Nevada-based multimodal biometric authentication provider BioID has announced that its webcam-based biometric recognition product can now be used for authentication to Intel’s Cloud SSO and McAfee’s Cloud Identity Manager products.

BioID uses “live detection” facial recognition to identify and authenticate a user who is logging into the Intel SSO portal. Likewise, it verifies the user again whenever launching sensitive applications, or if a session will time out. By using a camera for this process, the system can detect if an attacker is trying to go around the authentication process by using a photo.

BioID will be displaying this product at the European Identity Conference Expo held on April 17-19 in Munich.  

Biometrics provider Human Recognition Systems has developed an improved real time intelligence metric using fusion biometrics.

The system is based on the MForce identification platform and was developed as an open architecture called Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS). With the new architecture, MForce can combine match scores from multiple biometric modalities, which improves the overall reliability identification rate, even if the data is poor or incomplete. 

Hooters Restaurants has implemented biometric fingerprint readers as a means to prevent loss in transaction and payroll fraud at the restaurant level.

Hooters contracted with DigitalPersona Inc. to install the provider’s U.are.U fingerprint readers with ITWercs Point-of-Sale software in restaurant units. Hooters employees use the readers to authenticate transactions and clock in and out for shifts. 

The Boeing Company has said it plans to develop its own smart phone this year, writes Redorbit.com.

The Android phone is expected to have high-security features including encryption, biometrics and physical locks that make it ideal for military and government use in defense and intelligence. Boeing believes the phone could be targeted toward commercial users as well. 

Medical researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) who are trying to develop a mobile app that can identify medication have received a T1 Catalyst Mobile Health Translational Project Award from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at UCSF.

As reported by the university, UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute assistant professor Rahul C. Deo, MD, PhD and UCSF medical student David Ouyang are collaborating on the project, which aims to quickly identify pills based on color, shape and imprint and give information about the medication. 

Beta testers for Sensible Vision’s new FastAccess Anywhere facial recognition password replacement app are praising its speed, accuracy and reliability.

FastAccess Anywhere is available on both iOS and Android and replaces traditional passwords with a secure combination of the user’s face and a gesture. This enables the user to replace login password information and quickly log in to devices, applications and Web sites. Users can also synchronize the app settings between devices. 

In order to release its H1Biometric Finger Vein scanner to the U.S. market, Hitachi Europe Ltd. has signed a strategic partnership with M2SYS, making the company Hitachi’s primary Value Added Reseller for this product in North America.

Hitachi developed the technology behind the finger vein identity management for secure authentication for access control and other identification methods.