St. Neots Community College, located in Cambridgeshire, UK, has had a new facial scanning system installed for a trial-run attendance tracker, according to a BBC News article. As opposed to their previous, manual system, the new system sees students punching...
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tenn., has added hand scanning to complement its new ID numbering system, at least for entrance into the school’s recreation facility. The school has already assigned an eight-digit identification number for the campus “BlueID” card...
“It’s no longer simply about putting a photo on a white piece of plastic,” says Ryan Park, Fargo Electronics’ director of product marketing for secure printers/encoders. “It’s just not secure. Unfortunately, that represents a lot of the ID vehicles out...
Nova Southeastern University (NSU) has just successfully completed the deployment of their new “Shark Card” campus wide smart card program. The NSU Shark card program, provided by SmartCentric in conjunction with Siemens Communications Inc, combines the latest in leading edge...
Numerous national and civilian security applications will see improvement in functionality because of newly published biometric standards. Biometrically enabled passports will be made more robust because of new standards that define a general specification for physical characteristics, layout and security....
Identification, NFC, contactless and Japan will all be major focal points during the 22nd edition of CARTES, coming your way Nov. 15-17 in Paris at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre near Roissy Charles de Gaulle international airport. One of the...
By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor A time tested business adage suggests that one key to success is to give customers a choice. That is one of the driving principles behind Ireland-based SmartCentric’s latest move, adding support for the iCLASS contactless...
The Biometrics Consortium, a leading industry group, defines biometrics as “automated methods of recognizing a person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. Among the features measured are; face, fingerprints, hand geometry, handwriting, iris, retinal, vein, and voice. Biometric technologies...
With every government agency in the U.S. issuing a standardized secure ID, will your campus card feel the pressure to follow their lead? By Chris Corum, Executive Editor Every federal government agency is currently issuing a standard ID card to...
By Ryan Kline, Contributing Editor The use of biometrics for identification and authentication is taking hold throughout the country and in our schools. Way back in 1972, far before many people were even thinking of using biometrics in conjunction with...
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Great inverview on the Public Key Open Credential (PKOC) standard with ELATEC's Jason Ouellette, Chairman of the Board for the @PSIAlliance.
Attn: friends in the biometrics space. Nominations close Friday for the annual Women in Biometrics Awards. Take five minutes to recognize a colleague or even yourself. http://WomenInBiometrics.com
