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HID Global completes NFC mobile access control pilot at Arizona State University
HID Global successfully completed the world’s first university pilot of NFC smartphones carrying digital keys. The pilot was implemented using the company’s SIO technology, a key feature of its award-winning, next-generation iCLASS® SIO-Enabled (iCLASS SE™) credential and reader platform that transforms how secure identity is delivered and manag [...more...]
Precise Biometrics launched the next Generation of Mobile Security for Smart Devices: Smart Casings with Smart Card & Fingerprint Reader
Precise Biometrics has developed a smart casing with a built-in smart card reader and fingerprint sensor. The product meets the increasing requirements on network security and strong authentication raised by today’s government, healthcare, enterprise and banking sectors. The smart casing is the first of its kind on the market. With a built-in sm [...more...]
Avecto announced as finalist in three categories by Info Security Products Guide’s Global Excellence Awards
Avecto recently announced that it is a finalist in three 2012 Global Excellence Awards categories. Info Security Products Guide - the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide, has shortlisted Avecto as Best Overall Security Company, Best New Security Start-Up Company and Innovative Company of the Year (Security). These pr [...more...]
Next steps for protecting children online - final reminder for the Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar, Morning, Thursday, 26th January 2012
This seminar focuses on latest developments in public policy and business practice to protect young people from inappropriate and illegal content online, offering a timely opportunity to assess progress made and the work still to do. It includes a keynote address from the minister responsible for online child protection, Lynne Featherstone MP, Parl [...more...]
Cryptzone partners with B2B Secure to cope with explosive growth in Benelux region
Cryptzone the innovators in mitigating IT security risk have joined forces with Dutch Information Security specialist B2B Secure to manage the huge spike in demand that they’ve seen across the Benelux region. It comes as more and more companies have to address their security strategies in the wake of latest compliance rules and increasing breaches [...more...]
New study from Opus Research and ValidSoft suggests that voice biometrics will be central to future payments authentication if obstacles to adoption can be overcome
ValidSoft, a global supplier of fraud prevention, authentication and transaction verification solutions and part of the Elephant Talk Group, has partnered with leading research house Opus Research to produce a report titled, Voice Biometrics Authentication Best Practices: Overcoming Obstacles to Adoption. The study, led by Dan Miller, senior ana [...more...]
TopSecurity partners with SecurEnvoy to cope with explosive growth in Russia
Innovators of tokenless™ two factor authentication, SecurEnvoy, have joined forces with Russian distributor and security experts TopSecurity LLC to manage the huge spike in demand that they’ve seen across Russia. British-based IT security company SecurEnvoy is enjoying an international success story as it expands its distributor and partner networ [...more...]
Today Neurotechnology released three SDKs for embedded biometric systems in smartphones and other mobile devices
This morning, Neurotechnology, a provider of high-precision biometric identification technologies, announced their new line of embedded biometric technologies, including VeriFinger Embedded SDK for fingerprint biometrics, VeriLook Embedded SDK for face biometrics and MegaMatcher Embedded SDK for multi-biometric systems using face and fingerprints i [...more...]
McAfee comments on connected cars following KPMG's Automotive Survey
Following KPMG’s Global Automotive Executive Survey 2012 which looks at the rise in ‘connected cars’, McAfee’s CTO, Raj Samani, comments on the security risks this entails. “With Ericsson forecasting 50 billion IP-connected devices by 2020, up from 1 billion just a year ago, KPMG’s report into connected cars come as no surprise. But as in-car in [...more...]
Alert from Amit Klein, Trusteer's CTO on new SpyEye Trojan post transaction fraud schemes that criminals are using to attack UK and US bank customers
Just before the recent holiday season, Trusteer came across a SpyEye configuration which attacks banks in the USA and UK. Instead of intercepting, or diverting, email messages the attack automatically manipulates the bank account transaction webpage the customer views. The attack unfolds over through three major steps: 1. First a man-in-the [...more...]
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