VoiceTrust releases voice biometrics solution
VoiceTrust,a Dubai-based voice biometrics company, has released VT inTalk, a new solution for dynamic caller verification. VT inTalk is an…
Commercial Applications
Biometrics are used in retail and customer-facing settings for point-of-sales services such as payments, access control in systems for purposes such as shoplifting prevention, and identification or characteristic analysis for personalization or customer insights. Access control systems are also increasingly used for automated commercial applications, such as hotel check-ins. Typically, these use palm vein, fingerprint, iris recognition, facial recognition.
Security firm Kaba combines operations in Americas
The Kaba Group, a Swiss-based security firm that provides biometric offerings, has launched a new division that will combine sales,…
U.S. Government Spends $832,000 on TrapWire
Recent WikiLeaks documents have revealed that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security paid US$832,000 to deploy Trapwire surveillance in Washington,…
Arizona police forces testing fingerprint scanners
Police departments throughout Arizona are testing out MorpholDent, a portable fingerprint device that is about the size of iPhone. The…
Traka unveils weapon lockers that use biometrics
Traka, a leader in advanced access control and management control solutions to both private and government agencies, recently launched a…
Biometrics technology from Softbank unlocks smartphone
Softbank, one of Japan’s biggest telecom carriers, and Universal Robot have teamed up to develop palm and vein pattern technology…
UK schools not protecting biometric data
A study has found that data in UK schools gathered from pupils, which includes biometrics, are at risk and susceptible…
Alabama to require biometric scans for prison visitors
The Alabama Department of Corrections has implemented a new policy that requires visitors to state prisons to have their fingerprint…
South African firm unveils multifunction biometric ID solution
A new biometric solution has been developed by a South African firm to fulfil a need in the marketplace for…
ElcomSoft finds major flaw in UPEK biometrics software
ElcomSoft Co. Ltd, a Russian-based provider of corporate security and IT audit products, issued a warning regarding a major flaw…
