ThirdFactor | MaxID deploys handheld TWIC readers to cruise center

Thursday, July 8, 2010

MaxID has announced that its iDL500, a biometric Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) reader, has been deployed to the Half Moone Cruise and Celebration Center in Norfolk, Va.

The iDL500 units that shipped to the center are coming bundled with CoreStreet’s PIVMAN client software to make the device TWIC-compatible as well as MaxID reader software called MaxIDentity Suite Passport.

ID efforts cited in TSA reform report

The U.S. House of Representatives released a report calling for reform at the Transportation Security Administration 10-years after it was created.

“The report is an examination and critical analysis of the development, evolution and current status and performance of TSA ten years after its creation,” the report states. “Since its inception, TSA has lost its focus on transportation security. Instead, it has grown into an enormous, inflexible and distracted bureaucracy, more concerned with human resource management and consolidating power, and acting reactively instead of proactively.”

MaxID acquires Enterprise Air's MBM physical access suite

MaxID Corp. announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Enterprise Air’s Mobile Badge Management Manager (MBM) software suite. The MBM server provides communications and exchange of information with a variety of physical access systems from manufacturers such as LenelOnGaurd, Software House, AMAG, and Honeywell.

STOPware provides universal PIV compliance to federal agencies

Visitor management identification and tracking software provider STOPware has introduced a new module to its PassagePoint GLOBAL product. This module processes visitors using PIV-compliant credentials in accordance with HSPD-12.

Jakarta airport opens biometric immigration gate

In an effort to streamline passenger security, Jakarta, Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta Airport has opened the country’s first biometric immigration gate.

Fingerprint biometric identification provider BIO-key International, Inc. and Oakwell Engineering Limited partnered to create the new gate, designed for use by passengers with electronic passports. Passengers submit their e-passports and authenticate with a fingerprint.

Codebench, Hirsch integrate software

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.

Codebench, S2 partner

Codebench Inc. and S2 Security Corp. announced that Codebench’s PIVCheck Plus software suite, a card validation, authentication, and registration solution for HSPD-12 compliance, now integrates with the S2 NetBox Extreme and Enterprise systems from S2 Security Corporation.

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MaxID deploys handheld TWIC readers to cruise center