Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

The Winter 2009 Summit on Biometrics

Monday, November 10, 2008

Practical Implementation Strategies, Market Trends, & Best Practices In Government & Business

Special $200 Discount for Third Factor Contacts!

Dates: March 2 - 5, 2009
Location: Miami, Florida
URL: http://www.aliconferences.com/conf/biometrics_summit_winter09/
Contact: http://www.aliconferences.com/contact.htm

Description: Attend the 19th updated international forum for advanced identification solutions including… Finger Print Technology, Facial Recognition Systems, Iris and Retina Scan, Smart Cards, Hand Geometry, and Voice Verification Systems.

Attending this conference will help you:

  • Understand the key biometric technologies – how they work, costs and benefits, strengths and weaknesses – through several real end user case study examples
  • Explore the latest applications of biometrics in government, telecommunications, border control, law enforcement, healthcare, airport/seaport & motor vehicles departments
  • Incorporate biometrics into an integrated solution for identity management
  • Achieve cost savings and increase efficiency and security by implementing biometric applications
  • Make the business case for biometrics and smart cards
  • Learn what consumers think about biometrics and smart cards
  • Test and evaluate the performance of a biometric system to ensure system security
  • Apply the latest standards to your application
  • Discover the ethical and privacy issues and how to avoid being perceived as “Big Brother”
  • Integrate biometrics with other authentication technologies such as smart cards and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to improve security
  • Implement multimodal biometrics - such as the fusion of fingerprint, iris recognition and face recognition
  • Overcome common pitfalls during biometric deployment
  • Learn about the vulnerabilities of biometric systems to spoofing

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Vision-Box, a biometrics solutions provider, has come out with an automatic border control e-gate that supports multimodal biometric authentication.

This new e-gate is a thin system that contains vb i-match, a single sourced design that is modular and flexible and can be adapted to business requirements and infrastructure constraints that would otherwise disrupt passenger flow. It has the ability to cope with industry standards such as ICAO. The e-gate supports iris, fingerprint and facial biometrics.

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Identive Group has released a cloud-based NFC tag management platform that enables advertisers, retailers and organizations to deliver targeted content and services to customers’ NFC-enabled mobile devices.

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Sensor supplier Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC) has extended its partnership with Chinese biometrics provider Miaxis Biometrics Co. LTD to deliver biometrics products to the Chinese banking sector.

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Identive Group announced tomPAY, an NFC-enabled sticker tag that can be affixed to existing mobile phones to enable contactless payments.

Based on Identive’s tom (tag on metal) smart inlay technology, tomPAY is manufactured using the same processes as an ISO PVC card. When placed on a phone, tomPAY enables contactless mobile payments in compliance with MasterCard PayPass specifications, as well as loyalty, transport ticketing and other m-commerce services.

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AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the winter 2011 issue of Regarding ID.

The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front of you.

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The Smart Card Alliance has revealed the full three-day agenda for its NFC Solutions Summit 2012 to be held in Burlingame, Calif. from May 22-24.

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