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ValidSoft joins “Get Safe Online” to help consumers protect themselves
posted on 06/01/2012

ValidSoft , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elephant Talk Communications, Corp., an international provider of business software to the telecommunications and the financial services industry, joined Get Safe Online. Get Safe Online is a joint initiative between the UK government, law enforcement, businesses and the public to provide computer users and small businesses with free, independent, user-friendly advice that will allow them to use the internet confidently, safely and securely. GetSafeOnline.org managing director, Tony Neate, said, “Making sure internet users are aware of the risks and have the tools to help protect themselves is a challenging task. It needs cooperation from multiple stakeholders to be as effective as possible – from individual internet users, through to businesses, technology providers, law enforcement and government. Get Safe Online is delighted to welcome ValidSoft on board to support our efforts.” “Get Safe Online is a recognized as a high-value brand tha... [more]

Tiger IT creates AFIS/Iris matching system for Bangladesh’s RAB leveraging Lumidigm Advantage
posted on 05/01/2012

Tiger IT Bangladesh Limited introduces a complete criminal identity solution, including iris and fingerprint biometrics and a database upgrade, to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) office in Bangladesh. Tiger IT sought out Lumidigm’s reliable Venus fingerprint sensors for the project in order to provide the RAB with the best tools available for tracking and investigating criminal activities. “Lumidigm has an advantage, in that their multispectral imaging technology collects unique fingerprint characteristics from both the surface and subsurface of the skin,” explains Rifat Abedin, Tiger IT vice president of business development. “The additional fingerprint characteristics that Lumidigm sensors capture allow for improved accuracy in identification and verification, even with an uncooperative suspect.” Tiger IT began work on the project in June and has successfully migrated the original RAB database into the new files. Training was provided by Tiger IT and concluded in October. Tiger IT... [more]

VoiceVault Advanced Wireless Microphone Now Available With Digital Ally’s DVM-500Plus In-Car Video System
posted on 05/01/2012

Digital Ally, Inc., which develops, manufactures and sells advanced law enforcement video systems, LIDAR speed guns and fleet event recorders, announced that all new orders of the DVM-500Plus In-Car Video System will now include the VoiceVault™ Advanced Wireless Microphone at no additional cost to the customer. Previously only available with the DVM-750 In-Car Video System, the VoiceVault offers the same extended range, voice optimization and noise filtering, and fully digital audio transmission with true frequency hopping technology as the previous DVM-500Plus system’s mic. However, it also offers the industry-first feature of recording up to two hours of audio evidence onto On-Board Solid State Memory when the mic is out of range or the signal to the in-car video system is interrupted. The VoiceVault also records its own metadata to later link with recordings from the in-car video system for the same incidents when loaded into Digital Ally’s VideoManager software. For more informati... [more]

TKH Security Solutions welcomes newly joined Siqura for an integrated security management system
posted on 03/01/2012

Siqura B.V. is now part of TKH Security Solutions, a close-knit collection of five companies working together to provide integrated and complete security management systems for critical infrastructure, traffic, public transit, healthcare, financial institution, public building, and government applications. Each company has a longstanding history of over 35 years as an expert in its particular field of the security industry, including access control, intrusion detection, video surveillance, security management, and intercom communications systems. Siqura surveillance solutions will contribute its technology, expertise, and support in video networking to TKH Security Solutions. Unified sales structure Siqura sales offices have merged with those of TKH Security Solutions. The entire TKH Security Solutions offering will be marketed and sold under the TKH Security Solutions name. This ensures a unified regional sales front for each market, allowing current and potential customers to have ju... [more]

Confident Technologies gives its 2012 Authentication Predictions
posted on 22/12/2011

As we quickly approach the end of the year, here are some Confident Technologies’ top 5 authentication predications for 2012. They include authentication trends that we think will emerge next year, as well as some predictions about some specific attacks that could happen next year. 1. BYOMD (bring your own mobile device) will spell big trouble for businesses in terms of data loss in 2012. Employees and contractors are increasingly bringing their personal smartphones and tablets to work and using the devices for a blend of personal and business related activities. 2012 will bring even more of this and we’ll see a few high-profile incidents of enterprise data loss resulting from allowing employees to connect their personal mobile devices to the company network without proper security protocols in place. The end result will be more businesses enforcing stricter authentication and security policies, particularly in regards to what information can be accessed, used and stored on mobile dev... [more]

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