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BioTraits launches biometric security for computer applications

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

BioTraits, a developer of biometric solutions, has launched a new software product that enables for biometric access to computer files and applications from remote sites. The product, called PC-ID, utilizes much of the same technology BioTraits has developed for various commercial solutions in the past.

Beyond providing access, PC-ID can also allow employees to record time, activities, job codes and accounting data while keeping it all authenticated via their submitted biometric sample. BioTraits officials are expecting this new product to push virtual workplaces even further than they already are in terms of operations and security. [end] 

Administrators at eduKan, a consortium of six Kansas colleges created to offer online courses, are using BioSig-ID, a software only biometric solution, to discourage cheating among students involved in the schools’ distance education programs. The technology enables the colleges to determine that the student taking the course and the test is the same student who registered for the course.

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Key Source International announced GSA approval for it’s biometric keyboard and stand-alone biometric pod. KSI products are approved under FIPS 201 for Federal Employees and civilian contractors.

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Thursby Software Systems Inc. has released ADmitMac PKI v4, the fourth generation of its two-factor security software for the Mac OS. This version supports OS X Lion and Snow Leopard.

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HID Global announced the company’s mobile access strategy briefing at ISC West 2012 is available for viewing online. During the event, HID and its parent company ASSA ABLOY examined the growing market opportunities as access control goes mobile to deliver new ways for the industry to create, use and manage secure identity.

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The Indian government has started piloting biometric data capture for visa applications as part of its Immigration, Visa, Foreigner’s Registration and Tracking (IVFRT) project, reports The Indian Express.

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Social Security numbers and credit card information of 2,818 users of a University of Maine computer server may have fallen into the hands of hackers, according to university officials.

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