21/08/2008 - Hi-tech electronic borders strengthen Britain's security
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said: "The UK has one of the toughest borders in the world and we are determined to ensure it stays that way. New facial recognition gates compare faces of UK and EEA passengers to their biometric passports.

21/08/2008 - Massachusetts Police Share Local Information with BIO-key's InfoExchange(R) Software
Each of the five police departments now provide their officers on the street with vital information previously unavailable from the separate criminal records systems maintained by all of the departments.

21/08/2008 - Technological Innovations and Government Regulations Drive Use of Biometrics in Border Control Applications
The convenience and user friendliness of biometric solutions such as e-passports have made biometrics the security solution of choice to monitor cross-border activities.

21/08/2008 - Aware's Biometric Services Platform (BioSP?) integrates with Sun identity management
Collaboration delivers a comprehensive next-generation identity management platform, complete with biometric enrollment, authentication, data formatting, and background check connectivity

21/08/2008 - Claims that UK ePassport was cloned and altered
According to experts, ICAO?s underutilised Public Key Directory (PKD) would prevent this from happening, if countries would only sign up to it.

21/08/2008 - Home Office has awarded Thales £18m contract for UK National Identity Scheme
will design, build, test and operate the technology that will deliver the National Identity Register and support the issuing of Identity Cards from the second half of 2009.

21/08/2008 - Israel to form Biometric Database
"biometric database" that would pool the photographs and fingerprints of citizens when they apply for new passports and identity cards

21/08/2008 - ID Analytics Study Reveals Employees' Criminal Misuse of Stolen Identities
Companies should be on the alert for what may be the biggest security threat to their customers-employees with access to sensitive customer data.

21/08/2008 - Telecommuting Presents Privacy and Security Risks to Organizations
Employers need to establish clear guidelines that will protect confidential information from such risks

21/08/2008 - Information Card Foundation FAQ
Information Cards are the digital, online equivalents of your physical identification credentials such as a drivers license, passport, credit card, club card, business card or asocial greeting card

21/08/2008 - $3 Billion in 2008 will soar to $7.3 Billion by 2013
Over the next five years the effort to create standards for biometrics technologies will be rewarded with a significant growth in biometrics system adoption.

21/08/2008 - Biometrics to speed travel between UK and US
The agreement sets out the shared determination to develop a swift channel across the two borders for trusted travellers, which uses fingerprint, iris or facial recognition technology.

21/08/2008 - Sarkozy urging swift implementation of biometric visas for EU
The French proposal contains new measures to return those illegally residing in the EU to their countries and calls for tougher "re-admission" deals regulating these returns.

21/08/2008 - Daon is Key Player - in Registered Traveller Launch and Expansion
RT is expanding rapidly and has become one of the most successful voluntary biometric programs in the world.

21/08/2008 - Michigan State University researcher Anil Jain creates system to match tattoos to suspects
Called ?Tattoo-ID,? the system Jain has been working on is a software program, which includes an annotated database containing images of scars, marks and tattoos, provided by law enforcement agencies.

21/08/2008 - Visiphor Integration & Facial Recognition Software Sets a New Standard in Post-Secondary Learning
Providing licenses of our flagship products supports the expanded use of Visiphor's information sharing and biometric solutions within the law enforcement, justice and security sectors

21/08/2008 - Low consumer confidence in telephone banking security measures allayed by Voice Biometrics
The research was conducted by SpeechStorm and Genesys during May and June 2008 under the guidance of University of Ulster?s Head of Voice Authentication Research, Professor Michael McTear.

21/08/2008 - Visa Waiver Program Travelers-Introducing the Electronic System for Travel Authorization
The VWP is administered by DHS and enables citizens and eligible nationals of certain countries to travel to the United States for tourism or business for stays of 90 days or less without obtaining a visa.

21/08/2008 - Sagem Sécurité to Provide Biometric Systems for UK Visa and Resident Permit Applicants
These systems will provide the means to track the immigration status for Third Country Nationals, through the production of biometric cards.