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Palm Vein Pattern Authentication Technology

This paper introduces palm vein authentication. This technology is highly secure because it uses information contained within the body and is also highly accurate because the pattern of veins in the palm is complex and unique to each individual. Moreover, its contactless feature gives it a hygienic advantage over other...

Tags: Palm Inc., Biometric Authentication, Fujitsu Ltd., Technology, Authentication

White papers 2006-03-14

Biometric Authentication System - An Overview

There are several techniques that can be applied for verifying and confirming a user's identity. They can be broadly classified as something the user knows, such as a password or PIN; something the user has, such as a smart card or ATM card; and something that's part of the user,...

Tags: California Software, Biometric Authentication, Fingerprint, Authentication, Authentication/Encryption, Biometrics, Smart Cards, ATM, Productivity, Digital Security, Security, Networking

White papers 2004-06-01

Biometrics: Will Digital Fingerprints, Iris Scans and Speaker Recognition Soon Replace Passwords and Personal Identification Numbers?

Biometrics is a high tech word for an old concept: how they go about recognizing one another. Biometric authentication uses automated methods based on physical characteristics or behavioral traits for human recognition. Examples of biometrics include iris and retina scanning, digitized fingerprints, hand geometry and speaker recognition. Biometric authentication offers...

Tags: Digital Fingerprint, Password, Biometric Authentication, Biometrics, Authentication/Encryption, Security

White papers

SAFLINK and Computer Associates Team Up to Bring Password Protection Into the 21st Century

SAFLINK Corporation, based in Bellevue, Washington, provides biometric software solutions that secure business and personal information through the use of biometric authentication. SAFLINK's SAFaccess, a biometric authentication security framework, was one of the first applications to be certified ca smart with eTrust Single Sign-On eTrust SSO from Computer Associates International,...

Tags: Team, SAFLink, CA eTrust, Password, Password Protection, Biometric Authentication, Computer Associates International Inc., Single Sign-on, eTrust SSO, Security

Case studies

Additional Resources

Click fraud in 2nd quarter of 2008 more sophisticated, botnets to blame

Whereas the overall click fraud rate isn't increasing, it's not decreasing either, remaining flat for the first two quarters of 2008, according to data gathered from the Click Fraud Network, consisting of more than 4,000 online advertisers and agencies. Click Forensics report for the second quarter of 2008, indicates that...

Tags: Click Fraud, RK West, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-25

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."

July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...

Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Facebook gets serious about app quality

Facebook at its F8 developer powwow had a bevy of announcements that garnered interest, but among the most notable were its efforts to improve the quality of applications on the social networking site. First, the brief recap of Facebook's news (statement, Steve O'Hear's takeaways, Webware and Techmeme...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit

|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploitSo, Linux's BIND the first to be exploited...So, Linux's BIND the first to be exploited...Nice work!CoolNate, nice post and analysis!Wasn't the replacing the ns.victim.com cache entry part of the Halvar Flake speculation? I thought first part of the exploit was to...

Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, Operating systems, Alecco, DNS, ruid, exploit, HD Moore, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience

Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experienceNow, why can't they get their OS right?I'm probably too old to be a fan boy here, especially since I love about every game platform. But as a XBL user I can say Microsoft has seriously earned some respect points with the whole...

Tags: Game players, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., Xbox 360 experience, new Xbox 360, PC, hard drive, Microsoft Xbox 360, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Sun to make health care play through identity

If you're at home accessing a health care site and need authentication to reach a patient portal it's transparent to you as a patient. It's the infrastructure for their authentication and authorization by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Patient, Sun Microsystems Inc., Health Care, Identity, Open SSO, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-20

'Rogue admin' thought he was protecting network and city

Paul Venezia at PC World has an exclusive insider account on Terry Childs, the rogue network admin who locked everyone out of the city's network. The story in essence is Childs is an extreme control freak who built and maintained an extremely complex network, perhaps...

Tags: Administrator, Network, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-20

Android losing it's mojo fast

Android losing it's mojo fastForcing GTalk != do no evilYou can't get more lame than that...A note on iPhone apps.Apple would do well to remove the restriction where any non Apple application must exit not stay resident when another function is used like answering an incoming call. This will...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Blogging, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-19

Spam coming from free email providers increasing

After analyzing three weeks of spam data between June 13 to July 3, 2008, Roaring Penguin Software Inc. found evidence that spam originating from the top three free email providers (Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail) is increasing, with spammers in favor of abusing Gmail's privacy preserving feature of not including...

Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Gmail, Free Email Company, Anti-spam, Spammer, E-mail Company, IP, Service, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Phishing, Viruses And Worms, Security, Networking, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Sony's Centrino 2 laptop lineup

Details of Sony's new laptops have been trickling out for several weeks, but Sony held off on an official announcement to coincide with Intel's Centrino 2 launch this week. Sony introduced four new VAIO lines ranging from the 3-pound Z-series ultraportable with a 13.1-inch display to the...

Tags: Sony Corp., IBM zSeries, Hard Drive, Sony Vaio, Intel Centrino, Memory, Microsoft Windows Vista, Intel Core 2 Duo, Series, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., SP1, SR Series, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Biometrics Network Logon (exe)

Biometric Network Logon 2007 R2 supports 19 different devices. Usually, the fingerprint libraries provided by the manufacturers only support their own device. Biometric Network Logon is built under Fingerprint SDK's support for multiple fingerprint readers allows you to choose the more suitable reader. This version is the first release on...

Tags: Device, Network, Griaule Technology, Biometrics, Authentication/Encryption, Networking, Security

Software downloads 2008-07-15

WatchDog4.Biz Free Web site Monitoring (exe)

WatchDog4.Biz is a Web site availability monitoring and performance monitoring tool. It is a solution that helps you to get a true picture of availability and performance of your Web sites. Using WatchDog4.Biz you can always be aware whether your online business is down or up and estimate the efficiency...

Tags: Web, HTTP, Performance, Web Site, Performance Monitoring, OLSOFT, WatchDog4.Biz, Performance Management, Web Site Development, E-mail, Web Technology, Channel Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-15

Palm Treo 800w (Sprint)

The world may still be all abuzz with iPhone 3G talk, but believe it or not, there are other smartphones out there and Sprint has just landed a pretty darn good one. Today, Palm and Sprint unveiled the Palm Treo 800w, a Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone targeted at business users....

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Keyboards, Sprint Communications, Palm Treo, Palm Inc., smart phone

Product reviews 2008-07-14

On deck from Oracle: 45 critical database, server patches

On deck from Oracle: 45 critical database, server patchesUnbreakable.ntRE: On deck from Oracle: 45 critical database, server patchesso tables turned? MS SQL 2005 "zero" known vulnerabilities in 2.5years.. looks like SDL works well for Microsoft and its clientsRE: On deck from Oracle: 45 critical database, server patchesIt is important...

Tags: Patches, Storage, Databases, SECURITY, critical database, server patch, database, deck, patch management, server, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

On deck from Oracle: 45 critical database, server patches

Database server giant Oracle plans to ship patches for a total of 45 security vulnerabilities on Thursday (July 17), bringing the vulnerability count for 2008 to a whopping 112. Since January 2006 this CPU included, Oracle has shipped fixes for a total of  572 vulnerabilities. ...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Vulnerability, Patch Management, Server, Storage, Patches, Databases, Security, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Data Management, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Live Webcast: Guide to Evaluating Two-Factor Solutions

If you're in the market for a two-factor solution, don't miss this live TechRepublic Webcast. Learn how to choose the two-factor solution that is the right for your business. During the webcast, we'll discuss the key drivers for a successful two-factor implementation, identify key evaluation criteria, and compare two-factor authentication...

Tags: Webcast, Two-factor Authentication, Positive Networks Inc., Authentication

Webcasts 2008-07-10