitated, hoping to turn them into commercial use by 2020.       Conventional methods use fingerprints, irides and facial images to prevent personal fraud. Experts warn these security methods are still vulnerable to identity theft.      A research team led by Yuji Watanabe, an associate professor at Nagoya City University, is working on software designed to discern people’s identities from movements and the speed at which their fingers operate smartphones. The software also aims to capture particular habits when users touch handsets for the first time. The system is said to verify identification with an accuracy of more than 93%. The university hopes to start joint development of the system with companies within a few years.      A team led by Mutsumi Watanabe, a professor at Kagoshima University, is developing a system to recognize people’s identities through handwriting done in the air with fingers. This handwriting is said to be distinct from person to person. The technology is expected to be used at security gates in schools and offices.      A team led by professor Yoshinobu Kajikawa of Kansai University is studying a biometric authentication method that focuses on people’s lip motion. It can verify identities with 94% accuracy.      A gait recognition system, developed by professor Yasushi Yagi of Osaka University, will soon be put into practical use […]