Tag Archives: Biometrics

Natural Security Privacy Rules Lead the Way for End User Privacy

Following recent consumer trials in France and with San Jose State University (SJSU) in the US, authentication standard provider Natural Security has released its significant new privacy rules. The best practice guidelines are designed to guarantee the privacy and security of end-users for organisations implementing Natural Security technology. Natural Security’s core values include privacy and [...]

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Revolutionary Face Recognition Media Exploitation System Now Available to Enhance Public Safety in Europe

Allevate and Tygart join forces to offer a solution that automates forensic bulk-processing of media for intelligence purposes to cost-constrained European Law Enforcement. Already proven with US Federal agencies to provide an “Order of Magnitude” efficiency gain and significantly enhanced identification of suspects. Allevate Limited and Tygart Technology have announced their strategic collaboration to help [...]

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Leveraging Lumidigm Sensors, Innometriks’ New Rhino Touch Makes Self-Service Validation of CAC/TWIC/PIV Cards Easy

Lumidigm has  announced thos week that Innometriks has embedded Lumidigm’s V-Series multispectral fingerprint sensors into its new Rhino Touch reader that will be introduced at the ISC West Show, Booth 22126 in the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas, April 10-12. The new Rhino Touch can be deployed as a self-service CAC/TWIC/PIV identification validation device [...]

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Ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge Upgrading Biometrics to Lumidigm’s Fingerprint Readers

Needed More Secure and Intuitive Solution than Previous Biometric Could Deliver Lumidigm has announced that Alfapass, the provider of the security smart card system at the Ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge in Belgium, is replacing the older biometric system at the ports’ registration stations with Lumidigm V-Series multispectral imaging fingerprint readers. The Port of Antwerp [...]

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NFC, biometrics, PoE and wireless systems : Access Control Continues to Innovate by Embracing New Technology in 2013

  by Mike Sussman, Engineering and Operations Director at TDSi The pace of change in the security industry is staggering and no less so within the access control segment. The last few years have seen a huge shift in the integration of security, with terms such as PSIM becoming an everyday part of the security specialist’s [...]

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Business Creation Manager appointed by Wavestore

Wavestore has further strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Iain Cundy as Business Creation Manager. Iain is well known within the electronic security industry having for the last two years been Demand Creation Manager for Panasonic and he was previously the Sales Manager for JVC. Working alongside other members of Wavestore’s fast growing sales [...]

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Human Recognition Systems maps out the airport passenger experience of the future

Human Recognition Systems (HRS) has today confirmed the successful trial demonstration of an innovative, forward thinking passenger journey experience to Gatwick Airport. The concept behind the trial simulation was to illustrate the ‘art of the possible’ in terms of enhancing and quite importantly personalising each passenger’s journey through the airport.   In order to showcase this [...]

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New Biometric Homeless Services Management System in Bergen County New Jersey

A couple of years ago Fulcrum Biometrics announced that the company was working with New Jersey Business Systems’ Eyemetric division to develop and deploy the system based on the FbF® modular development framework. This week a case study was published regarding Bergen County’s new Biometrics Data Management System (BDMS) and how it has enabled the Department of Human Services  to [...]

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Andy Green, technical content specialist at Varonis- Is DNA Really Personally Identifiable Information (PII)? No. Maybe? Yes!

Biometric data is at the limits of what current personal data privacy laws consider worthy of protection. This type of identifier covers fingerprints, voiceprints, and facial images. While the risk factors are not nearly as threatening to consumers as more traditional PII, they do exist. Until recently, the dangers of biometric identification using DNA were [...]

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New Biometric Terminals For Employee Self Service And Workforce Management From Accu-Time Systems

Accu-Time Systems, the leading global provider of biometric and non-biometric workforce management tools, has announced the immediate availability of the new Universal Series of terminals. This innovative range of workforce management and time and attendance terminals feature larger, full colour touchscreen displays, faster processors and rugged keypads as well as offering different card and biometric [...]

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