Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

ISC East 2007

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Dates: September 11-12, 2007
Venue: Jacob Javits Center
Location: New York, NY
URL: http://www.isceast.com/ Contact: inquiry@isceast.com

Description: Join more than 10,000 security professionals for the premier East coast security event. In 2007, we will offer an expanded show floor where you’ll have the opportunity to visit Urban Security at ISC East, which will showcase hundreds of products and solutions specifically for securing and safeguarding large populations and commercial property. And, ISC East will once again co-locate with Infosecurity NY. [end] 

Vision-Box, a biometrics solutions provider, has come out with an automatic border control e-gate that supports multimodal biometric authentication.

This new e-gate is a thin system that contains vb i-match, a single sourced design that is modular and flexible and can be adapted to business requirements and infrastructure constraints that would otherwise disrupt passenger flow. It has the ability to cope with industry standards such as ICAO. The e-gate supports iris, fingerprint and facial biometrics.

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TrackIT Solutions, an RFID solutions provider based in the Middle East, announced the launch of EnTrackAsset, a Web-enabled RFID tracking solution designed to streamline and automate corporate asset management.

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Massachusetts-based Aware Inc. has announced it’s won three contracts to provide biometrics software and services for three large-scale border management systems in Europe, the Middle East and North America.

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Vimpelcom, one of Russia’s largest mobile operators, has announced plans to bring NFC-enabled mobile payments to the Moscow subway.

According to East-West Digital News, the contactless payments system will be identical to the one Vimpelcom introduced in the St. Petersburg Metro last year, which enables passengers to purchase and redeem transit tickets with a tap of a mobile phone.

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Secure transactions consultancy Intelling has released a white paper called “eID in South Asia,” which discusses several ongoing eID projects within the region.

The white paper serves as a preview to Intelling’s Smart Insights Report on eID in South East Asia, which it plans to release in April.

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East Carolina Bank is the latest community bank to offer its customers IronKey Trusted Access. This secure browsing option aims to prevent identity theft, payments fraud and online account stealing.

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