DigitalIDNews | MMG taps DigitalPersona for logical access control

Thursday, April 1, 2010

DigitalPersona, a developer of biometric solutions, has announced insurance company MMG Insurance has chosen them to roll-out biometric logical access control to their headquarters and various regional offices. The solution, DigitalPersona Pro, utilizes fingerprint sensor for a single sing-on solution.

MMG expects the solution to save their employees large amounts of time as their previous system which operated off of user names and passwords, required 10-minute password protected screensavers and often saw employees logged into multiple systems at once. The solution from DigitalPersona is expected to not only save time, but money as well due to removing the need for IT personnel at MMG to reset forgotten or compromised passwords.

DigitalPersona releases new full disk encryption solution

DigitalPersona has announced the release of new biometric solution for digital access management, data protection and communication security.

The solution, called DigitalPersona Pro Enterprise, is capable of full disk encryption, two-factor virtual private network authentication utilizing biometrics and smart cards, fingerprint biometrics, is integrated with Microsoft Active Directory and can all be managed from a central system.

ScriptRx and Digital Persona partner for health care solution

DigitalPersona, a developer of fingerprint-based biometric technology solutions has partnered up with ScriptRx, a developer of various health care technology solutions, to integrate DigitalPersona’s U.are.U fingerprint readers into ScriptRx’s Electronic Medical Record and Discharge System for Emergency Rooms and Urgent Care Centers.

Ceelox completes online authentication prototype

Ceelox has announced that it has finished development of a prototype application that would use Ceelox’s fingerprint biometrics to enable biometric authentication in online environments such as corporate intranets, cloud computing networks and commercial applications like online banking and other personal account-based access.

Indian government looks to install biometric logical access control

The Ministry of Home Affairs in India’s government has decided to install biometric logical access controls on all its computers and has invited bids from companies to install 100 devices to accomplish this, according to an Express India article. While the primary purpose of installing the new technology is to stop unauthorized access to the agency’s computer systems, it is expected to record usage data of each authorized user as well.

DigitalPersona tapped for payroll fraud solution

DigitalPersona has announced that wireless retailer Prime Communications has implemented DigitalPersona’s U.are.U fingerprint solution in an effort to reduce payroll fraud. The solution from DigitalPersona is combined with retail management software called RQ4 developed by iQmetrix and is expected by Prime officials to help reduce labor costs through more reliable punch times and eliminating buddy-punching.

Hospital taps DigitalPersona for security solution

DigitalPersona has announced it has been selected by Memorial Hospital of Union County in Ohio for a biometric solution to help it meet Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements for securing electronic forms of patient records.

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MMG taps DigitalPersona for logical access control