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

AuthenTec receives ISO certification

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

AuthenTec, a developer of biometric technology, has announced that they have achieved 9001:2008 certification from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The certification means that their company’s products have met a certain level of quality in development and design and that their processes have met a certain level of standards set forth by the ISO. [end] 

AuthenTec has announced that its AES850 smart fingerprint sensor has been integrated into a new Fujitsu smart phone, the REGZA Phone T-01D.

With AuthenTec’s AES850, the Android 2.3-based phone can be locked and unlocked via a quick scan of the user’s fingerprint. The sensor can also be used to control access to applications on the phone as well as provide greater security for NFC-enabled mobile payments.

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Suprema announced that its RealScan-G10 and RealScan-10 line of fingerprint scanners have received final certification from the Government of India’s Standardization Testing & Quality Certification (STQC) to be part of the country’s Unique ID (UID) project.

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AuthenTec announced the acquisition of all the assets of Proxure, which includes intellectual property and software products relating to their syncing and cloud-based storage services.

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IC-TAG Solutions announced it has earned certification from Alien Technology to use its EPC Gen 2 RFID inlays.

IC TAG utilizes Alien Technology’s EPC Gen 2 Squiggle, Squiglette, and Square inlays in their IC-TAG RFID labels and tags. Alien uses its own proprietary microchip, Higgs 3, to produce its ultra-high frequency RFID tracking devices.

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AuthenTec announced it has acquired Seattle-based network security solutions developer PeerSec Networks. Among the segments of PeerSec that is included in the acquisition are the Matrix line of device-embedded security solutions, which consists of the MatrixSSL, MatrixSSH and MatrixDTLS, and the team behind those solutions.

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Smart Chip Limited, the Indian subsidiary of Morpho, has received the Software Engineering Institute’s certification for the Maturity 3 level of the Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development (CMMI-DEV).

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