RegardingID Archive | Biometrics driving the next age of security in Asia Pacific markets

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.autoID.frost.com), Biometrics Markets in Asia Pacific, finds that the market earned revenues of $126.3 million in 2007 and estimates this to reach $1.6 billion by 2012. The report found that national ID projects and e-Passport programs are providing the biggest potential for biometrics in the Asia Pacific region.

With the cost of biometric readers declining, biometric border control security is also being implemented in many countries across Asia. The report concluded that in the coming years, biometrics products will all be standardized and interoperable with other security systems, providing a much higher level of security.

Asia Pacific adopting two-chip ID cards

Governments in Asia-Pacific are planning to adopt the two-chip electronic identification (EID) card, reports ZDNet.

The two-chip card, also called a hybrid card, incorporates two different independently residing chip technologies on the same card. Generally, one is a contactless smart chip with an antenna, while the other is a contact smart chip.

Afghanistan collecting biometrics from all travelers

Some countries collect fingerprint or other biometric data from visitors but Afghanistan is going a step further a collecting the data from everyone entering or departing Kabul International Airport, according to the New York Times.

EAB looks to drive the biometric market place

The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) is focusing on a goal of driving the research and development of biometrics and building the future of the industry around a concern for end-user privacy protection.

UL acquires Witham Laboratories to expand evaluation services

Safety science company UL has acquired Melbourne, Australia-based Witham Laboratories, a global provider of payment software and hardware security reviews.

The acquisition expands UL’s reach into the payment card security assessment field and will enable it to provide security reviews of payment terminal, software and infrastructure.

SmartMetric acquires manufacturing plant in Argentina

SmartMetric announced it has leased a manufacturing plant in Buenos Aires, Argentina where it plans to manufacture fingerprint activated smart cards. These cards are being developed with industries such as banking, medical insurance and government or other high-security identification industries in mind.

Asia Pacific leads the world in contactless payments for transit

The Asia Pacific region is one of the largest users of smart cards, so much that it now leads the world in using the cards to pay for travel, reports iTWire.

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Biometrics driving the next age of security in Asia Pacific markets