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.
The company believes that this patent is valuable in the portable lock market. For many years, consumers have been using portable locks, such as padlocks and combination locks, to secure personal belongings in lockers and storage cabinets.
EARLIER this year, information technology and computer security publications buzzed with reports that RFID-based proximity cards could be cloned.
- By Joerg Borchert
- Sep 05, 2007
Under the terms of the merger agreement, Saflink will acquire all of the outstanding shares of IdentiPHI in a stock-for-stock transaction.
When managers at Ingersoll Rand sought to enhance the efficiency of their dealer sales channel, they turned to a Web access and identity management solution for help. This global manufacturer of industrial products and services distributes some of the world’s most popular industrial brands.
- By Jim McDonald
- Sep 01, 2007
With almost every major PC manufacturer integrating silicon chip fingerprint sensors in their products, the market appears set to thrive.
Security is always a selling point for the self-storage industry and customers who take advantage of having an extra place to store everything under the sun.
- By Brent Dirks
- Aug 30, 2007
DISPELLING myths and misunderstandings about biometrics and its increasingly common use in everyday professional and personal lives is a tough task, even in these modern, technologically-advanced times.
- By Mizan Rahman
- Aug 17, 2007
- By Brent Dirks
- Aug 06, 2007