FaceBanx is using a combination of facial and voice biometrics to enable easy login to web sites. Simply look into a web cam, repeat a few random digits and you can be logged into a site or authorized to make a transaction.

It’s expected that 2014 will see more mobile devices incorporate biometric technology to safeguard the devices and the data within. While these this technology is better than PINs or pass codes no technology is completely hack proof. Biometric spoofers are always trying to find new and different ways to fool the scanners with different materials and methods.

Infineon has released a new contactless smart card chip aimed at the electronic passport market capable of doing a lot more than previous security controllers. Enabled by the latest Logical Data Structure specification from the International Civil Aviation Organization, e-passports are now capable of storing e-visa, entry/exit stamps and biometric data.

The Amazon’s most precious resource may be wood and illegal logging operations are threatening it. To protect this natural resource Gemalto teamed with Cargo Tracck and is using machine-to-machine technology to prevent these operations. Trees are tagged with chips that use cellular communications to notify law enforcement officials of illegal logging.

New Jersey legislators are considering new, high-tech identity documents for Medicaid recipients in the state. The new identity documents could potentially save the state millions of dollars per year as they reduce fraud and waste in the program.

Many agree that NFC technology is yet to realize its full potential in the consumer marketplace, but a new piece of Android software could turn the tide and make way for a renewed NFC landscape. The forthcoming Android 4.4 operating system, more commonly referred to as KitKat, will push to Android devices everywhere complete with […]

Keeping a university’s computer system secure from outside hackers is only half the battle. Securing the thousands of student computers that log into campus networks on a daily basis is the other half. Protecting the university’s network is an around-the-clock challenge. The most common way to secure computers and networks is the oft-maligned password. But […]