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OmniPerception appoints new CEO
OmniPerception has appointed Dr Stewart Hefferman as its CEO to help continue to drive efforts to establish the company as a world leader in biometric technology. Stewart joins the company after four years as COO at TSSI Systems where he led the strategic development of the company and was responsible for exploring new markets and revenue opportunities.
His tenure as COO saw him negotiate and sign a five-year agreement to supply biometric products to a major UK PLC; negotiate a £750k tender t... [more]
Posted on 29/06/2009 in
Biometric Systems
Security industry
Idscan Biometrics opens Idscan Bespoke software development division
Idscan Biometrics has formally launched its latest business: Idscan Bespoke, its software development division.
Over the past four years Idscan Biometrics have become experts in biometrics, age verification, ID card reading and bluetooth technologies. The new business aims to quickly understand the differing requirements and needs of each client; Idscan Bespoke will evaluate the business and report on the OCR, biometric or multi-biometric prospects for software development.
It will operate... [more]
Posted on 19/06/2009 in
Access Control
Biometric Systems
Price and legislation continue to be hurdles that limit the use of biometrics
With government agencies continuing to benefit from the use of fingerprint devices, other industries have started to follow suit as the interest surrounding biometrics grows. Fingerprint solutions are now becoming more commonplace within airports and for border control applications.
Within healthcare they have found a niche in the protection of patient records while in more industrial areas, such as manufacturing, there is an increasing requirement for fingerprint biometrics in time and atte... [more]
Posted on 04/06/2009 in
Access Control
Biometric Systems
IT Network and Computer Security
Companies fail to take precautions to secure the weakest link in their information infrastructure - paper
Recent well documented stories in the media have shown how easy it is to cause breaches in security by careless handling of paper documents. IT managers need to understand that not all attacks are malicious, and employees can inadvertently be involved in accidental data loss.
While millions of pounds have been spent by corporations on security networks to ensure that data entering and leaving cannot be accessed by anyone without permission, many companies still fail to take any precautions ... [more]
Posted on 29/05/2009 in
Access Control
Biometric Systems
IT Network and Computer Security
SeMarket BioFaceAlert facial biometric solution selected by the Spanish Ministry of Defence
CWID (Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration) is an important annual technological demonstration organised by the Spanish government and orientated primarily at evaluating security solutions for the military market. Only a pre-selected number of companies are chosen to attend the annual event which has the aim of improving the interoperability and the security of systems.
Participation in the CWID event extends to the armed forces of the USA, CCEB countries, Australia, Canada, N... [more]
Posted on 25/05/2009 in
Access Control
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