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News announcement confirms the government’s belief in this technology. To us it’s the government saying that this approach is the way to go. This sort of recognition is good for biometrics.” The visit to Newham follows an award, believed to be in the region of £170,000, from the Home Office Crime Reduction Unit. This cash will be used to improve the Newham system, including a shift to multi-camera capability. According to Pidgeon, this could include monitoring more than 10 cameras simultaneously, although the scope of the expansion has yet to be defined. This expanded capability would allow Newham to use its 250 CCTV cameras to create “mini rings of steel” around areas, such as shopping centres (Btt November ’99, p3). Contact: Tim Pidgeon at Visionics, Tel: +44 1962 738360, Fax: +44 1962 738361, email:[email protected]
Law & order
World’s biggest casino bets on Viisage technology Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut, USA, is planning to install facial recognition technology from Viisage Technology (Btt February ’00, p6) to enhance its security and surveillance and reduce fraud. Foxwoods claims to be the largest casino in the world and brings international name recognition to Viisage’s base of installations in this sector. Three more Viisage facial recognition systems are also to be installed at Trump casinos in Atlantic City. These are the Trump Marina, the Trump Taj Mahal and the Trump Plaza. The systems were marketed and implemented by Biometrica Systems, a spin-off company from Viisage. Contact: Tom Colatosti at Viisage Technology, Tel: +1 978 952 2215, Fax: +1 978 952 2225
Smart cards
Digital certificates get biometric release Silicon-based fingerprint authentication technology supplier Veridicom (Btt February ’00, p6) has tied the release of digital certificates to an
individual by combining its fingerprint technology with smart cards. The company claims that its product, Confirma Private Web, can offer a greater level of security than SSL (secure socket layer), which is the most standard offering for data transmission in a secure session. By using a biometric to check the identity of the user, combined with PKI technology, the system allows business-to-business users to know conclusively that the user is who they say they are. According to Veridicom’s president and CEO Michael D’Amour: “PrivateWeb authenticates the individual with whom you are about to conduct business. It also provides non-repudiation by tying a transaction to an individual as they sign an access request or transaction by placing their finger on our sensor to release their digital certificate.” The user’s fingerprint template is stored on a smart card alongside their digital certificate. This helps to side step potential privacy implications, by allowing the user to control their own identity. The supplier said that its product will become available from this month. Contact: Naeer Zafar at Veridicom, Tel: +1 408 588 1489, Fax: +1 408 588 9402, email: [email protected]
Awards
Biometric companies win at awards ceremony Three biometric companies were category winners at the Advanced Card Awards 2000 ceremony in the UK last month. Keyware Technologies and Proton World International won the “STMicroelectronics best new security product” award. This was for their layered biometric approach to protect a Proton application on a Java card (see p2). Precise Biometrics (Btt October ’99, p6) had the best new peripheral, with its combined fingerprint and smart card reader. Orga Card Systems (Btt October ’99, p7) won the “RNIB usability award” for its combination of biometrics and smart cards to provide driver licences in the Indian state of Gujerat. Contact: Ann Lambrechts at Keyware Technologies, Tel: +32 2 721 45 74, Fax: +32 2 721 69 49 Peter Hojerback at Precise Biometrics, Tel: +46 46 286 57 70, Fax: +46 46 286 57 62 Scott Allen at Orga, Tel: +44 118 377 6000, Fax: +44 118 377 6001
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News announcement confirms the government’s belief in this technology. To us it’s the government saying that this approach is the way to go. This sort of recognition is good for biometrics.” The visit to Newham follows an award, believed to be in the region of £170,000, from the Home Office Crime Reduction Unit. This cash will be used to improve the Newham system, including a shift to multi-camera capability. According to Pidgeon, this could include monitoring more than 10 cameras simultaneously, although the scope of the expansion has yet to be defined. This expanded capability would allow Newham to use its 250 CCTV cameras to create “mini rings of steel” around areas, such as shopping centres (Btt November ’99, p3). Contact: Tim Pidgeon at Visionics, Tel: +44 1962 738360, Fax: +44 1962 738361, email:[email protected]
Law & order
World’s biggest casino bets on Viisage technology Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut, USA, is planning to install facial recognition technology from Viisage Technology (Btt February ’00, p6) to enhance its security and surveillance and reduce fraud. Foxwoods claims to be the largest casino in the world and brings international name recognition to Viisage’s base of installations in this sector. Three more Viisage facial recognition systems are also to be installed at Trump casinos in Atlantic City. These are the Trump Marina, the Trump Taj Mahal and the Trump Plaza. The systems were marketed and implemented by Biometrica Systems, a spin-off company from Viisage. Contact: Tom Colatosti at Viisage Technology, Tel: +1 978 952 2215, Fax: +1 978 952 2225
Smart cards
Digital certificates get biometric release Silicon-based fingerprint authentication technology supplier Veridicom (Btt February ’00, p6) has tied the release of digital certificates to an
individual by combining its fingerprint technology with smart cards. The company claims that its product, Confirma Private Web, can offer a greater level of security than SSL (secure socket layer), which is the most standard offering for data transmission in a secure session. By using a biometric to check the identity of the user, combined with PKI technology, the system allows business-to-business users to know conclusively that the user is who they say they are. According to Veridicom’s president and CEO Michael D’Amour: “PrivateWeb authenticates the individual with whom you are about to conduct business. It also provides non-repudiation by tying a transaction to an individual as they sign an access request or transaction by placing their finger on our sensor to release their digital certificate.” The user’s fingerprint template is stored on a smart card alongside their digital certificate. This helps to side step potential privacy implications, by allowing the user to control their own identity. The supplier said that its product will become available from this month. Contact: Naeer Zafar at Veridicom, Tel: +1 408 588 1489, Fax: +1 408 588 9402, email: [email protected]
Awards
Biometric companies win at awards ceremony Three biometric companies were category winners at the Advanced Card Awards 2000 ceremony in the UK last month. Keyware Technologies and Proton World International won the “STMicroelectronics best new security product” award. This was for their layered biometric approach to protect a Proton application on a Java card (see p2). Precise Biometrics (Btt October ’99, p6) had the best new peripheral, with its combined fingerprint and smart card reader. Orga Card Systems (Btt October ’99, p7) won the “RNIB usability award” for its combination of biometrics and smart cards to provide driver licences in the Indian state of Gujerat. Contact: Ann Lambrechts at Keyware Technologies, Tel: +32 2 721 45 74, Fax: +32 2 721 69 49 Peter Hojerback at Precise Biometrics, Tel: +46 46 286 57 70, Fax: +46 46 286 57 62 Scott Allen at Orga, Tel: +44 118 377 6000, Fax: +44 118 377 6001
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