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Dear readers,
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Port of Los Angeles Awards Unisys Biometric ID Authentication and Access Control Contract
BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Port Authority of Los Angeles has contracted with Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) to design and manage an identification and access control system, using smart card and biometric technologies, to identify workers who require access to restricted areas in the port.
The three-year contract is part of the federal Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC) program, a joint effort of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the U.S. Coast Guard to help secure the nation’s maritime transportation system. It was established under the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, which calls for a comprehensive, consistent security program for the nation’s ports to identify and deter threats.
BusinessWire
Date: 2008-04-16 |
Cairo Amman Bank rolls out IrisGuard biometric technology
Jordan's Cairo Amman Bank (CAB) is rolling out iris recognition technology across its network of ATMs and to teller and customer service desks in over 70 branches. CAB will deploy the IrisGuard iBank suite IG-AD100 iris cameras at all teller and customer service desks across its 70-odd branches in Jordan and Palestine. The bank's 190 ATMs will also be fitted with the cameras.
The vendor says the biometric technology will be used to authenticate banking transactions for all customers. The system reduces the risk of fraud, identity theft and unauthorised access, says the vendor. The product incorporates digital certificates and encryption identity security techniques such as digital certificates and encryption to ensure the integrity and privacy of biometric data transmitted across networks.
L-1 Identity Solutions acquires Bioscrypt
Acquisition is part of ongoing effort to become a one-stop shop for identity needs.The acquisition of Toronto-based Bioscrypt Inc. is the latest purchase for the Stamford, Conn.-based company, L-1 Identity Solutions. Over the years the company also acquired Viisage, Identix, Integrated Biometric Technology, SecuriMetrics, Iridian, SpecTal, ComnetiX, McClendon and Advanced Concepts Inc. “L-1 is the first true consolidator to emerge in the biometrics and identity space,” says Jeremy Grant, senior vice president and identity solutions analyst at the Stanford Group Company.
L-1’s all-stock purchase of Bioscrypt is estimated to cost the company $43.8 million and is expected to be approved by Bioscrypt’s board of directors by the end of March.
ContactlessNews
Date: 2008-04-15 |
Finger new lunch ticket for Seminole kids
Fingers are going to be used as lunchroom tickets in a third Seminole County school cafeteria in a switch from student numbers to biometrics that slowly is progressing from school to school without the promised public debate on the controversial issue.
Officials said early last year, when they decided to pilot finger scanners at Pine Crest Elementary, that they would have a public hearing before the scanners were put to widespread use in the schools.
But then they put the scanners in Hagerty High last fall, and now they are going in Millennium Middle.
All with the School Board carefully sidestepping an official vote on using the technology - which would open the floor for public debate - at their attorney's advice. No vote is needed on pilot projects, they say.
Orlando Sentinel
Date: 2008-04-15 |
Dutch transit card crippled by multihacks
The introduction of the Dutch public RFID transit pass will be delayed because it can be easily hacked.
The final blow was given by researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London, who confirmed earlier findings by Dutch Institute TNO that the card isn't properly secured.
The Dutch Green Party and the Social Party have called for a complete halt to the card's development. They say introduction of the card would be totally irresponsible...
The Register
Date: 2008-04-16 |
Biometric methadone dispensers tested on UK lags
NEC is supplying the Prison Service with biometric methadone dispensers in up to 100 prisons.
The machines will check prisoners' fingerprints or iris scans to access their medical record before dispensing the correct dose of methadone.
The five year contract is starting with 72 prisons and began in December 2007. The deal is actually with the Department of Health, which is getting Primary Care Trusts to install the machines in their local prisons.
Using the machines is not compulsory for prisoners requiring methadone but take-up, we're told, is high.
The Register
Date: 2008-04-16 |
BioGuard unveils palm vein authentication system
BioGuard, a leading provider of biometric solutions for a wide variety of applications, today announced the launch of PalmGuard, an advanced biometric authentication system for verifying an individual's identity by recognizing the unique pattern of veins in the palm.
Combining Fujitsu's breakthrough palm vein authentication technology with BioGuard's compact product design and powerful management software, PalmGuard™ maximizes accuracy and ease of use for security-based applications.
Validity's Fingerprint Sensor Receives Frost & Sullivan Product Differentiation Innovation of the Year Award
Validity Sensors, Inc., a privately-held biometric sensor company specializing in convenient, secure and reliable fingerprint authentication solutions for information, communication and entertainment devices, announced today that it has received the Frost & Sullivan 2008 Global Non-AFIS Fingerprint Silicon Sensors Product Differentiation Innovation of the Year Award.
Validity has earned this Award for its high-quality performance in the world non-automated fingerprint identification system (non-AFIS) fingerprint silicon sensors market. The Award acknowledges the technical consistency of the VFS201 fingerprint sensor product that has helped the company gain market traction, particularly in the notebook PC space.
Regulatory compliance 'irrelevant' to security
Companies who get hung up on regulatory compliance are developing a false sense of security which leaves them just as open to malware attacks the chief exec of tools vendor Protegrity has warned.
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was developed by the major credit card companies as a means to bolster the security posture of organisations that process card payments.The 12 point guidelines framed by PCI DSS are a basic list of "thou shalt" (or shalt not) commandments for network security covering the need to run a firewall, maintain up to date anti-virus software, encrypt cardholder data, and the like. A revision of the standard (version 1.1) covering web application security is due to come into force in June.
The Register
Date: 2008-04-15 |
Stop employees from leaking your corporate data
You might know how to secure your network devices and datacenters to keep your corporate intelligence safe. But do you know how to teach your employees how to guard against attacks -- not generically, but based on the work they do?Experts suggest that a well-constructed security plan involves customized training by job function. You need to tell your HR people to manage personnel files that might reside in multiple locations, your facilities crew to watch out for people entering the building with fake IDs, and your salespeople to guard access to the company's CRM system.
Trusting an employee with access to mission-critical or sensitive systems is a risky but unavoidable gamble. Let's face it: People are wild cards. In fact, let's take the gambling analogy a step further. Just as casinos thwart cheaters at every table or station on their floors, so, too, can IT officials thwart breaches by customizing security plans for individual employees in every zone of their companies.
InfoWorld
Date: 2008-04-14 |
Be sure of making the complete case
Governments and administrations are transient. And however complex, they are simple when compared with the complexities that surround how ID cards may be taken to and applied by the population. ID cards are only part of the identity management solution - not the solution - nothing ever is, writes Daniel G Dresner of the National Computing Centre.Let's be sure of the business case for ID management, and then we can hone the requirements. IT without complete requirements - we've all been there. So far the business case put forward is piecemeal, suggesting partial benefits that fit the concerns of the day - but no definitive political reasoning.
ComputerWeekly
Date: 2008-04-14 |
Immigration under fire on biometrics
THE Department of Immigration and Citizenship has defended its biometrics project following an Auditor General's report that said it was behind schedule and without proper cost-benefit analysis.
An Australian National Audit Office report released in February made several recommendations for the department's biometrics system, and identity branch assistant secretary Jannette Haughton said it had accepted these and the project was on track to use up its $42.8 million budget.
The department's biometric project ties the identity services repository database to the facial recognition and fingerprint systems being introduced across its detention centres.
Australian IT
Date: 2008-04-15 |
Nederlands
Zetes levert biometrisch paspoort in Ivoorkust
Ivoorkust heeft ervoor gekozen om in de toekomst met een elektronisch biometrisch te werken. Zetes wordt voor 15 jaar de technische partner van het bedrijf dat de concessie heeft gewonnen.
De opdracht werd voor 15 jaar gegund aan SNEDAI (Société Nationale d'Edition de Documents Administratifs et d'Identification). In akkoord met Ivoorkust heeft de SNEDAI voor Zetes gekozen als exclusieve technische partner voor dezelfde periode van 15 jaar.
Het contract tussen SNEDAI en Zetes omvat de installatie en het beheer in Abidjan van een personalisatie-eenheid voor Elektronische paspoorten, de oprichting van 9 registratiecentra, en biometrische ontdubbeling(AFIS).
http://www.nrcnext.nl/projecten/covers/article1053171.ece
Een middagje knutselen. Zo eenvoudig is het misleiden van een vingerafdruksensor. Kortom, hoe veilig is het om alle paspoorten met een vingerafdruk uit te rusten?Rotterdam, 16 april. Bliep-bliep! Hacken is niet voorbehouden aan Duitse computernerds. Ook wij, twee vrouwen van 28 jaar, redacteuren bij nrc.next met een gezonde interesse voor, maar geen vakkennis van techniek, kunnen een vingerafdrukscanner van Microsoft om de tuin leiden. Het kost enkel een middag fotograferen, printen, lijmen en knippen.
De Fingerprint Reader (adviesprijs: 44,95 euro) laat zich foppen door een eenvoudig stukje hard geworden houtlijm.
Wereldtop in cryptologie op symposium TU/e
Kunnen we nog vertrouwen op een chip die door een paar studenten kan worden gekraakt? En hoe moeten we omgaan met criminelen die proberen met nep-websites je wachtwoorden te ontfutselen? Dat het goed beveiligen van persoonlijke gegevens huizenhoge uitdagingen met zich meebrengt, is de laatste jaren wel duidelijk geworden. Op 21 en 22 april zijn daarom op de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e) enkele kopstukken uit de wereld van de ‘IT Security’ te gast. Aanleiding is de start van het instituut EIPSI (Eindhoven Institute for the Protection of Systems and Information). Dat bundelt nu cryptologieonderzoek in de wiskunde met security-onderzoek in de informatica.
Engineers Online
Date: 2008-04-16 |
Brussels bedrijf levert biometrische paspoorten voor Ivoorkust
Het Brusselse technologiebedrijf Zetes heeft een contract binnengehaald om de bevolking van Ivoorkust te voorzien van biometrische paspoorten. Het contract zal over de looptijd van vijftien jaar een omzet genereren van meer dan 60 miljoen euro.
200.000 per jaar
Het Brusselse bedrijf denkt de eerste elektronische biometrische paspoorten - waarop onder meer vingerafdrukken opgeslagen worden - in de loop van 2008 aan de burgers van Ivoorkust te leveren. De markt wordt geschat op ongeveer tweehonderdduizend paspoorten per jaar. Zetes beheert het volledige project en wordt vergoed volgens het aantal geproduceerde paspoorten.
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