Task force outlines federal ID management approach
New report outlines initial set of recommendations for building a more organized framework for identity management.
Biometrics moves past 'what if' and into 'how to'
To judge from the talk at the Biometrics Consortium Conference, biometrics in the U.S. military has moved out of the realm of the possible; DOD's biggest concerns now are implementation.
NIST publishes security guidance for wireless links, industrial controls
The agency has released three information security documents in its 800 series of special publications, including one on Bluetooth security.
FBI certifies fingerprint device
SecuGen fingerprint device can store and perform fast search on 10,000 users.
Jackson Shaw | Directories and user identities
GCN Interview: Quest Software's Active Directory guru discusses the future of identity management.<p></p><p></p>
Coast Guard to expand biometric project
In the two years the program has been in place, biometric data has been collected on 1,957 immigrants attempting to to cross the Mona Passage from the Dominican Republic into Puerto Rico.
Motorola debuts snap-on biometric attachment
The Motorola Mobile AIFS snap-on device offers a 508 DPI single-digit fingerprint scanner that is FIPS 201-certified.
Biometrics Task Force reveals 2009 research funding areas
The development of single sensors capable of capturing multiple modalities, and the development of multimodal model matching capabilities, are focus areas for research funding proposals.
TSA tests biometrics for pilots
A TSA program is designed to improve security and expedite access for authorized airline employees at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Next up: FDCC for Macs
Army team that contributed to the development of the Federal Desktop Core Configuration for Microsoft's operating systems is now in the early stages of developing a comparable configuration model for Apple Macs
CISO Perspectives: Deep packet inspection
Commentary: Harnessing the power to interrogate inbound traffic for sensitive federal networks is the right thing to do. But why then has it taken federal CISOs so long to make the DPI plunge?
Authentication device reads palms, not passwords
Fujitsu unveils a device that reads a person's palm-vein pattern to authenticate user identity.
One password says it all
South Carolina agency's single sign-on system boosts authentication and security.
In the end, user acceptance is the real test
Maintaining security in increasingly complex networking environments requires working with users, not against them.
Scott Vanstone | Cryptography thrown an elliptic curve
GCN Interview: One of the inventors of elliptic curve cryptography talks about ECC's emerging role in providing strong security for public-key infrastructures.
Compact wireless face recognition
Sagem Morpho Inc. introduced its new RapID 1100 handheld biometric device this week.
Networked prints
In a merger of physical security and cybersecurity, the Army has installed a centralized system to control access to buildings and networks at Hunter Army Airfield and Fort Stewart in Georgia.
Chipmaker licenses portfolio of security patents to protect smart cards
Deal could make it easier to improve security on U.S. passports.
USPS to adopt new bar coding system
The Postal Service is on track to put a new bar code system into production next year that will help to automate the processing of mail being sent by large mailers.
Cloning e-passports: An old trick that can still work
Optional security features are the problem with the international electronic passport scheme.
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