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Keeping an eye on intruders

Technology / Other

created Sep 04, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Electronic fingerprinting, iris scans, and signature recognition software are all becoming commonplace biometrics for user authentication and security. However, they all suffer from one major drawback - they can be spoofed ...





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Sony Develops Compact Sized, High Speed, High Accuracy Finger Vein Authentication Technology Dubbed "mofiria"

Sony Develops Compact Sized, High Speed, High Accuracy Finger Vein Authentication Technology

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Sony Corporation today announced the development of a finger vein authentication technology called "mofiria." The user-friendly technology offers quick response and high accuracy and comes in a compact size ...


People are still the weakest link in computer and internet security, study finds

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Two decades ago, studies showed that computer users were violating best practices for setting up hack-proof passwords, and not much has changed since then. What's clear, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...


BioVault locks up biometrics: Using biometrics for encryption, digital signatures

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A system that allows biometric data to be used to create a secret key for data encryption has been developed by researchers in South Africa. They describe details of the new technology in the International Journal of Electronic Se ...


Software Helps Developers Get Started with PIV Cards

Software Helps Developers Get Started with PIV Cards

Technology / Software

created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed two demonstration software packages that show how Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards can be used with Windows and Linux systems to perform ...


NEC Develops World's Most Efficient Privacy Preserving Authentication Scheme

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created Jul 22, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NEC Corporation announced that it has developed the world's most efficient privacy preserving authentication scheme (or group signature scheme ) in terms of signature length and computational complexity, social infrastructure ...


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'Face pass' is latest security system for NEC laptops

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 04, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (33) | comments 0

NEC has launched two new series of laptops with a unique security feature called "face pass" -- or, in Japanese, "kao pass."


RSA SecurID Expands Support for Mobile Platforms

Technology / Software

created May 01, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The two-factor authentication technology from RSA, EMC's security division, now supports the Java Micro Edition and will soon support Windows Mobile platforms.


Sagem and Hitachi unveil multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint device

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sagem Sécurité and Hitachi, the engineering and information technology giant will unveil the first ever multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint device at Biometrics 2009 in London, Finger VP.


System thwarts Internet eavesdropping

Technology / Internet

created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 0

The growth of shared Wi-Fi and other wireless computer networks has increased the risk of eavesdropping on Internet communications, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and College of ...


Improving Security of Handheld IT Devices

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created Aug 29, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Handheld devices such as personal digital assistants are becoming indispensable tools for today’s highly mobile workforce. Small and relatively inexpensive, these devices can be used for many functions, including sending ...



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