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- Online Testing Service Adds Biometric Identification
- KRYTERION's core testing technology, Webassessor, delivers tests to candidates in the field for certification, accreditation, or licensing. Webassessor is back-ended with the open-sourced Tomcat J2EE application server and MySQL. For the next-generation release of Webassessor, KRYTERION looked for the best-of-breed biometric authentication system in order to help validate the identification...
- Case studies 2008-04-24
- 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...
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- 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,...
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- National Archives: What, Me Worry?
- I propose that the National Archives change its motto from "Littera Scripta Manet" The Written Letter Abides to "What, Me Worry?" befitting it's current lack of data security controls. While many of you this weekend were firing up your barbecues, cooking grilled meats...
- Blog posts 2009-05-25
- The PKI Authentication System With the Integration of Biometric Identification and Nonsymmetric Key Technology
- To deal with the threats to the PKI authentication system from the internet and the real world, based on the analysis of biometric identification and nonsymmetric key technology, this paper presented a new PKI authentication system through the integration of Biometric identification and non-symmetric key technology, which assembled their advantages...
- White papers 2009-05-24
- Rohos Face Logon 2.7 (Windows)
- The program adds biometric authentication and additional security level to the standard Windows logon. It allows to access Windows computer in an easy, fast and secure way by using face regognition technology.
- Software downloads 2009-04-30
- Cool enterprise security developments at Macworld Expo
- Several developers showed new security tools for the Mac and iPhone platform at this week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco, including biometric locks for storage and a forthcoming app that turns an iPhone or iPod into a PKI token authentication solution. by David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- Protecting Biometric Data With Extended Access Control: Securing Biometric Datasets in Electronic Identification Documents
- While extremely valuable for strong authentication, biometric datasets contain sensitive personally identifiable information that criminal organization could leverage to commit fraud, impersonate identities or gain unauthorized access into ePassport-protected countries. Extended Access Control technology helps protect these invaluable biometric datasets from being stolen and used for malicious gain. The requirements...
- White papers 2008-08-01
- Biometric Network Logon 2007.2.0.0 (Windows)
- The Biometric Network Logon is a biometrical authentication solution for the user-friendly, comfortable, safe and secure access to Windows Networks with Active Directory. Each user or group of users can use one of the following login methods: Username + Fingerprint Smart Logon. Only Fingerprint Fast Logon. Username + Password...
- Software downloads 2008-06-29
- Continental's TSA Airport Security is decidedly Un-CLEAR
- As some of you may know, my job as a systems architect for one of the world's largest systems integration firms requires that I do a large amount of travel. Typically, I'm away from home about four days out of the week. Naturally, this results in going through a lot...
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- Ohiohealth's Dublin Methodist Hospital Goes Paperless, Providing Secure Access to Digital Information and Authenticated Prescription Drug Orders With Imprivata OneSign
- OhioHealth is a family of not-for-profit, faith-based hospitals and healthcare organizations. Recent legislation surrounding online prescription drug orders from the Ohio Board of Pharmacy required new levels of transactional authentication, meaning doctors must provide identifying credentials at the time of transaction in order to approve the prescription order. As part...
- Case studies 2008-06-01
- Dekart Logon for Citrix ICA Client 2.03 (Windows)
- Stop memorizing logins, passwords, Citrix servers and manually entering them; store all your Citrix connections on one USB flash drive, smart card, or token; enjoy automated access - simply insert the USB drive and pass convenient identification. Add the strength of multi-factor authentication for login to Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server...
- Software downloads 2008-05-07
- Doodles for Authentication: Recognition and User Study Results
- Traditional means of computer based authentication based on username and password combinations become unwieldy as the number of password accounts one manages increases. The average computer user needs to remember a large number of text username and password combinations for different applications, which places a large cognitive load on the...
- White papers 2008-04-18
- VoiceSecureIt 2.0 (Mobile)
- VoiceSecureIt™ is the first Voice Biometric solution for the PalmOS® Platform. This easy to use and highly effective voice security application enables the user to secure their device with a simple and unique voice print phrase. This new version features a redesigned Graphic User Interface for easier viewing and robust...
- Software downloads 2008-03-31
- Windows Vista SP1
- A little more than one year after its release, Windows Vista will receive its first service pack update in March. Microsoft says the pack will offer better compatibility with third-party hardware, increased reliability, tighter security, and better performance. But unlike the last Windows Service Pack release, Windows XP SP2--which offered...
- Product reviews 2008-02-07
- SmartWallet 1.1 (Windows)
- SmartWallet is a single login system that enabled you to access to multiple web accounts with master password. The master password is uniquely protected with our prorietary BioSignIN Engine. BioSingIN is an additional layer of security that strengthens traditional password-based authentication system with typing biometric technique. You can login into...
- Software downloads 2007-10-18
- Insight into why Europeans get multi-factor authentication and we don't
- Insight into why Europeans get multi-factor authentication and we don'tBank of America Offering that as of This weekHere's the quote from Bank of America online banking:"SafePass™ Account Security Unrivaled protection you controlSafePass is an optional, second layer of protection for your most sensitive Online Banking transactions. With SafePass, you receive a...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-11
- Insight into why Europeans get multi-factor authentication and we don't
- Every now and then, a press release or pitch crosses my desk about the so-called idea of "strong factor" authentication. It makes me want to roll my eyes because the US has got to be the only place in the world that actually knows better than to fall for...
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- An Open Source Java Framework for Biometric Web Authentication Based on BioAPI
- One of the major early problems that biometrics faced was the lack of interoperability between different software applications and devices developed by different vendors. The BioAPI Specification has defined an open system standard Application Program Interface API which allows software applications to communicate with a broad range of biometric technologies....
- White papers 2007-06-18
- Yet another case of false info in a bank's press release to limit fallout
- By way of Bruce Schneiers blog comes news of a press release issued by a credit union that reeks of the sort of spin control that bank PR people must resort to in order to pretend to the public that their security is better than it is. Says the press...
- Blog posts 2007-04-13
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