“Software as a service” model takes off By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Colleges and universities aren’t that different from corporations. Educational institutions are under the same pressure to keep costs down, and anything that can be done to help institutions save money piques their interest. That’s one of the big selling points of a relatively […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released the results of the Minutiae Interoperability Exchange Test (MINEX) II Performance of Fingerprint Match-On-Card (MOC) Algorithms. The Sagem MOC performance was reported by NIST to be the “most accurate Match-On-Card implementation” of all participants and the only one to meet the standards for use in […]

The American Association of Airport Executives’ (AAAE) Transportation Security Clearinghouse (TSC), the largest civilian clearinghouse in the nation, recently surpassed the 3 million mark for facilitating biometrically based background checks for aviation workers. The TSC is a non-profit arm of AAAE and operates in cooperation with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to complete criminal history […]

President Bush is asking for $390.3 million to fund the US VISIT program for the 2009 fiscal year. Other biometric and identification programs, including Real ID and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, were also highlighted in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s budget-in-brief. Tracking spending on biometric and security initiatives for the next fiscal year […]

Executive Editor Chris Corum discusses the present and the future of the TSA’s Registered Traveler program with the SVP for Public Policy with Verified Identity Pass. The company is the leader in RT implementations with its CLEAR Card program now in place at 14 airports across the country. Topics include current and pending installations, market […]

Chase Corporation’s new contactless shielding product, Paper Tyger® DEFENDER™, is quickly gaining widespread acceptance, according to the manufacturer. DEFENDER provides personal and mail-stream privacy protection by shielding smart cards and RFID-enabled credentials from unauthorized access. The DEFENDER shield is said to be facilitating the growth of contactless cards across the globe in many different industries. […]

Oberthur Card Systems predicts the smart card will become a mainstay of American wallets in 2008. Oberthur claims to be the largest producer of contactless cards in the U.S. and currently 17 of its top 20 customers, as well as the federal government, have embraced microprocessor chip cards. The company feels that this will put […]

Consuelo Bangs, Senior Program Manager Access Control Solutions, Sagem Morpho, Inc. Match-on-Card (MOC) with secure messaging (SBMOC) has the potential to become part of the Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS201) and may prove useful for the maritime Transportation Worker Identity Credential (TWIC) program. MOC is the process of sending a biometric template from a […]

Consuelo Bangs, Senior Program Manager Access Control Solutions, Sagem Morpho, Inc. Match-on-Card (MOC) with secure messaging (SBMOC) has the potential to become part of the Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS201) and may prove useful for the maritime Transportation Worker Identity Credential (TWIC) program. MOC is the process of sending a biometric template from a […]

A milestone in port security has been reached with the passage of the 2008 Congressional spending package that includes $400 million for FEMA’s Port Security Grant program. In addition to the Port Security Grant program, the fiscal 2008 spending bill includes $8.1 million to fully fund the Transportation Security Administration’s biometric card reader pilot projects […]