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Aug-20-10 India’s Unique Identification Authority will Rollout Nationwide Biometric Database of Mahatma Gandhi Nrega Workers
…doing away with bogus muster rolls and ensuring the rights and entitlement of beneficiaries with the help of Unique ID and Biometric system the tools of Information and Communication technology.
Aug-16-10 Fast Growing Popularity of Biometrics/Fingerprinting and DNA Analysis in Legal Investigations Augurs Well for This Market.
An increasingly security-conscious society, dramatic changes in national security, and technology innovations are also expected to drive the US market for forensic technologies and services in the next few years. Fast growing popularity of Biometrics/Fingerprinting and DNA analysis in legal investigations too augurs well for this market.
Jun-24-10 New Biometric Standards Improve Security and Interoperability of Driver Licenses and ID Cards, Guide Development of Modality-Specific Testing, and Support Face Image Data in 3rd Dimension
The FIPS 201 Smart Card includes data objects for biometrics and a means of calling a match on card; a standard designed to provide guidance for the development of modality-specific biometric testing methodologies and a standard that supports face image data in the third dimension in addition to current two dimensional data.
Jun-24-10 ICE Strategy Uses Biometrics to Identify and Remove Criminal Aliens in Knox County
Formerly, during the booking process, arrestees' fingerprints were checked for criminal history information only against the biometric database maintained by the FBI. With the implementation of Secure Communities, this fingerprint information is now automatically and simultaneously checked against both the FBI criminal history records and the biometrics-based immigration records maintained by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jun-01-10 UK National Identity Cards and Register to Be Discarded
The National Identity Register, the database which contains the biographic and biometric fingerprint data of card holders, would also be destroyed by the first piece of legislation introduced to Parliament by the coalition government.
Apr-26-10 2014 Epassport Market Will Finish with Sustainable Annual Revenues of $7 Billion
The strongest revenue growth will be in South America where the CAGR will reach a startling 117%. The Middle East achieves a 57% CAGR, the Pacific region a CAGR of 44%, and North America and Europe experience more modest growth rates of 17% and 10% respectively.
Mar-30-10 DEA Plans for Biometrics to Identify and Manage Electronic Prescribing
The proposal estimates that biometric readers would be needed for every practitioner’s computer that hospitals would need a reader one for every 15 beds, and each clinic would need an average of two readers.
Mar-05-10 ePassports and eVisas – Report On Developement of International Best Practices: Underwear Bombers and Mossad Agents Beware
Standardization of eVisas and ePassports will allow consistent market growth and an established market atmosphere. Standardization will generate predictable and reliable internationally integrated solutions and a more stable market environment.
Mar-02-10 Frost & Sullivan Finds Vast Potential for Biometrics Industry in APAC
Voice biometrics, which has always been in the shadow of physiological biometrics showed promise in 2009 with banks in Asia and Europe testing voice biometrics for banking verification. There is room for improvement in making the technology more accurate, but biometric participants have plenty of promise for the coming years.
Feb-24-10 Hi-Tech Solutions Implements Vehicle Identity Recognition in Combination with License Plate Recognition Systems
In controlled areas such as airports, license plate recognition systems with the vehicle logos recognition feature can be installed at access lanes, automatically monitoring the vehicles entering and exiting the area, detecting any discrepancies between the vehicle type and its license plate number.
Feb-09-10 NEC's Facial Recognition Technology Achieves First Place in the Still-Face Dataset of the NIST Multiple Biometric Grand Challenge
NEC Corporation ranked number one in the Still-Face Dataset of the Multiple Biometric Grand Challenge (MBGC, (1)) carried out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), commissioned by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. NEC's face recognition technology has solidified an industry-leading position by attaining this first place ranking among all major vendors.
Jan-19-10 Assuring Adequate Penalties for Identity Theft; New Report Looks at Statutes, Cases, and Solutions
As biometric immigration-control programs become more widespread in the United States (including E-Verify, US-Visit, REAL ID, and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative), the fake identities illegal aliens and criminals have traditionally used will no longer pass muster — they will increasingly have to use a real person's identity information to be "verified" under these initiatives, rather than just making up numbers and other informati
Jan-11-10 Biometric Identity a Must For Faculty Recruitment
The central government will start collecting biometric identity of teachers engaged in engineering and management institutions to curb malpractices by the faculty, an official said Sunday. "We will record biometric identity of all faculties working in technical educational institutions - all engineering and management colleges - from now on," All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) chairman S.S. Mantha told IANS.
Dec-15-09 Iris ID Systems Inc. Formed from the Spin-off of LG Electronics USA Iris Technology Division
Iris ID will continue to leverage its industry expertise, product portfolio and extensive channel program to provide solutions to its global customers. All manufacturing operations will remain in Korea, while product research, marketing and sales will be conducted in the IRIS ID Cranbury, N.J. facility.
Dec-14-09 India’s Punjab National Bank will Service Rural customers with 100,000 ATMs by 2013
“We will be targeting the countryside customer who is not yet able to gain benefit from the financial and banking services available in the country. We have offered to open zero balance and no-frills account for the convenience of such economically weak customers,” PNB Chairman and Managing Director, K R Kamath told Business Standard. He was on an official visit to Kanpur to meet large and mid-sized corporate willing to bank with PNB.
Dec-10-09 CBP Launches H2 Temporary Worker Exit Pilot Program in Arizona
The goal is to ensure that temporary workers comply with the requirement to leave the country when their work authorization expires. The program will also help secure U.S. borders more effectively and streamline existing guest worker programs.
Dec-05-09 Public Supports Biometric Technology in Passports and Drivers' Licenses, but is Concerned about Cost and Government Abuse; As States Tackle New ID Requirements, Government Transparency Critical
Most Americans support adding biometric identifiers to existing government-issued ID documents, including passports (79 percent)…
Nov-27-09 UK Airports Introduce Fingerprint Scans
These travelers will have their fingerprints scanned at border control in addition to the normal checks. The fingerprints will then be checked against those the passenger gave when they applied for their UK visa.
Nov-20-09 ENISA clears the fog on cloud computing security
"The picture we got back from the survey was clear:” says Giles Hogben, an ENISA expert and editor of the report - “the business case for cloud computing is obvious – it’s computing on tap, available instantly, commitment-free and on-demand. But the number one issue holding many people back is security – how can I know if it’s safe to trust the cloud provider with my data and in some cases my entire business infrastructure?”
Nov-19-09 Need for Secure Identity Management and Automated Emergency Procedures to Develop Amalgamation of Physical and Logical Security
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, European Security Convergence Market, finds that the market earned revenues of euro 700.5 million in 2008 and estimates this to reach euro 2,400.2 million in 2014. The following technologies are covered in the research: smart cards, video surveillance and access control.