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Zebra P640i printers register eight million Angolan voters using biometric data
With an area of almost 1.25 million square kilometres, Angola is five times the size of the UK. Zebra P640i printers have been used to register eight million Angolan voters using biometric data, ahead of the first elections in the country for the past 16 years. The printers were used in mobile registration centres set up in each of the country’s 18 provinces. The voters’ identity was verified and biographical and biometric fingerprint data, with a digital photograph, were printed and encoded on the card. In all 700 P640i secure id printers were supplied over an eight month period providi... [more]
Insight into Loss Prevention strategies at Retail Solutions 2008
Retail Solutions is moving to London, after more than 15 years at the NEC Birmingham, in order to provide retailers with greater access to the fast growing retail technology market and exhibitors include BT Expedite, Micros and Zetes. 2008 sees the relaunch of the popular Retail Solutions exhibition at ExCeL in London with an new conference programme run by Retail Week Conferences. The organisers have also announced that EDS is confirmed as the principle partner for the event. The Retail Week conference programme which will run alongside the free-to-attend exhibition will feature more... [more]
Showsec develops qualification course for restraining and ejecting unruly customers at events
The need to restrain and eject unruly customers at events is frequently believed to be a major role for event security companies. But, as Roy Wise, Training and Development Officer at Showsec, points out “Our focus is on the safety of the 99.99% of event goers who come to enjoy themselves peacefully. Our employees rarely have to deal with an ejection.” However, a handful of Showsec operatives, such as supervisors, incident response teams and club-based venue teams, are in the front line when it comes to carrying out this procedure. The company has worked with the conflict management centre ... [more]
Malware outbreak with Trojan horse masquerading as a media file
McAfee Avert Labs has reported the most significant malware outbreak in three years with more than 500,000 detections of a Trojan horse masquerading as a media file. Since Friday May 2nd, more than half a million instances of the Trojan have been detected on consumer PCs running. The malicious MP3 music or MPEG video files have appeared on popular file-sharing services such as Limewire and eDonkey. McAfee rates the threat "medium" risk. No other malware has received that risk rating since 2005. All other threats since then were rated lower on the severity scale. "This is one of the mo... [more]
ACT access control solution protects Redland Green School
ADI-GARDINER, along with Bristol based Security Solutions Direct, has supplied the Redland Green School with a comprehensive access control solution to protect the new £36million site. The ACTpro 3000 system from ACT was specifically chosen to provide a secure environment for the brand new school – a stimulating learning environment for over 900 pupils, with dedicated facilities for 50 students with learning difficulties. The system was originally chosen to monitor access to key entrances but, following meetings with the Bristol Education Authority, the system was expanded to accommodate o... [more]
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