RegardingID Archive | Two companies join Lockheed Martin in biometrics project

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Global Science and Technology and Innovative Management and Technology Services have signed on to help Lockheed Martin with the new FBI biometric project. The overall FBI contract is 10-years and valued at $1 billion. The two companies will work with Lockheed in assisting the FBI in expanding biometrics storage, according to a CNN Money article.

The project, referred to as Next Generation Identification System, will expand the FBI’s storage of biometric identifiers such as fingerprints, iris scans and others.

Read the full story here.

Lockheed Martin attack linked to SecureID?

Lockheed Martin was the victim of a large cyber attack, however quick detection by employees thwarted the security breach on May 21. Lockheed Martin, an aerospace engineering company, holds the U.S. government’s biggest military contract, and thus a security breach here, could have devastating effects on the federal government.

Industry experts acknowledge poor public perception as a hurdle for biometrics

In his keynote address to the Biometrics Consortium in Tampa, Fla., John Mears, director of biometrics and identity management solutions at Lockheed Martin, acknowledged the well understood but infrequently tackled hurdle that faces the biometrics industry: poor public perception.

RISE Project holds concluding conference covering research and innovation

The Rising pan-European and International Awareness of Biometrics and Security Ethics (RISE) Project has announced it will be concluding its biometrics conference covering responsible research and innovation in biometrics on December 1 - 2.

Maine college's OneCard goes off campus

The OneCard from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, can now be used at three off-campus restaurants with more merchants set to join.

“It’s a project we’ve been working on for some time now and its finally coming to fruition,” said OneCard Coordinator Chris Bird.

The once and future way to 'Like'

LikeBelt from deeplocal on Vimeo.

And now for something completely different.

Pittsburgh-based design studio Deeplocal has developed an NFC-enabled belt that lets the wearer “like” things on Facebook much in the same way that a dog “likes” your leg.

Indian government compromises on biometrics and identity

India’s government has called a truce in the ongoing argument between the Ministry of Home Affairs’s National Population Register (NPR) project and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), reports the Indian Express.

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Two companies join Lockheed Martin in biometrics project