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Millionth biometric ID card issued in Morocco

e-ID secure from Thales creates milestone millionth contactless identity card for Moroccan security service using biometric technology

19 November 2008: Thales

 

Post office biometric data collection proposal branded irresponsible

UK Home Secretary’s proposal to have the Post Office collate biometric data leads to public identity security vulnerabilities according to TSSI

07 November 2008: TSSI Systems

 

Angola ID card program to adopt LaserCard systems

Personalisation systems and optical memory cards to be supplied to Angola for the country’s citizen ID initiative

03 November 2008: LaserCard

 

TSSI opposes eGovernment use of UK ID cards

Extension of UK ID card scheme to span government departments leads to increased possibility of abuse according to TSSI Systems

31 October 2008: TSSI Systems

 

Abuse concerns over UK ID card scheme

TSSI voices its concerns over the use of biometric driving licences as de facto ID cards in a scheme which is wide open to abuse

27 October 2008: TSSI Systems

 

Federal systems expert becomes Unisys managing partner

Experienced manager takes position at Unisys as managing partner for Civilian Agencies

22 October 2008: Unisys

 

Cogent Systems results due early November

Webcast to be broadcast after quarter end results announced for Cogent Systems

16 October 2008: Cogent Systems

 

New head for federal systems division

Unisys brings on new chief to control its federal systems business focussing on sales and customer services for government contracts

06 October 2008: Unisys

 

Civil Aviation expert joins board of Priva Technologies

Appointment of senior vice president coincides with launch of cleared security platform for use in airport access control

16 September 2008: Priva Technologies

 

Angolan biometric citizen ID system to be supplied by Unisys

Ministry of Justice in the Republic of Angola to make use of biometric based citizen ID system in order to reduce cases of fraud and improve the existing ID system

03 September 2008: Unisys

 

Financial results for biometric supplier

Increasing demand for biometric systems in recent months enables continued growth for Cogent with good forecast for meeting year end targets

11 August 2008: Cogent Systems

 

Secure ID cards supplied to Saudi Arabia

Optical smart cards from LaserCard to be used to fulfil contract from Saudi Arabia for national secure ID program

06 August 2008: LaserCard

 

Imprivata gains experienced federal markets expert onto board.

Former Identix CEO joins board of Imprivata, bringing extensive experience of dealing with federal clients in the user authentication market

31 July 2008: Imprivata

 

Smiths Detection veteran joins Cross Match

New CEO joins biometrics company after previous company head retires

24 July 2008: Cross Match Technologies

 

2Q results expected for Cogent Systems

Biometrics supplier to announce second quarter results at telephone conference call in early August

22 July 2008: Cogent Systems

 

TSA executive joins private sector airport security company

Ex Security Director of TSA joins Priva to oversee biometric airport employee identification and credentialing division

18 July 2008: Priva Technologies

 

Driving license applicant authentication for Georgia state department

The US State of Georgia has ordered secure driving license identification and issuing system from Digimarc

03 June 2008: Digimarc

 

Biometric identity verification for Canadian airports

Secure areas in Canadian airports to be protected by biometric fingerprint and iris recognition systems provided by Unisys.

08 May 2008: Unisys

 

Zebra prints biometric ID cards for Angolan elections

Identification verification to be achieved in elections in Angola using cards printed by Zebra printers containing digital photograph and biometric fingerprint encoded signature.

08 May 2008: Zebra Card Printers

 

New Mexico opts for secure driving license issuing.

Biometric face recognition technology to be used for applicant identity verification prior to issuing new or replacement driving licenses in New Mexico.

28 April 2008: Digimarc

 

Partnership for bringing biometrics to the Middle East.

BioGuard and Lumidigm sign agreement to use Lumidigm sensors for biometric systems to be used in the Middle East.

27 March 2008: Lumidigm

 

L-1 acquires Digimarc business for secure credentialing.

Digital watermarking from Digimarc combined with L-1 Identity Solutions’ biometrics expertise to fulfil demand for government identity management programmes.

25 March 2008: L-1 Identity Solutions

 

Homeland security approval for AuthentX identity management

AuthentX gains Task Order One for ability to supply compliant off the shelf identity card and management system.

17 March 2008: XTec

 

L-1 Identity Solutions picks up US passport card project

Passport card to be provided to border residents for ease of flow across land and sea borders and will contain an RFID chip for identity authentication.

12 March 2008: L-1 Identity Solutions

 

Sea port worker identity management program

Identity Commander from GE Security to be used in Florida sea ports alongside biometric identity cards for port workers to manage access and worker identification.

12 March 2008: GE Security

 
 
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