HID Global is officially opening the doors to its new, $35 million world headquarters located in Austin, Texas. Also serving as HID’s North American Operations Center, the new headquarters features 250,000 square feet of manufacturing, office and warehouse space across 22 acres of North Austin’s Tech Ridge area. The facility was designed to minimize environmental […]

GlobalPlatform reveals its TEE security best practices GlobalPlatform has published its first Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) Protection Profile, detailing the security requirements for delivering services and content on mobile devices. The new document defines the level of security required for TEE to support the delivery of value added services such as premium content or mobile […]

OPACITY – the Open Protocol for Access Control Identification and Ticketing with privacy – is designed to provide mutual authentication, privacy and confidentiality for contactless transactions. “It’s primary goal is to enable secure contactless communication with a level of performance required for building entry or transportation and a level of security in line with the latest guidelines […]

Following the announcement of the FIDO Ready Certification program, the 2014 International Consumers Electronics Show (CES) will give FIDO Alliance members the opportunity to display and demo FIDO Ready authentication solutions. The industry, along with its Relying Parties and users have been calling for innovative authentication alternatives from FIDO Alliance members in the hopes that […]

Apple’s decision to include a fingerprint sensor in the new iPhone 5S sent a clear message to competing mobile phone manufacturers and it seems that Samsung and LG will be the first to respond. Bear in mind that the likes of Samsung and LG are not simply reacting to the release of Touch ID; rather […]

UL achieves two GlobalPlatform qualifications UL has revealed that it will enhance its compliance test suite portfolio with the addition of  two new Collis Compliance Test Suites — the GlobalPlatform UICC SCP81 Extension and the GlobalPlatform UICC Memory Management Extension, The Collis Compliance Test Suite for GlobalPlatform UICC SCP81 Extension implements the official test suite developed for […]

MarketsandMarkets has peered into its crystal ball, forecasting the future of biometrics technology beyond its flagship modalities. The new report, entitled “Next Generation Biometric Technologies Market Global Forecast 2012-2017,” examines the next steps for biometrics specifically as it relates to face recognition, fingerprint recognition, voice recognition, iris recognition and signature recognition. Biometric authentication has long […]

Pegatron, the Taiwan-based manufacturer of Apple’s new iPhone 5C device, implemented facial recognition technology to pre-screen and eliminate the employ of underage workers. Employing underage workers is a rather notorious problem in China where Pegatron is utilizing the biometric solution. The Wall Street Journal reveals that the company’s Shanghai branch is utilizing the facial recognition […]

NTIA To develop privacy code of conduct for facial recognition technology The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will host a series of meetings to discuss a multi-stakeholder process for the commercial use of facial recognition technology. The first of the NTIA meetings is scheduled for Feb. 6. The Feb. 6 meeting will kick off […]

Biometrics has established itself as a powerful security and authentication option for the enterprise — and more recently consumer sector — but Belfast-based Core Systems is using the technology in prisons as part of a rewards and mentor networking program. As reported by the Belfast Telegraph, Core Systems’ software drives security systems in a growing number […]