RegardingID Archive | Weariness of passwords sees biometric expansion

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Computer with built-in fingerprint readers sales have risen 91% in recent months, according to a Silicon article. Findings from a survey showed many feel this jump in sales is due mostly as a result of computer users tiring of dealing with numerous passwords or pass phrases.

The survery also showed that many of those who did not report tiring of passwords reported that they are overly careless with their computer security choosing high risk passwords such as “password” and/or sharing their passwords with coworkers and friends.

Read the full story here

DigitalPersona announces new enterprise version release

DigitalPersona announced the release of a new version of its Pro Enterprise software solution, version 5.2.

Among the aspects of the new version DigitalPersona is touting are the extensive number of factors a company utilizing the solution can use to authenticate for access to sensitive information or secured computer stations. These factors include what a user knows, such as PINs or passwords, things you have, such as smart cards, contactless identity cards or Bluetooth devices, and things you are, such as fingerprints.

New survey shows over half of retailers rely on passwords for POS logins

Authentication and access provider DigitalPersona released the results of a survey that found more than half of retailers rely on passwords for point-of-sale system login in, even though they also have great concerns over passwords being shared and misused.

Weak authentication methods hindering mobile commerce, says Forbes

Consumers aren’t adopting mobile transactions as quickly as originally thought, in part due to security and fraud concerns, says Forbes. The mobile commerce market is in trouble unless consumers trust that mobile applications and devices are secure.

‘Butt biometrics’ is no joke

A Japanese researcher has developed a biometric that could be used to protect a car from theft: butt biometrics, according to verge.com.

Shigeomi Koshimizu, an associate professor at the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo has developed the technology. A seat pressure map to generates 39 indices that are used to uniquely identify a subject’s posterior. Results so far have been encouraging, with average false reject rates of 2.2% and false accept rates of 1.1%.

DigitalPersona's Pro Enterprise enables "mix and match" authentication

DigitalPersona released a new version of its Pro Enterprise authentication device. It now contains the ability to support a number of new authentication credentials, enabling organizations to mix and match the ways in which employees securely identify themselves to Microsoft Windows and other applications.

Sheriff’s office deploys biometrics for logical access

Allen County Ohio, in conjunction with the Allen County Sheriff’s Office has selected BioLink’s IDenium for access to desktops and mobile terminals across county-wide organizations.

Subscribe

Print Magazine

Featured Events

Links

Searching …

Weariness of passwords sees biometric expansion