ThirdFactor | Realtime provides biometric computer security

Friday, January 8, 2010

Tampa, Florida-based biometrics developer Realtime North America is implementing its fingerprint-based biometrics solutions as a logical access control system to help secure computers of government organizations and companies both local and national, according to a Tampa Bay Online article.

The system, called bioLock, costs $100,000 installed and is designed to authenticate and track not only who is accessing the various systems it oversees, but for what length of time as well.

The fingerprint scanners Realtime suggests for their clients come embedded on keyboards and mice and matches the biometrics sample to given information supplied by the user.

Read the full story here.

DigitalPersona announces new enterprise version release

DigitalPersona announced the release of a new version of its Pro Enterprise software solution, version 5.2.

Among the aspects of the new version DigitalPersona is touting are the extensive number of factors a company utilizing the solution can use to authenticate for access to sensitive information or secured computer stations. These factors include what a user knows, such as PINs or passwords, things you have, such as smart cards, contactless identity cards or Bluetooth devices, and things you are, such as fingerprints.

DoD is looking for new biometric authentication on computers

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University of Maryland student information stored on publicly accessible computer

A state audit found that personal and financial information for students considering attending the University of Maryland were stored on publicly accessible servers that could make students easy prey to ID thieves.

‘Butt biometrics’ is no joke

A Japanese researcher has developed a biometric that could be used to protect a car from theft: butt biometrics, according to verge.com.

Shigeomi Koshimizu, an associate professor at the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo has developed the technology. A seat pressure map to generates 39 indices that are used to uniquely identify a subject’s posterior. Results so far have been encouraging, with average false reject rates of 2.2% and false accept rates of 1.1%.

KSI announces new line of biometric keyboards

Key Source International (KSI) has announced the release of a new line of computer keyboards that offer a number of security input options.

Among the various embedded options for securely authenticating one’s identity in the keyboard, called the KSI-1700, are biometrics, RFID, HID and contactless smart cards as well as technology called SonarLocID, which automatically locks a user’s workstation when they walk away.

Honeywell enters the RFID space with new retail solution

Proclaiming its entrance into the RFID space, Honeywell introduced part of a new product portfolio designed to bring efficiency to the retail industry, the Optimus 5900 RFID mobile computer.

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