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Hirsch’s biometric system earns top awards and editor’s choice

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Hirsch Electronic’s biometric security system, the Verification Station, has earned the editor’s choice top pick from Buildings magazine. Buildings is a publication that frequently looks at products that are beneficial for use by building owners.


The Verification Station operates as a check point or gate identity authenticator. By first registering a user’s prints into the system, an administrator may choose from any of twelve modes of access; anything from a simple fingerprint, to a fingerprint, card and access code may be used in order for the individual to gain access.

In addition to the Building magazine editor’s choice award, the Verification Station has also received the Security Industry Association’s New Product Showcase Award and has been placed on the TSA’s “Biometrics for Access Control” Qualified Products List. [end] 

Biometric technology expedites lunch lines

By Ross Mathis, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications

The Pinellas County School Board District in Clearwater, Fla. has paired up with technology provider Fujitsu Frontech North America to provide a reliable and secure method of handling school food service program transactions.

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Hirsch Identive announced that its Velocity Access Control and Security Management software has been tested and verified to be compliant with the IF-MAP computing standard by the international industry standards organization, Trusted Computing Group.

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Fulcrum Biometrics has been given two separate awards for innovation at the Cygnus Law Enforcement Group’s Innovation Awards in Chicago at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference.

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Codebench Inc. and Hirsch Identive announced the integration of Codebench’s PIVCheck Plus software with Hirsch Identive’s Velocity Management Software, which aims to provide federal government and commercial customers with a solution for identity validation, authentication and PACS registration using mobile handheld devices.

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Hirsch Electronics, a business unit of Identive Group Inc. announced that Lars Suneborn, director of the Government Program Group for Hirsch, will lead the RTCA (Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics) Subcommittee SC 224 effort to update the RTCA DO230 Integrated Security System Standard for Airport Access Control.

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OpenWays has announced the launch of its “Mobile Key Dual with Pure NFC” hotel check-in and room access solution at Nordic Choice Hotels in Stockholm, Sweden.

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