Keeping Data Secure With Biometrics
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Portable hard drives from Apricorn, Logitech, and Microsoft use both fingerprint recognition and data encryption technologies.
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The U.K. government is proposing legislation that would create a system of ID cards with embedded biometric identifiers that everyone living in the U.K. would be required to have by 2011 or 2012.
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Data breaches contribute less to ID theft and fraud that most people think, according to a recent survey by Javelin Strategy & Research. Losing your checkbook or wallet is more likely to put you at risk.
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InfoWorld - A biometric systems vendor has a pitch for CIOs nervous about company executives losing their mobile phones and risking the loss of confidential information.
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A system which allows air passengers to sign up for biometric scanning to speed up their journeys is being unveiled at London's Heathrow Airport.
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The State Departmentâs rollout of technology to capture biometric data from visa applicants has progressed more quickly than expected and the department will meet its Sept.
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IBM has added biometric security to its ThinkPad notebook line, claiming the technology is now ready for prime time. IBM has added a fingerprint scanner to its T42 ThinkPad
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Rethinking privacy in an immodest age.
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That plastic card, the one with the lousy photo that's jammed into your wallet or purse, isn't just a license to drive. It's the green light to buy a drink, the ticket to federal benefits, the must-have document to get aboard airplanes. Now it's also the flash point for an argument about how best to balance America's security needs with worries that personal privacy could be swept away.
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Americans seek international database to carry iris, palm and finger prints
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'Identity reconstruction' still possible Large databases do not adequately protect sensitive personal information, according to a statistics professor in the US, who says that individuals can still be identified despite attempts to anonymise them.â¦
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The United States plans to issue passports with personal data stored on radio frequency identification chips. The documents would be harder to forge, but might leave holders vulnerable to identity theft. By Ryan Singel.
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IRVINE, Calif., June 25  /PRNewswire/ -- Businesses, remote workers and consumers can now keep their individual PC data secure with biometric authentication thanks to IOGEAR's Personal Security Mouse with Nano Technology (GMEFP1W6).
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(Source: IDC) Encrypting data in transit is a start - but encrypting data in storage is widely recognized as the next frontier in security. Find out how you can mitigate financial risk, prevent identity theft, block internal leaks and more - while keeping your vital information accessible and manageable.
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Lexar's JumpDrive TouchGuard uses a sensor that reads the ridges on a finger and unlocks encrypted data if there's a match.
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Germany will store digital fingerprints in addition to digital photos in passports as one of several biometric security measures.
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A test project, now in use at Reagan National Airport, aims to give frequent fliers a quicker pass through security checkpoints by using the latest biometric technologies -- such as eye scans -- to verify a passenger's identity.