RegardingID Archive | Sig-Tec and BIO-key outfit Ohio Sheriff’s office

Monday, October 6, 2008

BIO-key, a developer of fingerprint biometrics, and their partner Sig-Tec, a developer of security and access management technology, has announced the deployment of fingerprint based identity and access control system to the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio. The system will be used primarily to secure computer stations and certain applications on them.

The system was implemented by the agency as both a way to step up IT security while lowering IT costs by lessening the calls to the help desk for lost passwords. This first phase of implementation sees the necessary hardware and software installed at the county’s thirteen correctional facilities with more than 300 officers and civilians enrolled.

Fingerprint system acquired for cafeterias in one Ohio school district

Fingerprint technology acquired for Licking Heights’ five schools in Pataskala, Ohio, is aimed at moving students through lunch lines faster, along with reducing errors.

The fingerprint scanner from identiMetrics will require students to use their fingerprints to pull up accounts as they proceed through the lunch line. Currently they punch in student ID numbers onto a key pad. The system will go into effect next school year.

Lunchrooms in Ohio school district undergo overhaul

Fingerprint scanners and healthier menus are some of the renovations for schools in the Tallmadge, Ohio City School District. The finger scanners alone speed up the lunch lines as students no longer have to juggle cash when paying for their lunch.

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.

Ohio State students can link campus card to their Huntington bank account

Huntington Bank, Columbus, Ohio, has launched a new service for Ohio State University that will enable its students to link their Buck ID cards to their Huntington checking accounts at no charge. The service is part of Huntington’s $125 million partnership announced by bank and university officials last month.

Multicard providing standard conceal, carry permits to Colorado

Multicard announced that it has developed and implemented a standardized concealed carry handgun permit for Colorado’s county sheriffs’ association. Multicard designed and produced the secure, pre-printed identification card to be used statewide.

Alabama jail tests biometric identification

The Calhoun County Jail in eastern Alabama is one of the first prison systems in the U.S. to test facial recognition as a method of identifying people who have criminal records, reports the Anniston Star.

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Sig-Tec and BIO-key outfit Ohio Sheriff’s office