Mar-19-09 Frost & Sullivan: Advances in Biometrics Remedy the Need for Increased Security

Currently, the governmental sector occupies 44.5% of the current market share; however, an increasing number of biometric products are being developed for commercial markets, particularly the financial, healthcare, retail and educational sectors.

Mar-17-09 New Biometric Standards Facilitate Exchange of Biometrics, Facilitate Biometrically Enabled Drivers’ Licenses and International Travel Documents

Latest update of published and emerging biometric standards. Seven new and/or updated standards were published since the last update issued in August 2008, bringing the total number of published standards to eighty(80).

Mar-08-09 2009 World Iris Recognition Frost & Sullivan Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award IrisGuard Inc.

National Security and Banking are the two prime sectors in which IrisGuard proves its technological leadership abilities.

Feb-25-09 Coming soon… the revolutionary AOptix InSight™ 2 meter cooperative iris recognition system

Subject ease-of-use, or human factors, has always been the prime challenge to the adoption of iris recognition in mainstream governmental and commercial applications.

Feb-17-09 U.S. Upgrades Biometrics Gear to Spot Terrorists

Right now, you have accepted biometric modality such as the iris, the fingerprint and facial recognition. In the future, there will be palm, DNA, partial hands and any additional touch points used to help in providing the overall picture of who someone is

Dec-19-08 21st Century Airport Operations: Improving security and efficiency with LG Electronics Iris Recognition Solutions

Aug-15-05 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is pleased to announce that it is conducting and managing the Iris Challenge Evaluation (ICE).

The primary goal of ICE is to promote the development and advancement of iris recognition technology and assess its state-of-the-art capability.

Launch of the CANPASS Iris Recognition Air Program at the Edmonton International Airport

CANPASS Air allows pre-approved travellers to meet their border clearance obligations by simply looking into a camera that recognizes the iris of the eye as proof of identity.

Ridge looks at future of U.S. security Former secretary of homeland security calls for better identification methods, strong enforcement

Ridge called for using biometrics — to scan the iris of the eye — and a full set of fingerprints instead of just one finger. He also supported a worker program for undocumented immigrants crossing into the United States from Mexico in the search of jobs. "Our challenge is open doors and secure borders," he said.