RegardingID Archive | UK nursery schools get biometric access security

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

UK Biometrics has provided a biometric based access control security system at fourteen of Busy Bee children nurseries chain in the United Kingdom/ The system has been trialed for the past year, according to a Computer Weekly article. Following the success of the trial Busy Bee has placed a more than $1million order from UK Biometrics to fit the rest of the chain with the biometric access devices.

The access system is not only for employees of the care centers, but the parents of the enrolled children as well. The system now keeps unauthorized people from accessing the nurseries as well as allowing the caretakers to stay attentive to the children when parents are dropping other children off.

The system is setup to ensure forgeries or data theft is near impossible. By encrypting the fingerprint data of the users and storing it locally at each nursery rather than a central database they are able to stop the theft of any usable data. Additionally, the scanners scan more than the print by scanning sub-dermal ridges on the finger making it essentially impossible to fake a print.

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AOptix announces partnership with SITA

AOptix Technologies announced that SITA, a specialist in air transport communications and information technology, has joined the AOptix Value Added Reseller program.

Under the partnership, SITA, who has customers in more than 200 countries which includes 300 airport locations, would be able to offer its customers AOptix solutions. These offerings include the InSight iris and face recognition product as an automated solution for airports to quickly and securely identify passengers at security checkpoints with documents such as biometric-enabled passports.

LAWA places order from ImageWare

ImageWare Systems announced that the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), an agency that oversees Los Angeles International (LAX) airport, LA/Ontario International airport and Van Nuys airport, has placed an order for a number of biometric identity management and credentialing solutions.

West Virginia county schools implementing biometric solution

Schools in Taylor County in West Virginia are integrating biometric systems into their school lunch programs in an effort to stream line processes among other purposes, according to a Mountain Statesman article.

Get students involved in securing schools

As the need for security increases, whether its K-12 or on college campuses, educators certainly don’t want to turn their schools into fortresses.

While certain elements, such as or metal detectors, may be necessary evils, some security experts believe that creating a good relationship with students could be just as important.

Finger scanning utilized at two West Virginia high schools

High schools in Jefferson County, W.V. will be implementing biometric finger scanning in an effort to provide security for the students’ cafeteria accounts. Purpose of the program, according to school officials, is to eliminate clerical errors and to provide students with an easy way to identify themselves when using the cafeteria.

Ohio elementary school gets biometric cafeterias

Munroe Elementary School in Tallmadge, Ohio is upgrading its cafeteria to be cash-free when the students return form winter break relying instead on biometrics for students to access accounts for their food, according to a Tallmadge Express article.

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