Securitas Systems has acquired F+H electronic in Germany. The company offers electronic security systems solutions and services to the industrial and banking sector.
vps ID Systeme GmbH has recently becomes a subsidiary of Digital Identification Solutions AG. As a wholly owned subsidiary, vps will continue to operate in the market as a separate company.
Gemalto has opened a new Personalization Service Center in Brazil in order to better address the demand of its customers in the finance and public sectors of the Brazilian and South Cone markets (Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina).
BIO-key International Inc. and Tiger IT recently announced a project to deliver a biometric-based credentialing solution for the Bangladeshi Voter Registration Project.
- By Brent Dirks
- Aug 14, 2007
Selling cars is big business. But for Nick Whale’s BMW dealership in Warwick, England, selling cars also came with a huge cost -- up to $1 million in damages per year from theft and vandalism.
- By Brent Dirks
- Jul 26, 2007
SECURITY has always been an issue of vital importance to aviation authorities all over the world. Airports and airlines are doing more to ensure that only authorized individuals have access to secure areas. For efficiency purposes, new security practices must be streamlined.
- By Robert Anderson
- Mar 02, 2007
SEPTEMBER 2006 marked the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, sparking widespread debate on whether the United States is any safer today than it was on that fateful day in 2001. Since 9/11, much has been done to promote greater vigilance of both foreign and homegrown terrorist activities. But until another successful or unsuccessful terrorist attack, the nation may never know the complete answer.
- By Mike Hammons
- Jan 02, 2007
THE fluctuating state of global migration, combined with international terrorism threats, make ID verification increasingly important at border crossings. According to Customs and Border Protection, in 2005, the United States had an average of 1.2 million visitors per day at the 314 land, air and seaports last year.
- By Alain Jutant
- Dec 01, 2006
THANKS to being almost 1,000 miles away from any land mass, the Galapagos Islands on the Pacific Ocean are famous for the unique and self-supporting habitat that contains thousands of species of plants and animals native to the area.
- By Brent Dirks
- Dec 01, 2006
FORGED passports may be a cliché in movies, but making sure passports are authentic and presented by the real owner is serious business. Homeland security, the safety of air travel and, ultimately, lives are at stake.
- By Jeffrey Ross
- Nov 01, 2006
THE arrest of 24 British suspects in the plot to blowup commercial airlines using liquid explosives made chaos of air travel and raised concerns about airport security worldwide.
- By Col. Timothy D. Ringgold
- Oct 01, 2006
A leading detector manufacturer recently recalled smoke/heat detectors that had been manufactured over a period of several months last year.
- By Bill Rossiter, Rick Heffernan
- Oct 01, 2006