Viscount Systems gets FIPS 201 certification
Viscount Systems has just announced that it has received FIPS 201 certification for its new Freedom VeriCert software from the U.S….
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Global government biometrics market poised for growth
New research is available on the global government biometrics market, and according to Reportlinker, future demand is expected to be…
Indra boasts biometric capture briefcase for Maltese visas
Indra Sistemas SA has made a system for capturing biometric information for Maltese embassies and consulates that’s mounted in a briefcase….
Disclosures show crowd-scanning facial recognition system tested by U.S.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security tested a crowd-scanning facial recognition system last year, called the Biometric Optical Surveillance System (BOSS), following…
U.S. government illegally spying, audit confirms
A top secret internal audit conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA) found the agency broke its own privacy rules and…
2013 Biometric Consortium Conference and Technology Expo
The 2013 Biometric Consortium Conference and Technology Expo, presented by AFCEA, NIST and NSA, will address the important role that…
U.S. government spending on big data to grow exponentially
Biometrics Research Group, Inc. has observed that national security and military applications are driving a large proportion of “Big Data”…
UK Borders too busy for fingerprinting: Immigration minister
Responding to heavy criticisms by the UK’s chief inspector of borders and immigration, the minister in charge of immigration, Mark…
ImageWare lands $2.2M expansion to U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs identity management contract
ImageWare Systems has been awarded a $2.2 million contract from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, to expand its personal identity verification…
University at Buffalo joins NSF biometrics research center
The National Science Foundation has made the University at Buffalo a member of its Center for Identification Technology Research, based on its…
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