EDS recently announced the Department of Veterans Affairs awarded EDS an $11.6 million contract to help the department develop and provide personal identity verification (PIV) card solutions to all VA employees, affiliates and contractors.
A recent report released by the Federal Trade Commission estimates 8.3 million Americans fell victim to identity theft in 2005.
Information technology leaders visiting the Microsoft Partner Solutions Center on Microsoft Corp.’s Redmond, Wash., campus can now experience hands-on live simulation of digital security solutions from Gemalto.
The results of a nationwide survey of online shoppers recently released by Guard ID Systems, Inc. found that 91 percent of those surveyed handle their account credentials in an unsafe manner.
These awards recognize security and IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and solutions.
Gemalto's vice president urged DHS and congress to make privacy and data security the highest priorities in ID programs.
The Coast Guard has a difficult assignment -- securing more than 95,000 miles of America’s coastal borders.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Nov 20, 2007
Savi Technology has recently begun deploying solar-powered RFID readers and signposts, enabling customers in the defense and commercial sectors to conserve energy and reduce costs while tracking supplies in real-time.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced that in the first year of operation, its biometrics-at-sea program has been a success and accomplished its intended goals.
For the first time, drivers can pay for their gasoline with just the touch of a finger thanks to a new payment method Shell Oil Products US is piloting in the Chicago area.
In large cities all across the United States, something as simple as crossing a street can allow criminals to fly under the radar for years.
- By Brent Dirks
- Nov 13, 2007
As this year’s holiday season approaches, credit card transactions may be a little more secure thanks to standards adopted by the payment card industry.
ASK TongFang has been selected to manufacture the contactless inlays for 12.2 million RFID tickets at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.
As an outgrowth of its Global Security Task Force research and development program, Diebold, Incorporated recently released its new Advanced Skimming Detection technology for ATMs.
Blackboard Inc. and Sony recently announced a partnership to support Sony FeliCa contactless technology in the Blackboard Commerce Suite.
Texas Instruments recently unveiled the RF360, the first smart integrated circuit (IC) platform to be developed specifically to meet the rigorous demands of the contactless government electronic identification market
Retail operations large and small have a need for single- or multi-purpose ID cards for employees. Consumer loyalty or gift cards with stored balances also are growing in popularity as revenue drivers. Traditionally, this card-printing function has been outsourced, but affordable and efficient card printers make it possible to bring identification and loyalty card printing back onsite.
- By Kathryn Lodato
- Nov 05, 2007
Facial recognition technology has entered a new dimension. It has left the flat world of machine-readable 2-D photographs and entered the world of 3-D.
- By Matthew Bogart
- Nov 05, 2007
Brivo Systems LLC, provider of Web applications for access control and security systems, recently announced that the Friendship Children’s Center has installed Brivo ACS at two childcare facilities in the greater Washington, D.C., area.
To better understand the threat that identity fraud and theft pose to personal and national security, the Center for Identity Management and Information Protection (CIMIP) has published the first-ever study of closed United States Secret Service cases involving identity theft.
RSI ID Technologies (RSI), a manufacturer of RFID antennas, inlays and tags, recently announced the release of a class of tamper-evident RFID tags.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "systems and methods configured to guide and manage laboratory analytical process control operations.
The health care industry is learning that smart cards can help by serving as a personal, portable patient record -- speeding up registration, reducing fraud, improving the quality of care and providing rapid access to critical information in an emergency.
- By Brent Dirks
- Oct 25, 2007
At the new Stargate theme park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, a real-time location system (RTLS) from Ekahau will provide comprehensive tracking of staff, portable equipment and, most importantly, children visiting the park.
- By Brent Dirks
- Oct 25, 2007
BIO-key International recently announced the ACT Center network is implementing BIO-key's fingerprint biometrics technology to ensure testing integrity and prevent identity misrepresentation.
NoviTech, a Swiss provider of turnkey solutions for access monitoring, is using an active RFID system from INGECOM to automatically monitor the location of its employees in real time.
- By Brent Dirks
- Oct 18, 2007
Texas Instruments (TI) recently announced it is applying core capabilities in contactless and power efficient microcontroller technologies along with advanced embedded memory for next generation government identification products.
Go to any hospital or healthcare provider, and you’ll always see things moving -- staff, equipment, medicine and, most important of all, patients.
- By Brent Dirks
- Oct 03, 2007
Since September 2001, the nation has undergone some significant changes in the way it addresses transportation security and, particularly, identity verification. For example, the TWIC program, governed under the auspices of the Transportation Security Administration, now requires that every transportation employee in America, at every port, terminal and station, be positively identified by a government-authorized credential in the form of a smart card.
- By John Petze
- Oct 02, 2007
Bioscrypt Inc., a provider of enterprise access control technology, recently announced that its V-Station MIFARE V9.50 has been approved by the Transportation Security Administration and placed on the TSA's "Biometrics for Access Control" Qualified Products List (QPL).
ImageWare Systems Inc., a developer of identity management solutions, recently announced a strategic, multi-year licensing agreement with Lockheed Martin for its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS).
Fortress Technologies, a provider of security and secure wireless solutions, recently announced that it successfully demonstrated a secure, wireless backbone as part of a deployable RFID “kit” during a III Marine Expeditionary Force exercise in Gladstone Port, Australia.
Starting Oct. 15, TransUnion will offer consumers in all 50 states the ability to freeze access to their credit files.
THE success of an identity management program begins at the heart of an organization’s business strategy. Ryerson, a leading distributor and processor of metal, based in Chicago, is guided by three fundamental principles, one of which is an intense focus on operating efficiency.
- By Sharon Steinhoff-Smith
- Sep 21, 2007
While biometrics continue the march toward mainstream acceptance, the United Kingdom is using fingerprint information from visa applicants to protect the country’s borders.
- By Brent Dirks
- Sep 18, 2007
BIO-key International Inc. and Tiger IT recently announced a project to deliver a biometric-based credentialing solution for the Bangladeshi Voter Registration Project.
LaserCard Corp. and Tesla Motors recently announced the successful implementation of an optical memory card-based LaserPass Secure Access System for Tesla's corporate headquarters in San Carlos, Calif.
NEC Corp. has developed a multi-RFID reader/writer (a device that can both read and write tag data) supporting three major RFID (IC) tag frequencies (13.56MHz, UHF band and 2.45GHz), as well as the world's most used protocols
According to the poll, 89 percent of Americans agree that state and federal lawmakers should pass laws restricting the use of Social Security numbers.