TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Index

Biometics NEWS ARTICLES for July 2004

'Registered' Status Speeds Security Checks for Frequent Travelers
Date: 31-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...program will be considered successful if it improves customer service without jeopardizing security, and demonstrates that biometrics - electronic fingerprints ...
Source: Voice of America

'Fast ID' system would mean quicker bookings
Date: 31-Jul-04
Excerpt: Biometrics uses unique physical characteristics to confirm identification or to identify a person or small number of people from a pool. ...
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Biometrics 2000 Adds Second Government Value Added Reseller ...
Date: 29-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...--(Business Wire)-- July 29, 2004 -- Biometrics 2000 (OTC BB: BTOO) announced today that the Company has added a second Government Value Added Reseller. ...
Source: TMCnet

LocatePLUS Partners with Exclusive Distributor of Emerging ...
Date: 29-Jul-04
Excerpt: This represents a significant new milestone for us in servicing the biometrics sector." About Metro Risk Management Group, LLC Metro Risk Management Group is ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release)

Security Biometrics Announces New Company Name, Trading Symbol
Date: 29-Jul-04
Excerpt: Adopts SiVault Systems as New Company Name, SVTL.OB as New Trading Symbol NEW YORK, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- Security Biometrics Inc. ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release)

Biometrics up in air as 9/11 report urges fast track
Date: 29-Jul-04
Excerpt: By Ray O'Hanlon. The commission that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks against the United States has urged rapid completion ...
Source: Irish Echo -

Women More Prone to Back Pain
Date: 29-Jul-04
Excerpt: Treaster and Deborah Burr, an assistant professor of epidemiology and biometrics, performed a statistical analysis of previous studies to remove factors that ...
Source: HealthCentral.com -

Special Report: Riding on e-passport success
Date: 29-Jul-04
Excerpt: THE country’s biometrics-based passport on a contactless chip has been the focus of many governments trying to get their electronic passport plan operational ...
Source: Malay Mail -

Registered Traveler card a hit in Houston
Date: 29-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...lifetime. Using irises to authenticate identities is no longer just the stuff of science fiction but an accepted form of biometrics. ...
Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription) -

Mexico builds database to screen migrants and tourists
Date: 29-Jul-04
Excerpt: Airports in Europe and the United States have begun using biometrics -- which measure a person's physical characteristics, such as fingerprints, face or iris ...
Source: Contra Costa Times (subscription) -

ID card plans slammed by MPs
Date: 29-Jul-04
Excerpt: The MPs also aren't entirely convinced the biometrics are trustworthy, saying that using the technology can prove uncomfortable for users and needs greater ...
Source: Silicon.com -

MPs attack Blunkett ID card plan
Date: 29-Jul-04
Excerpt: There should be exhaustive testing of the biometrics chosen and the results assessed by independent experts, perhaps led by the government's chief scientific ...
Source: Guardian -

Biometrics 2000 Adds Second Government Value Added Reseller ...
Date: 29-Jul-04
Excerpt: SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2004--Biometrics 2000 (OTC BB: BTOO) announced today that the Company has added a second Government Value Added ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Security Biometrics Announces New Company Name, Trading Symbol
Date: 29-Jul-04
Excerpt: NEW YORK, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- Security Biometrics Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SBOM.OB - News), a leading provider of ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

Retailers using biometrics to put payment at your fingertips
Date: 28-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...for consumer use. "One could argue biometrics still hasn't hit the mainstream in the retail industry," Kim said. "Many places are ...
Source: MENAFN -

New hi-tech passport to aid transport
Date: 28-Jul-04
Excerpt: 11, 2001. And last week, the federal Sept. 11 commission's report on the attacks focused on broadening the use of biometrics to protect the nation. ...
Source: Kansas City Star (subscription) -

TSA considers extending 'registered traveler' program
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...said the program will be deemed a success if it improves customer service without jeopardizing security and demonstrates that biometrics — the electronic ...
Source: USA Today -

Former New York City Police Commissioner, Howard Safir, Joins BIO ...
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: The tragic events of September 11th have brought about a heightened awareness for how biometrics and information management can contribute to a more secure ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release) -

Discussion on Homeland Security, Terrorism, Law Enforcement, and ...
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: Products include gadgets used by professionals to address access control, anti-hacking, bio/chem detection, biometrics, contingency planning, disaster recovery ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release) -

OTI to Demo Its e-Passport Solution at GOVSEC Show in Washington ...
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...contactless solutions. OTI's e-Passport solution incorporates PKI, biometrics and other security features on an Integrated Circuit. OTI ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release) -

EdgeTech Stock Is Successfully Removed From the Berlin-Breman ...
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: EdgeTech's primary business is IT Consulting covering the following areas: IT Security, Biometrics, Business Solutions, Systems Engineering, Software ...
Source: Market Wire (press release) -

The foreign angle
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: Nikkei Shimbun reports. First up is a new biometrics system for airports, which will involve fingerprints analysis. This system ...
Source: The Japan Times -

Biometric passports in the wings
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: Of course we’ve pointed out some of the flaws in biometrics before, so some questions over the actual effectiveness of all this might be warranted. ...
Source: engadget -

NEC And Imprivata Form Strategic Alliance to Deliver Fingerprint ...
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: The new solution, NEC TouchPass - Secure Single Sign-On, builds upon NEC's world-class biometrics technology and Imprivata's OneSign ESSO to create a "scan and ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Fast, Service-Oriented Virtual Directory 4.0 Launched by Radiant ...
Date: 27-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...flexibility and simplifies integration tasks in complex security tasks such as advanced authentication (for example, Smart card and Biometrics) and Single Sign ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Survey: Federal research funds increasing
Date: 26-Jul-04
Excerpt: Jain, who works in biometrics recognition, said the increases in federal funding for his projects are a reflection of the government's priorities. ...
Source: The State News -

IT Confidential: Politics, Web Traffic, And A New Paradigm July 26 ...
Date: 26-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...integrated system solutions," according to a statement, for areas such as physical security, video surveillance, identity management, biometrics, smart cards ...
Source: Information Week -

The allure of keyless entry
Date: 26-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...standard.". More work in other areas, such as knowledge-based authentication and biometrics, however, remains to be done, Burr said. ...
Source: FCW.com -

AuthenTec CFO to Highlight Dynamic Biometrics Industry At RBC ...
Date: 26-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...the leading semiconductor provider of fingerprint sensors to the global market, will present an overview on the fast-growing commercial biometrics industry and ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

Soong Kwong Choon Has Joined SDGL Team
Date: 26-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...are involved in the development, integration and provision of secured shipping and supply chain management service, sale of biometrics security systems and the ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Arizona Department of Public Safety Selects IWS Biometric Engine ...
Date: 26-Jul-04
Excerpt: The IWS Biometric Engine is vendor neutral and supports the capture, search and verification of all types of biometrics including, but not limited to, civil ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Travel savvy
Date: 25-Jul-04
Excerpt: Biometrics. ... The passports will feature security enhancements: digitized photos and, in the back of the book, a chip that employs facial recognition biometrics. ...
Source: Oregonian -

to aid travel safety
Date: 25-Jul-04
Excerpt: 11, 2001. And last week, the federal 9/11 commission's report on the attacks focused on broadening the use of biometrics to protect the nation. ...
Source: New York Daily News -

A bold blueprint
Date: 25-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...and organizing to defeat the threat, the commission proposes to build on the progress made since 9/11 in such areas as biometrics, transportation security and ...
Source: Baltimore Sun -

US Extends Deadline Biometric Passport
Date: 24-Jul-04
Excerpt: Brunei, along with 26 other visa waiver nations, are unlikely to meet the October 26, 2004 deadline to introduce biometrics data on fingerprint and iris ...
Source: Bru Direct -

Airport meets plans
Date: 23-Jul-04
Excerpt: In Manchester, Dillon said the airport will not use face-recognition biometrics to screen the faces of passengers and compare them against those of potential ...
Source: The Union Leader -

Biometric payment systems coming to mobiles - in Japan
Date: 23-Jul-04
Excerpt: To further affirm their gadget supremacy, Japanese company RDK is announcing a biometrics-based system to enable PDA and cellphone users to make online ...
Source: engadget -

For GTSI, surveillance is super
Date: 22-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...solutions designed for force protection, homeland security, physical security, video surveillance, access control, identity management, biometrics and other ...
Source: Washington Technology -

New passport database will tie in with ID cards
Date: 22-Jul-04
Excerpt: Additionally this concept will better support the government's ID card programme, specifically as biometrics are attributed to an individual not an application ...
Source: VNUNet.com -

Business news
Date: 22-Jul-04
Excerpt: Employing advanced data encryption together with ePad's signature biometrics, eOriginal's SmartSign system provides the needed safeguards to ensure that ...
Source: Ventura County Star -

Technology to keep an eye on security
Date: 22-Jul-04
Excerpt: Opposition immigration spokesman Stephen Smith welcomed the facility, saying biometrics was a useful tool for identity and identity fraud purposes. ...
Source: Brisbane Courier Mail -

Technologies and Solutions for Homeland Security Requirements ...
Date: 22-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...up-to-the minute technologies -- including encryption and authentication, secure communications, identity management and credentialing, biometrics and more. ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release) -

Women at Least Twice as Likely To Get Some Musculoskeletal ...
Date: 22-Jul-04
Excerpt: Delia Treaster, a former doctoral student at Ohio State, conducted this research with Deborah Burr, assistant professor of epidemiology and biometrics. ...
Source: Newswise (press release) -

Port Strike could lead to shortages in medical equipment and food
Date: 22-Jul-04
Excerpt: Yair Mandels of Biometrics, manufacturer of blood transfusion kits, told the National Labor Court yesterday that Israel has small quantities of gas in its ...
Source: Maariv International -

RDK Announces Japan's First Biometrics-based Mobile Device Payment ...
Date: 22-Jul-04
Excerpt: Tokyo (JCNN) - RDK has announced a new biometrics-based system that will enable users of mobile devices, such as PDAs and cellphones, to easily and safely make ...
Source: Japan Corporate News (press release),

9/11 report urges info sharing, biometrics
Date: 22-Jul-04
Excerpt: A long-awaited report from the bipartisan commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks calls for better information ...
Source: FCW.com

FBI system helps identify migrants with crime history
Date: 22-Jul-04
Excerpt: Before IAFIS, agents relied on the Automated Biometrics Identification System, known as IDENT, to provide someone's immigration history, but they had limited ...
Source: Arizona Republic -

I have seen the future and it is Booch
Date: 22-Jul-04
Excerpt: The grab bag of the future included development of nano technology, more use of biometrics, more surveillance cameras in cities near you, and the end of ...
Source: ADT Magazine -

Comnetix to Power Research at University of Calgary Biometrics Lab
Date: 22-Jul-04
Excerpt: The biometrics workstation, which will incorporate Neven Vision's facial recognition technologies, is scheduled for delivery by July 31, 2004. ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Veridicom Announces New European Patent; European Patent Office ...
Date: 21-Jul-04
Excerpt: With the increased opportunities facing biometrics and our company in particular, it is important that we continue to invest in research and development. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

BNX Receives $9 Million in Funding - Number of numbers in MIME ...
Date: 20-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...with authenticated sign-on solutions that support any variety of authentication devices, to include smart cards, tokens, a wide range of biometrics and more ...
Source: TMCnet -

Security Bytes: More Bagle bites; alleged hackers face a judge
Date: 20-Jul-04
Excerpt: A recently released National Institute of Standards and Technology study of 34 commercial biometrics systems shows the most accurate were from Cogent, NEC Corp ...
Source: Search Security -

Secure Computing Named Exclusive Global Provider of Strong ...
Date: 20-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...form factor, ease-of-use, and high security of this solution, which combines the near-universality of the USB interface with the high security of biometrics.". ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Woori Bank Deploys Veridicom Biometric Technology; Veridicom ...
Date: 20-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...including hardware and software that utilize public key infrastructure (PKI), secure token-based technology, and fingerprint biometrics to authenticate and ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

AssureTec and Unisys Deploy High-Tech ID-Verification System for ...
Date: 20-Jul-04
Excerpt: Its products, which include the AssureID(TM) system, reduce identity fraud through automated-ID classification, rules-based biometrics, document-authentication ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Aladdin Knowledge Systems Reports 2004 Second Quarter Financial ...
Date: 20-Jul-04
Excerpt: As biometrics continue to gain visibility as a highly effective measurement and security tool, this investment helps ensure Aladdin's digital security ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Gelatin vs. Biometrics
Date: 19-Jul-04
Excerpt: Those not satisfied with the current methods for bypassing fingerprint scanners rejoice! Marie Sandström, a student from Linköping ...
Source: engadget -

I/O Software Releases New Version of SecureSuite XS Strong ...
Date: 19-Jul-04
Excerpt: 4.5 are modular and flexible software packages that replace passwords with more secure and convenient forms of authentication, including biometrics, smart cards ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Biometrics & The Mark of the Beast
Date: 18-Jul-04
Excerpt: Rogers, Editor & Publisher of the Biometric Digest, shares his views regarding the bible interpretation along with the different types of biometrics and how ...
Source: Emediawire (press release) -

TI readies fingerprint biometrics tool
Date: 18-Jul-04
Excerpt: Although fingerprint biometrics is widely recognized as a possible solution to security problems ranging from network or physical access to data security on PCs ...
Source: Eetasia.com (subscription) -

Polisci:Tech assessment effort stalls
Date: 17-Jul-04
Excerpt: Two of these studies looked at cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection and the use of biometrics to enhance border security. ...
Source: United Press International -

Nauvalis™ Offers Unprecedented Security for Protected Health ...
Date: 17-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...combination of human and technological initiatives, including posted security guards, cardkey access levels, visual inspection, video monitoring, and biometrics ...
Source: PR Web (press release) -

SATURDAY FEATURE
Date: 17-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...parts of the airport. Mobile biometrics could also help with the challenge of securing land borders and ports. One possibility is ...
Source: Financial Express.bd -

US e-passport plan raises tech, diplomatic hackles
Date: 17-Jul-04
Excerpt: Indeed, implementing biometrics technologies on a global scale "is a huge task," said Joseph Kim, senior consultant at International Biometric Group, an ...
Source: EE Times Online (subscription) -

Francesca Dominici 1 , Donna Spiegelman 1 and Stephen R. Cole 2
Date: 17-Jul-04
Excerpt: This is notably higher than those of applied statistical journals such as the Journal of the American Statistical Association, Biometrics, and Statistics in ...
Source: Am. J.Epideminology (subscription) -

Square One evens the odds with top speakers at industry trends ...
Date: 16-Jul-04
Excerpt: Catherine Tilton, Chair of the BioAPI Consortium, International Representative of INCITS M1 Technical Committee on Biometrics (serving as US Head of Delegation ...
Source: ITWeb -

Study: Computerized Fingerprint Systems Extremely Accurate July 15 ...
Date: 16-Jul-04
Excerpt: As biometrics become a crucial part of homeland security, Congress wanted to know how precise are computerized systems that automatically match fingerprints. ...
Source: Information Week -

Biometrics Beyond Terrorism
Date: 16-Jul-04
Excerpt: NEW YORK - Since Sept. 11, 2001, biometrics technology has taken center stage in the global effort to secure borders and catch terrorists. ...
Source: Forbes -

Intel may delay Alviso to Q1 2005
Date: 16-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...expect the new platform to support NEWCARD, as well as new and even more effective power-saving (EBL’04) and security features, such as biometrics. ...
Source: Dark Vision -

Security Biometrics moves into government market
Date: 15-Jul-04
Excerpt: Security Biometrics Inc. ... Emilian Elefteratos, SiVault’s co-founder, president and chief executive has been appointed CEO of Security Biometrics. ...
Source: Washington Technology -

National ID cards may be issued by Dec-end
Date: 15-Jul-04
Excerpt: Of the three million target population, about two million are over 15 years of age and they have to be photographed and finger biometrics has to be done. ...
Source: Business Line -

Liska Receives Patent from US Patent and Trademark Office
Date: 15-Jul-04
Excerpt: CANDIA, NH, July 15, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Liska Biometry, Inc. (OTCBB:LSKA), a biometrics solutions provider, is pleased to announce that the US Patent Office ...
Source: PrimeZone (press release) -

SAFLINK Receives Frost & Sullivan's 2004 Biometrics Customer Value ...
Date: 15-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...and integrator of biometric security solutions, announced today that Frost & Sullivan has presented the company with its 2004 Biometrics Customer Value ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Sentillion for Delivering Significant ...
Date: 15-Jul-04
Excerpt: Company's Vergence® product suite enables user provisioning, enterprise single sign- on, strong authentication including password, biometrics and proximity ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Document Security Alliance Issues Principles for Secure IDs
Date: 15-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...supporting "breeder" documents (eg, birth certificates, Social Security cards), a digital signature, and, if necessary, appropriate biometrics (eg, facial image ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

AuthenTec Named to Second-Annual AlwaysOn List of Top 100 Private ...
Date: 14-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...our employees' hard work and dedication, and further demonstrates the strength of our company and the growing global commercial biometrics market that we serve ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

New Technology Provides World's Most Advanced Automated Identity ...
Date: 13-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...documents, for example. The AssureID(TM) system also helps users leverage intelligence information and biometrics. The system can ...
Source: TMCnet -

Brookline Police Department Upgrades to BIO-key's PocketCop(R) and ...
Date: 13-Jul-04
Excerpt: The use of biometrics and wireless high-speed access will be a cornerstone of homeland security," said CEO, Michael DePasquale, of BIO-key International. ...
Source: TMCnet -

TI readies fingerprint biometrics tool
Date: 13-Jul-04
Excerpt: Although fingerprint biometrics is widely recognized as a possible solution to security problems ranging from network or physical access to data security on PCs ...
Source: EE Times Online (subscription) -

Doubts Linger on Biometrics
Date: 13-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...perfect solution. Rather biometrics (in one layer, or many) are simply another tool in a layered approach to security. They are ...
Source: CIO Magazine -

City Employees Credit Union adopts biometric access for networks
Date: 13-Jul-04
Excerpt: Credit union employees will be able to access the network on their laptops through the use of biometrics and user keystroke recognition. ...
Source: San Antonio Business Journal -

San Antonio City Employees Federal Credit Union Taps BioPassword ...
Date: 13-Jul-04
Excerpt: Employees Federal Credit Union (CECU) announced its decision to add an additional layer of security to its laptop computers through biometrics and, specifically ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Kronos Raises the Bar; Workforce Management Vendor Recognized for ...
Date: 13-Jul-04
Excerpt: This biometrics-equipped terminal was one of only seven products chosen for its outstanding achievement and industry leadership in biometrics. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Bioscrypt Technology Backs the Texas Instruments Fingerprint ...
Date: 13-Jul-04
Excerpt: Fingerprint Authentication Development Tool (FADT) platform. The commercial use of biometrics is on the rise. In order to support the ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Cost dictates security plans
Date: 12-Jul-04
Excerpt: Biometrics, touted for the past seven years or so as the next great security solution, is still very much in its infancy, according to the survey. ...
Source: VNUNet.com -

About ePaymentsnews Network
Date: 12-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...we offer. - Retial: e-commerce; store-technology; loyalty; security, biometrics, ATM; Kiosks; payments and internet. - Retail banking ...
Source: ePaymentsnews Network (subscription) -

Anti-fraud pilot wins credit from channel
Date: 12-Jul-04
Excerpt: Russ Davis, chief executive of ISL Biometrics, said Barclaycard's scheme "is a step in the right direction" but claimed the most secure way to combat fraud is ...
Source: Computing -

Cross Match Tech of Palm Beach Gardens is working to reach a wider ...
Date: 11-Jul-04
Excerpt: The biometric industry has accelerated with heightened worldwide security concerns. Now fingerprinting and other biometrics are reaching a broader marketplace. ...
Source: Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel -

Former comic-book magnate pleads guilty in fraud case
Date: 11-Jul-04
Excerpt: Using the company names Face Information Technology LLP (Face IT) and Sentry Biometrics, Rojek sent a prospectus touting a nonexistent management team and ...
Source: Sacramento Bee -

Debunking six myths of biometrics
Date: 9-Jul-04
Excerpt: Yet the biometrics industry, which produces human-based identification systems, is weighed down with claims and counterclaims, fallacies and myths. ...
Source: Out-Law.com -

READ IN THIS STORY:
Date: 9-Jul-04
Excerpt: As technologists search for the most secure and effective way of authenticating individuals, there seems to be a huge growth in solutions involving biometrics ...
Source: ITWeb -

Dutch bank using SA biometrics
Date: 8-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...[Johannesburg, 8 July 2004] - Amsterdam-based boutique bank Banque Artesia is using South African company Biometrics.co.za's BioWeb software to provide clients ...
Source: ITWeb

International Biometric Group Teleconferences Scheduled for July 8 ...
Date: 8-Jul-04
Excerpt: International Biometric Group will host four teleconferences highlighting the use of biometrics in preventing Medicaid fraud, TSA's Registered Traveler Program ...
Source: Emediawire (press release)

Secure cores provide extra-smart cards
Date: 8-Jul-04
Excerpt: Toppan IC card takes full advantage of the 32bit RISC ARM SecurCore processing power for number crunching operations such as encryption or biometrics match-on ...
Source: eBCVG

National Briefs
Date: 8-Jul-04
Excerpt: Saflink and Microsoft formed a partnership to create software that will help Homeland Security efforts involving biometrics, smart cards, tamper-proof ...
Source: DetNews.com

Nagging doubts
Date: 8-Jul-04
Excerpt: Viisage took its first step into the world of biometrics in 1999 when it tested facial recognition technology for police surveillance. ...
Source: Boston Globe

Biometrics projects to link with Microsoft
Date: 8-Jul-04
Excerpt: The two companies will also jointly sell products to other government agencies and businesses that want to roll out biometrics-based systems. ...
Source: Seattle Times

Safe Surfing
Date: 8-Jul-04
Excerpt: It uses biometrics, a technology which has been developed to help identify a person by the iris, retina, fingerprints, facial features or by voice pattern. ...
Source: The Scotsman

Bioscrypt V-Smart iClass Finger Scan Reader Selected for Biometric ...
Date: 8-Jul-04
Excerpt: Through the use of biometrics, significantly more stringent access control is established, helping to ensure that only the individuals with proper clearance ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

Japan's Toppan Printing Chooses ARM for Next Generation IC Card
Date: 7-Jul-04
Excerpt: Toppan IC card takes full advantage of the 32-bit RISC ARM SecurCore processing power for number crunching operations such as encryption or biometrics match-on ...
Source: LCI

KWIKPAY and ISL BIOMETRICS Align to Provide Strong Authentication ...
Date: 6-Jul-04
Excerpt: LONDON- ISL BIOMETRICS upped the ante for strong authentication and identity management today through an OEM deal to provide biometric authentication and ...
Source: Help Net Security

Push-button authentication
Date: 6-Jul-04
Excerpt: Future versions of the ComDot card are likely to incorporate biometrics in the form of a fingerprint reader or voice recognition. ...
Source: ITWeb

Afghans Released From Gitmo Return to Terrorism
Date: 6-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...detainee is fingerprinted and photographed. "We build up pretty extensive biometrics on these guys," he said. "There are a lot of ...
Source: Insight on the News

About ePaymentsnews Network
Date: 6-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...we offer. - Retial: e-commerce; store-technology; loyalty; security, biometrics, ATM; Kiosks; payments and internet. - Retail banking ...
Source: ePaymentsnews Network (subscription)

BMF’s John goes to Japan
Date: 6-Jul-04
Excerpt: If you’re looking for a little extra authentication, BMF’s just come out with their new biometrics-enabled USB mouse, the GIGIO-100 (which is a bit too ...
Source: engadget

Novell secures Vic Identity with $9.5m deal
Date: 6-Jul-04
Excerpt: Levine said biometrics and smartcards were good in identifying who a person is, but it was equally important knowing how security access was granted to an ...
Source: ARNnet

Biometrics are key to UK ID cards
Date: 6-Jul-04
Excerpt: So on a site that people read specifically because they are technophiles only 60% want the card (not an overwhelming majority) and not even all of that 60 ...
Source: Silicon.com

Biometrics Leader AuthenTec Raises $15 Million; Global Equity ...
Date: 6-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...million, adds to the company's financial strength, provides additional strategic resources, and helps solidify its position in the worldwide biometrics market. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

DHS eyes outsourcing, data mining for immigration overhaul
Date: 6-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...case management, electronic filing, call centers, Web applications, knowledge management, human resources planning, document scanning, biometrics, data mining ...
Source: GCN.com

NIST offers technical guidance for e-authentication
Date: 6-Jul-04
Excerpt: The agency expects in the future to address other forms of authentication, such as biometrics or extensive knowledge of private but not secret information. ...
Source: GCN.com

Sentillion Announces Cottage Health System and Jewish Hospital ...
Date: 6-Jul-04
Excerpt: Vergence enables user provisioning, enterprise single sign-on, strong authentication including password, biometrics and proximity technologies, context ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

Sports: Life choices
Date: 3-Jul-04
Excerpt: PLYMOUTH (July 3) - When Amy Hebsch joined the Biometrics program at Designing Women in March, she had no idea that her body would transform in such a short ...
Source: Plymouth Old Colony Memorial

Suruga Bank launches Japan's 1st biometrics account
Date: 2-Jul-04
Excerpt: TOKYO — Regional lender Suruga Bank launched the first biometrics-based deposit account in Japan on Friday, for which palm vein patterns are examined to ...
Source: Japan Today

Biometrics tracks street kids
Date: 1-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...[Johannesburg, 1 July 2004] - A Western Cape biometrics project aims to register and track street children as part of a social services project. ...
Source: ITWeb

Touch and go
Date: 1-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...for consumer use. "One could argue biometrics still hasn't hit the mainstream in the retail industry," Mr. Kim said. "Many places ...
Source: KMSB

Biometrics good for Irish business: Govt
Date: 1-Jul-04
Excerpt: ...the EU. The deployment of biometrics as a security tool will provide cutting edge Irish companies with great opportunities. He said ...
Source: Business World

Ireland to benefit from biometrics - Minister
Date: 1-Jul-04
Excerpt: The deployment of biometrics as a security tool will provide cutting edge Irish companies with great opportunities. Addressing the ...
Source: IrishExaminer.com (subscription)

Biometrics Tracks Street Kids
Date: 1-Jul-04
Excerpt: A Western Cape biometrics project aims to register and track street children as part of a social services project. The project was ...
Source: AllAfrica.com

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Biometrics is the science and technology of authentication (i.e. establishing the identity of an individual) by measuring the subject person's physiological or behavioral features. The term is derived from the Greek words "bios" for life and "metron" for measure.

Biometrics also refers to an entirely different field (today more commonly called Biostatistics), which concerns the development of statistical and mathematical methods applicable to data analysis problems in the biological sciences (a definition in use since the early 20th century). This page does not concern this use of the term.

In Information technology (IT), biometrics usually refers to technologies for measuring and analyzing human physiological characteristics such as fingerprints, eye retinas and irises, voice patterns, facial patterns, and hand measurements, especially for authentication purposes.

Examples of behavioural characteristics which can be measured include signature recognition, gait recognition, speaker recognition, and the most successful, human authentication via typing pattern (rhythm) recognition.

In a typical IT biometric system, a person registers with the system when one or more of his physiological characteristics are obtained, processed by a numerical algorithm, and entered into a database. Ideally, when he logs in, all of his features match 100%; then when someone else tries to log in, she does not fully match, so the system will not allow her to log in. Current technologies have widely varying Equal Error Rates - as low as 60% and as high as 99.9%.




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