Unisys Corporation has been selected by the UK’s Passport Office to implement its new facial recognition system; Cubic Transportation Systems received a $7.5 million add-on contract with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to expand the Clipper card fare payment system; and Diamond Fortress Technologies released ONYX HD3, a touchless biometric fingerprint authentication software development kit for enterprise mobile applications.

The FIDO Alliance releases more details on the Samsung Galaxy S5’s fingerprint payment technology. The group also announced that Samsung and ARM have been added to the alliance’s board of directors.

Entrust wants to simplify identity management by taking it to the cloud with its IdentityGuard Cloud Services. This new system is designed to consolidate the management of digital identities, SSL certificates and credentials to a single solution platform.

The March meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com and SecureIDNews.com were on hand to cover the event and have provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to […]

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 […]

NexID Biometrics has released Mobile Live Finger Detection software aimed to bring liveness detection to fingerprint scanners in smart phones. The software provides authentication rates as high as 94% to 97%. NexID developed the mobile software specifically for mobile devices. Due to the variety of fingerprint-scanning solutions on the market, the company designed the software […]

The Global Mobile Biometrics market is predicted to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 156.9% between 2013-2018 Several factors are driving the growth, including the use of personal devices for financial transactions. Financial institutions are encouraging the use of mobile banking and online financial transactions, thereby increasing the need for high-level security. Since […]

The inclusion of fingerprint scanners in mobile handsets is gaining steam and rumors of iris being used has also been mentioned. Now Fujitsu is entering the game with its palm vein biometrics and plans to embed the modality into mobile devices, reports PCWorld. The vascular biometric technology scans the unique vein pattern beneath a person’s palm […]

HoyosID uses biometrics to secure personal data Digital security specialist, Hoyos Labs, has released a mobile app that enables consumers to use biometrics to securely and seamlessly replace the usernames and passwords for all of their favorite websites. The HoyosID mobile app leverages the user’s smart phone to acquire biometric identifiers without any additional hardware. […]

HID Global released a white paper describing an emerging security environment in which users will have a seamless experience when using cloud-based applications and services, accessing data and opening doors. This environment will move the industry beyond traditional strong authentication approaches, cards and readers to simplify and improve how identities are created, managed and used […]