Smart ID cards to go to first responders in Washington
Roughly 200,000 first responders in the Washington metro area will receive biometric smart card IDs to enhance cooperation and efficiency between state and local first responders and their federal counterparts.
Authentication with a personal touch
Fingerprint scanners are accurate biometric identification tools'but they're not foolproof.
DOD plans to recognize more than just fingerprints
The future of biometrics lies beyond fingerprint scanners.
Power User: Licensed to Drive Windows?
Windows device drivers are like drivers on the road in that they need to be licensed to operate.
Justice, FBI to spur information sharing
The department and the bureau plan to accelerate their efforts to consolidate systems and improve sharing of information needed for criminal investigations and prosecutions by launching major IT projects.
DHS contracts for fingerprint scanners from Identix
The Homeland Security Department will deploy the devices at Immigration and Customs Enforcement sites to assist in the electronic scanning of fingerprints and to facilitate simultaneous verification from both DHS and FBI databases.
Air Force personnel warned of personal data breach
The Air Force has begun notifying more than 33,000 airmen throughout the service that much of their personal information was stolen from the online Assignment Management System.
Education is best defense for targeted phishing, CISOs say
Security exercises conducted by West Point and New York state's CISO found that many e-mail recipients fall for phishing scams that appear to have been sent from within their own organizations.
NIST to evaluate iris recognition technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology bills its Iris Challenge Evaluation as the 'first large-scale, open, independent evaluation' of the technology.
USDA takes E-Authentication to a new level
The Agriculture Department is one of a handful of agencies that don't have to worry about meeting the administration's goal of using e-authentication services for at least one of its applications.
Is it live, or is it ... latex?
In the 2004 film 'National Treasure,' the character played by Nicholas Cage surreptitiously steals a wineglass that had been used by the curator of the National Archives and in a matter of minutes creates a replica of her fingerprint. He uses the image to get past security measures protecting the Declaration of Independence and steals the document in order to look for a treasure map on the back.
DHS to foreign visitors: Give me 10
Homeland Security Department secretary Michael Chertoff's new requirement that all first-time visitors to the United States provide 10 fingerprints'rather than the current two required from most'is getting high marks from security experts for its ability to provide more meticulous identification and improved security.
DHS lays groundwork for border RFID acquisition
The Homeland Security Department's flagship U.S. Visit program may seek proposals in mid-2006 for a full-scale radio-frequency identification project at ports of entry.
California city contracts with Imageware for ID system
Imageware of San Diego will integrate its IWS Law Enforcement solution with an automated fingerprint identification system for the Fresno Sheriff's Department.
Defense hones Novell ID management
The Defense Department's Washington Headquarters Services is rolling out an authentication service on its network that meets the requirements for new standard federal ID cards.
Federal-state e-authentication project pays off
When employees for the City of Chicago file reports on the discharge of wastewater into public waterways, they fill out an online form and press a few keys.
A password only works when nobody else knows it
The good news about passwords is that they are integrated into just about every type of software, and users understand and accept them.
How strong is your password? NIST has some formulas
Entropy is a measure of disorder within a system.
PSST: the password is...
Passwords are among the oldest and still most commonly used forms of authentication.
FDIC awards security contract to BearingPoint
BearingPoint will support FDIC's Security Program, and assist with an annual IT security self-assessment.
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