Online and Digital Identification, Securing Web 2.0, PKI and Digital Certificates

Patrick Townsend & Associates partners with Valid Technologies

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Patrick Townsend & Associates, Olympia, Wash., selected VSSA biometric technology from Valid Technologies as the product of choice to add strong authentication to its enterprise security system.

Companies that want to deploy the Alliance suite of IBM System solutions from Patrick Townsend & Associates can augment the password controls with the fingerprint biometric product from Valid Technologies, Boca Raton, Fla. Patrick Townsend & Associates will also support customers in the extension of biometric controls to legacy applications as well. [end] 

ClearStar Logistics, a developer of employee and tenant screening solutions, has partnered with biometric developer Advanced Livescan Technologies for a biometric-based capture and criminal history screening solution. The new system, which integrates ClearStar.net screening technology with Livescan’s E-VeriTech SOLO, utilizes fingerprint biometrics to search the National Criminal History Record Search database.

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Legislation from Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is being finalized, which would require all horses to be tagged with an ID micro-chip and valid passport issued from an approved stud-book or agency, according to local news reports.

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VingCard Elsafe announced that its SENTINEL II NFC in-room safe has been selected as a contributor to the GUESTROOM 20X display at HITEC 2010, June 22 – 24 in Orlando, Fla.

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More schools are now using online platforms to distribute and exchange information, such as course documents and online tests. These same online platforms also serve as an administrative tool, containing personal data on students and staff. To prevent identity and data theft, online applications used by schools and universities need to be protected.

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The Canadian Visa vendor Home Trust has selected Gemalto to manage its migration to EMV smart payment cards. Up until now the company has supplied only magnetic strip payment cards. With the support of Gemalto, Home Trust will begin issuing the new cards through pilot programs in Ontario.

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Elephant Talk Communications, a provider of software and services for the telecommunications and financial services industries, has announced the launch of new voice biometric offering called VALid-SVP.

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