Free online class provider Coursera will start offering identity verification so that students can claim their class accomplishments, according to a report in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Coursera is launching a pilot project to check the identities of its students and offer verified certificates of completion for a fee. In order to validate the […]

Researchers at Iowa State University are exploring the concept of keystroke authentication as a way to replace passwords, reports CNET. Associate professor of engineering Morris Chang is working with a team to identify people by their typing methods and keystroke speed. The goal is not just to authenticate someone logging into a website or system, […]

StrikeForce Technologies Inc. announced a solution to heighten the security of public and private clouds that incorporates multifactor authentication and keystroke encryption. Two-factor authentication will provide an extra layer of protection around a cloud system to thwart off inevitable attacks by hackers. StrikeForce has been developing its security methods over the last ten years. This […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is recommending the elimination of password usage in favor of biometrical recognition, reports Government Computer News. DARPA said on its Active Authentication site that complex passwords are too cumbersome to create, remember and manage, nor do active sessions have the capability to recognize whether the current user is […]

Passtouch is introducing a signature type password alternative and Web browser for touch screen devices like the iPad. Passtouch works like a signature but offers more creative freedom to the end user. Users create their own Passtouch design by drawing a single continuous line over an interface in the PassTouch app. The app is intuitive […]

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking for proposals for research projects that could yield new biometric systems that authenticate users based on their own unique movements or behaviors such as the way they type or move a mouse, according to a ZDNet article. The intent of the new project, which DARPA […]

Boston-based Delfigo Security has filed a provisional patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office for a visual authentication and authorization method for mobile devices. Its method integrates a four-key color palette that’s embedded on a mobile platform and utilizes Delfigo’s keystroke biometric and device ID technology. “Mobile platforms – iPhone, Android, Blackberry – […]

Maybe you’re a hunt and peck typer. Or perhaps you zip around the keyboard but linger over certain keys. And it’s possible that you type much faster after you’ve had your morning coffee than you do when 5 o’clock rolls around. A person’s typing patterns can be as unique as a fingerprint or signature. That’s […]

AuthenWare has announced a reseller agreement with 2Keys Security Solutions, an information technology security company, allowing 2Keys to resell AuthenWare’s behavioral biometrics software. The software from AuthenWare is their keystroke authentication software which determines a user’s identity based off the unique patterns he types with. Among the reasons that 2Keys pursued the ability to offer […]

Dates: September 27-29, 2011 Location: Tampa, Florida Venue: Tampa Convention Center URL: URL: http://events.jspargo.com/biometrics11/ or http://www.biometrics.org/ Description: Supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA), the Biometrics Consortium Conference is focused on Biometric Technologies for Defense, Homeland Security, Identity Management, Border Crossing and Electronic Commerce. The Conference […]