Some Minnesota school districts are getting on the biometrics bandwagon, enabling students to use their fingerprints to get a meal in the cafeteria or to check out a book from the library. At one school, according to the article in the Pioneer Press, the fingerprints, which are stored as a numeric template, can also be used to identify students when they get their medication in the nurse’s office or go to a school dance. Read the complete story here.  

Fujitsu Computer Products will demonstrate its new PalmSecure™ PC Log-In Kit at the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference, Feb. 24-28 in Orlando, FL. The PC Log-In Kit is composed of the PalmSecure authentication sensor embedded into a PC mouse which captures an image of the user’s palm vein, and OmniPass™ Windows Log-in and Single Sign-On software which eliminates password entry for Windows sessions and password protected applications. PalmSecure generates a unique biometric template that is matched against pre-registered users’ palm vein patterns.

The integration of smart cards with biometrics will become a growing market, according to new analysis from Frost & Sullivan (www.smartcards.frost.com).

The report was cosponsored by APAC Integrated Smart Cards and Biometrics Markets. It found that the market for intgerated smart cards and biometric products earned $249.1 million in 2007 and is expected to reach $822.2 million by 2013. National ID projects are the most active revenue generators for the market, since all governments in the Asia Pacific are looking at implementing biometrics along with smart cards.

Intercede Group and CoreStreet have integrated Intercede’s MyID with the CoreStreet PIVMAN solution. This integration allows customers to more easily implement an identity verification and security solution for major events such as sporting championships and political conventions, as well as for disaster management by the First Responder community.

Intercede Group and CoreStreet have integrated Intercede’s MyID with the CoreStreet PIVMAN solution. This integration allows customers to more easily implement an identity verification and security solution for major events such as sporting championships and political conventions, as well as for disaster management by the First Responder community.

The CoreStreet PIVMAN solution consists of software for hand held devices designed to allow authorized personnel the ability to control access to any site with confidence by quickly authenticating and validating the roles and identities of individuals wishing to enter an area. Intercede’s MyID is a smart card and identity credential management system that enables organizations to enroll, issue and manage the life cycle of smart cards, USB authentication devices, PKI certificates, biometrics and other identity credentials.  

Detroit Metropolitan Airport becomes latest airport to require ten fingerprints instead of just two from its international visitors for the Department of Homeland Security. The department said the change in its US-VISIT program is meant to help it do a better job of stopping potential security risks.

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The Winter 2008 Summit on Biometrics is the 17th International Forum from the Advanced Learning Institute in association with International Biometric Group (IBG) and Biometric Digest. The event is being held in Miami, Florida at the Doubletree Ocean Point Resort & Spa - Miami Beach North. For more information, visit the summit website at http://www.aliconferences.com/conf/biometrics_summit_winter08/index.htm.  

AuthenTec’s fingerprint sensors are now a standard feature in the world’s first notebooks to offer one Terabyte (1 trillion bytes) of disk storage capacity, ASUS’ new M50 and M70 PCs. Instead of using a password to access ASPM, the user may simply swipe their finger across the AuthenTec fingerprint sensor to ensure secure yet convenient access to their laptop, its stored files and even entertainment web sites.

On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) will supply its end-to-end ePassport and border control system to be implemented in a European country. OTI will be providing eStickers which enable the upgrade of existing passports to ePassports, and an advanced infrastructure for ePassport issuing and border control passenger inspection and verification. The system meets the latest standards for electronic passports set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the European Union.

On Track Innovations Ltd. will supply its end-to-end ePassport and border control system to be implemented in a European country. OTI will be providing eStickers which enable the upgrade of existing passports to ePassports, and an advanced infrastructure for ePassport issuing and border control passenger inspection and verification. The system meets the latest standards for electronic passports set by the International Civil Aviation Organization and the European Union.

The end-to-end system, based on OTI’s MAGNA platform, includes: enrollment and personalization infrastructure including image and fingerprint enrollment, OTI’s eSticker, electronic secured sticker, based on OTI’s Hercules™ Operating System, border control system based on passenger biometric identification applications. The system, which is operable whether it is online or offline, enables border control officers to receive unequivocal identification using a combination of two biometric means – fingerprints and facial recognition.