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Keystroke dynamics: Biometrics at your fingertips

Friday, June 15, 2007


On May 24, 1844, the message, “What hath God wrought!” was sent by telegraph from Baltimore, Maryland, to our nation’s Capitol in Washington, DC. A new era in long-distance communications had begun. By the 1860s, the telegraph revolution was in full swing, and telegraph operators had become a valuable resource. Each operator developed his own unique signature and could be identified simply by his tapping rhythm.

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Authenware, a provider of security software, announced Criterion HPS will resell Authentest, a keystroke biometrics technology, with The Cube, a high-speed, small-footprint computing appliance.

The agreement enables Criterion HPS to augment cyber-protection in their computing appliances by incorporating Authentest’s identity authentication technology into supercomputers. A collection of Criterion HPS devices will be pre-configured with Authenware’s keystroke biometric software in order to supply consumers with a user-ready product.  

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A webinar hosted by Angel.com, an interactive voice response (IVR) and call center solutions provider, and VoiceVault, a developer of voice recognition biometrics, drives at the need for voice biometrics in call center operations looking for unique alternatives to boost efficiency and lower costs, according to a TMCnet article.

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Probayes Technologies has joined with IDmachines LLC to bring its keystroke authentication product based on Bayesian modeling to the U.S. market. Bayesian modeling is used along with statistical techniques to perform data analysis.

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AuthenWare has announced an update to its flagship security software offering called AuthenWare 2.0. The AuthenWare security software utilizes unique typing rhythms in conjunction with behavioral and environmental characteristics and a username and password. In addition to being a software solution deployable on individual computers, AuthenWare is touted as having the ability to exist as a Web-based solution.

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Authenware announced an agreement with Telefnica, a telecommunications company, to employing Authenware’s security features.

Under the deal, Telefnica’s login portals will be armed with the Authentest software, granting access to valid users by analyzing keystroke patterns and typing behaviors.

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U.S. soldiers stationed in Afghanistan are depending on various biometric devices and the enrollment of Afghani citizens into their databases to better tell civilians from militants and other criminals in the area, according to a CJTF-101 article.

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