biometric
Morpho Partners With IntegenX To Offer Rapid DNA Identification Technology
Morpho (Safran), the world leader in biometric solutions, is joining with IntegenX, the market leader in rapid DNA technology, to offer DNA identification solutions providing DNA profiles in approximately 90 minutes. Morpho will partner with IntegenX to market its RapidHIT® System to law enforcement and government agencies in select countries around the world. Based on […]
Kenya’s Biometric Registration Campaign Sparks Concerns Over Transparency
Nairobi, Kenya — As part of its ongoing efforts to improve security, the Kenyan government announced plans to register and collect biometric data on all citizens age 12 and older by the end of 2014. But not everyone thinks the ambitious plan is achievable or transparent in its objectives. Deputy President William Ruto announced the […]
Public Schools In Saudi Arabia Going Biometric To Thwart Class Cutting
Several public schools across the Kingdom have implemented a biometric fingerprinting system to improve attendance. The new system is linked with an electronic software device to keep parents informed of absence and delays. The move comes despite the ministry?s assertion that it has not endorsed the fingerprinting system for teachers, although employees at several ministry […]
Six Flags Unveils Biometric Scanner For Season Pass Entrance
A new scanning system at Six Flags sounds like it’s from the future, but the biometric scanner aims to make faster entrances for season pass holders. When guests arrive at the front gate for the first time of the season, they will present their voucher and a scanner processes an image of their fingerprint, assigning […]
GCR Introduces “AirportIQ Secure Credentials” – A Biometric Security And Continuous Credentialing Solution
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 include the continuous validation of background; verification of the identity of aviation workers; binding of biometric and biographic information to the individual; and improving the […]
Facial Recognition Market ? Global Research Report, Size, Share And Forecast, 2013-2019
Facial recognition technology as a biometric security measure has gained significant traction in recent years driven by growth in security measures around the globe which itself is propelled by rise in incidents of crime and terrorism. The components of facial recognition market include hardware, software, and services. Software utilized in this industry include modeling, database, […]
Biometric Startup Quixter Demos Pay-By-Palm Technology
NFC for mobile payments has struggled with adoption. Not least because the user needs to have an NFC-enabled phone in order to be able to make these contactless payments –in addition to the retailer itself being set up to accept NFC payments. Now there is an alternative payment technology that strips away one layer of […]
Biometrics Technology Market Worth $11Billion In 2015 Claims MarketsandMarkets
The ‘Global Biometrics Technology Market – Market Forecast by Products, End-User Application and Geography’, analyzes the biometrics market by different biometrics technologies and applications. It studies the major drivers, restraints, and opportunities in the regions. Geographic regions studied in this report include North America, Asia, Europe, and Rest of World (ROW). The biometrics market is […]
STANLEY Security Receives Lenel Factory Certification Under Lenel?s OpenAccess Alliance Program
STANLEY Security announced that it has received Lenel factory certification and joined the Lenel OpenAccess Alliance Program (OAAP). STANLEY Security’s EyeLock product line interfaces with the OnGuard access control system to provide end-users with a single, critical database for access control and iris biometric identification data. “STANLEY Security has completed required factory testing at Lenel […]
FST Biometrics Honored With Second SIA NPS Award At ISC West 2014
FST Biometrics, the leading biometric access control solutions provider, was recognized at ISC West 2014 with a Security Industry Association (SIA) New Product Showcase (NPS) Award. This premier awards program was established in 1979 to recognize innovative products, services and solutions in electronic physical security. Technologies showcased through this program are used in the protection […]
Electoral Commission Of Ghana Upgrades Biometric Verification Machines
The Electoral Commission of Ghana says it has successfully upgraded the Biometric Verification Machines used in the 2012 general elections to prevent them from shutting down unexpectedly. EC director of training Augustine Okrah recently spoke about the upgrade of the machines at the Regional Consultative Forum on the Public Elections Regulations (C.I.75), explaining that “once […]
U.S. Congressman From Texas Introduces Bill To Protect Personal Biometric Information
Texas Congressman Steve Stockman introduced H.R. 4381, the Biometric Information Privacy Act. It would protect a consumer’s personal physiological biometric information from being passed onto third parties. Biometric data include personal identifying information such as DNA, fingerprints, retinal scans, or facial scanning, converted into binary code. “Consumers should not have to worry about third parties […]
Next Generation Biometric Market Worth $23.54 Billion By 2020
According to the new market research report “Next Generation Biometric Market by Technology, Function, Application & Geography – Forecasts & Analysis 2014 – 2020”, published by MarketsandMarkets, the biometric market will be worth $23.54 Billion by 2020 at an estimated CAGR of 17.6%. Browse 158 market data tables, 59 figures spread through 352 pages, and […]
DigitalPersona Fingerprint Biometric Solutions Improve Security And Service In Latin America Banks
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 customer identities in more than 800 banks and 1,000 Pension Fund Offices throughout Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil. Coppel Corporation also maintains similar biometrics-based solutions in […]
Iris ID Releases iCAM Manager Software Development Kit
ISC West was a major event in the world of physical access control verticals and as was discussed in the latest findBIOMETRICS primer, biomtertic technology has an immense number of applications when it comes to keeping areas protected via identity management. Iris ID, formerly LG Iris, has been taking full advantage of the stage that […]
3M Cogent Biometric Access Control Readers Added To Schneider Electric?s Security And Building Management Solutions
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, MiY readers are now integrated with Andover Continuum CyberStation 1.91 or greater. The first complete integration of the MiY solution for user and credential management […]
Primer: What We Talk About When We Talk About Biometric Physical Access Control
ISC West 2014, which is underway in Las Vegas and will be running through Friday, is playing host to a large number of biometrics vendors and professionals involved in physical access control. Now is naturally a great time to explore the exciting and versatile world of biometric physical access control.
Border Control: USA Still Waiting On Biometric Exit Says IBIA
The Department of Homeland Security’s policy chief David Heyman explains: “The United States did not build its border, aviation, and port infrastructure with exit screening in mind.” The IBIA released a report this week detailing what it has dubbed as the unfulfilled mandate of biometric exit in the United States. The document is largely based […]
Vision-Box Extends Biometrics And Improves Passenger Experience At Airport Touch Points
While for some, managing identity by applying biometrics at all airport touch points is still considered to be a vision, Vision-Box® is paving the way by demonstrating how it concretely work in a real traveler life context, at Passenger Terminal Expo 2014, one of the most highly regarded airport terminal conferences in the world, taking […]
Facial Recognition Now 97% Accurate
Facebook’s new facial recognition project claims to match faces with 97.25 per cent accuracy. After three solid days of networking, presentations, and deal-making for the biometrics and identification community, the inaugural Connect:ID conference many biometric milestones where celebrated. Almost two years ago, Facebook bought Face.com, an Israeli start-up that specialised in face-recognition software. Given the […]