The Department of Homeland Security has released a fact sheet outlining its 2007 achievements. They include: better passenger records and tracking, better biometrics (10-fingerprint collection at airports and ports including the US-VISIT program), enhanced driver’s licenses (as part of REAL ID), secure documentation standards (WHTI), enhanced aviation security, enhanced privacy and civil rights standards, setting […]

The Security Industry Association’s (SIA) 2008 Legislative Agenda has been released and includes advocacy in a range of new areas in addition to ports, rails and public transit systems. Agenda highlights include: ports (TWIC), public transit, schools, healthcare, HPSD-12 and physical security, waste facilities, and training programs. he Security Industry Association Releases 2008 Legislative Agenda […]

Datastrip Inc. has launched its latest product, the DSV2+TURBO handheld biometric terminal. Certified under the Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12), the DSV2+TURBO is designed for federal, state and local applications requiring on-the-spot ID verification. It is capable of reading a wide array of cards including both contact and contactless chips. The DSV2+TURBO features a “large-screen […]

The Port of Savannah will use the DSVII-SC handheld from Datastrip to validate ID cards within its facilities. The Georgia Ports Authority selected the versatile Datastrip unit to read the current magnetic stripe cards but the DSVII-SC is also able to read advanced ID technologies such as those driving the TWIC card. Georgia Ports Authority […]

Senture Security Solutions has been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide TWIC deployment and enrollment services. Under the terms of the subcontract, Senture will establish enrollment centers within close proximity to maritime ports, where applicants will apply and enroll for their secure credential. Senture is a GSA-certified vendor for HSPD-12 Deployment Services under SIN 132-62. […]

The Transportation Security Authority (TSA) announced five locations for testing the biometric piece of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. TSA announced that Watermark Cruises in Annapolis, Md., and the ports of Los Angeles; Long Beach, Calif.; New York and New Jersey; and Brownsville, Texas, will begin using card readers to evaluate the operational […]

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun enrolling about 6,000 port workers and other employees at the Texas port of Corpus Christi in the TWIC program. TWIC is being rolled out in multiple phases with smart cards first issued to the maritime sector before being introduced at other transportation facilities. Initially only biometric cards […]

The Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection agency is exploring how to fit the Transportation Worker ID card (TWIC) standards into the requirements it is developing for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative’s (WHTI) People Access Security Service (PASS) card. TWIC relies on smart card technology (ISO 14443 standard) while the DHS is looking […]

The GSA has approved ImageWare® IWS™ EPI™ Builder credential software for its approved product list (APL) as part of the GSA’s FIPS 201 evaluation program. ImageWare’s IWS EPI Builder is certified for the Facial Image Capture Camera category which meets all the requirements for systems conducting facial image capture under the HSPD-12 program. IWS EPI […]

Labcal’s Be.U Mobile, a rugged handheld biometric device, has received FIPS 201 approval through the General Services Administration (GSA). The reader is in the CHUID card reader category. Appearing on the approved product list means Be.U Mobile passed rigorous testing requirements and can now be purchased by any federal agency for personal identity verification of […]