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

Agent Vi to help protect vital U.S. sites

Monday, March 31, 2008

Agent Vi, an enterprise video analytics software company, has partnered with national systems engineering firm Abeo Technical Solutions LLC to provide video analytics software for the Potomac Basin Security System (PBSS) project.

The area includes Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Bolling Air Force Base and the Washington Navy Yard. Funded by the Naval Air Systems Command, the PBSS project combines biometrically enabled access control, geospatial technology, radar surveillance, video analytics and other sensor technologies to protect transportation facilities, secure areas and critical infrastructure. Agent Vi’s technology is currently deployed in more than 25 countries. [end] 

India transport operator Ahmedabad Janmarg Ltd. has launched a smart transit card for commuters traveling on the region’s bus system, according to ISO&Agent.

The agency began a six-month trial and August 2010 followed by a soft and silent launch in January 2012. The card is available now for a nonrefundable fee of 25 rupees ($.50 US cents) and allows commuters to travel for up to 100 minutes on one bus, for the minimum fare.

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CADD Emirates, a Dubai-based ICT system integrator serving many industries including the hospitality sector, has announced that it will begin replacing its hotel guest room key card systems with biometric fingerprint scanners.

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3M Security Systems introduced the 3M CR100/CR100M Document Readers, which give users the ability to read MRZ data from passports, IDs and other Machine Readable Travel Documents, as well as three-track magnetic stripe cards.

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New Jersey Transit’s use of NFC payments with Google Wallet has been an “overwhelming and resounding success,” according to NJ Transit spokesman John Durson.

Introduced on the NJ Transit network in October 2011, Google Wallet enables riders to purchase tickets with the tap of an NFC-enabled phone at New York Penn Station, Newark Liberty Airport’s rail station and on 7 city bus lines.

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Access IS is gearing up for Security Document World (SDW) 2012 where it will be showcasing its latest range of security document readers.

There the company will introduce its new passport reader - the OCR601 - which is able to quickly and accurately verify the machine readable zone (MRZ) and enables the data in an e-passport’s chip to be read, all in a single action.

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Evolis introduced its new card printer, coined Primacy, suited for instantly personalizing cards in medium to large runs, single or dual-sided and for a range of applications.

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