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Interview with Emilio Martinez, CEO and Sapna Capoor, Director - Corporate Development & Strategy, Agnitio
June 2009

In March 2009, we announced that Agnitio secured €5.5 million of Series B funding led by Elaia Partners. The round also includes a significant participation from our current investor Nauta Capital. This second round of funding will allow Agnitio to further consolidate its leadership position in the voice biometric market by expediting our worldwide expansion plans in a rapidly expanding opportunistic market, in particular in the USA, Asia and the Middle East. In addition, it supports...
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Interview with Ken Lehman, Vice President of Identity Management, Northrop Grumman
May 2009

I reference the recent release of NG-ABIS, which provides the Biometrics Task Force to run at a higher "lights out" level of operations. "Lights out" means that through the use of multi-modality and fusion we are able to run at a higher rate of automated identification of an individual that wouldn’t require the need for human intervention to do a biometric examination. With the new system you have a much faster turn around time and greater scale capability to provide results. I’m not aware of any other system in the world today that has this capability in production that is supporting and enabling the warfighter. You will see systems like ABIS next providing this type of capabilities in the federal/civil, state and local, and commercial markets. Northrop Grumman with our partners are...
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Pact to bar High-Risk Travelers Formalized by United States and Spain
The US and Portugal sign Preventing and Combating Crime (PCC) Agreement allowing the exchange of biometric and biographic data to strengthen counterterrorism and law enforcement in both nations.

Frost & Sullivan Looks at Biometrics Advancement in Civil Security: Exploring Opportunities for Today and Beyond
Recent advancements in integrated biometrics and multi-biometrics and its dramatic acceptance in the industry as well as in the society would soon find its adoption in a wider range of applications.

NIST Ranks Sagem Sécurité #1 in face and iris recognition technology
Seven companies and five universities were tested in the The Portal Challenge under circumstances characteristic of functions for border control and identity management.

Asia Pacific’s Security Concerns Initiate Giant Potential for Access Control Equipment, Says Frost & Sullivan
EACS (electronic access control systems) will be affordable to almost all businesses as technologies advance and competition soars, prices will decline...

UK Home Office reports IRIS system used by Two million
Passengers can avoid line-ups, IRIS allows quicker times and improves immigration security.

ENISA issues three recommendations in reports on technologies to improve resilience of communication networks
The European Network and Information Security Agency [ENISA] launches two reports with three recommendations on emerging new technologies and their potential to improve the resilience of communication networks.

Street Vendors in India will Receive Biometric Cards
The agency's mandate will be to create a database of all authorised and unauthorised vendors and hawkers.

New DHS Biometric Procedures Trials At 2 US Airports
Customs officials at Detroit and Atlanta airports will use mobile devices to record biometric data from departing passengers, which will be matched to the finger scans and digital photo taken on arrival.

United States and The Netherlands Launch Air Travel Partnership to Streamline Border Processing
In a world with growing numbers of travelers and a strong demand for border control and safety, the United States and the Netherlands have managed to promote mobility...

The Biometric Market - A Recession Proof Area of Growth and Opportunities, Says Frost & Sullivan
The European biometrics market is expected to grow steadily in 2009 as security concerns and government projects such as national IDs, e-Passport projects, ports, airports, and other critical infrastructure security...

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Canadians Support Taking Biometric Data from Visa Applicants
84 percent support using biometrics to carry out criminal checks on non-Canadians seeking to enter Canada

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US-VISIT Fortifies Security
Previously, over-stayers were only discovered if they had encounter with police.

European Education Connectivity Solution (EECS)
A standardised campus card will enable more efficient electronic exchange of data amongst H.E. Institutions with the technology of the new millennium.

Volvo Technology Selected to Lead New York CVII Development Program
The Volvo-led program will test enhanced vehicle security, demonstrating driver identification and verification using TWIC and biometric readers to restrict vehicle operation to authorized drivers only.

Operation Stonegarden, $60 Million in Grants for US Border States
Based on greater risk, heavy cross-border traffic and border-related threat intelligence...

Policy and Technology Experts Agree on Need for Privacy, Access and Identity for Healthcare Information
The critical issues are getting control over who has access to healthcare information.

Biometric Passports for Croatia
Sagem Sécurité’s subsidiary Sagem Identification will deliver biometric passports to Croatia.

DoD ABIS Goes Operational
DoD ABIS is providing the warfighter an unprecedented enterprise-level biometric capability. The system is consistently returning fast, accurate, and reliable results to the field.

Swiss Passport Vote Wins Majority
the new passport, equipped with an electronic chip containing a portrait picture and two fingerprints of the holder..

The Center for Applied Identity Management Research Releases First Annual Workshop Report
The broad research goals include looking at the impact of combined biometric and biographic data sets to improve authentication and measuring the effectiveness of legislation or regulation policies that address identity theft...

Iris Biometrics: The Next Generation
Several features can cause difficulties in the use of iris biometrics, such as variation in pupil dilation, contact lenses, and the eye's normal aging; iris biometrics works best when the pupil is not strongly dilated...

LG Iris Wins Australian’s New South Wales Department of Corrective Services iris recognition technology contract.
This is major business win for LG’s iris recognition technology and follows the projects deployed in correction market in the United States and Asia



Patrick Botz Appointed President at Valid Tech
Jul-1-09

BIO-key(R) Awarded Mobile Data Contract for Ulster County, NY
Jun-30-09

SecuGen Offers Free SDKs for Fingerprint Software Development
Jun-29-09

The Carbon Trust Standard Company Implements AssureSign Electronic Signature Software to Expedite Document Authorizations
Jun-29-09

New Todos device enables secure digital signatures and document exchange
Jun-25-09

Datastrip Mobile Readers with Codebench PIVCheck Plus Software Tighten Port of Wilmington Security
Jun-24-09

M2SYS Technology to Offer Desktop Biometric Technology to Kronos Customers
Jun-24-09

Zvetco Biometrics Delivers a Cohesive Security System Integrating Fingerprint Biometrics with Sun Identity Management Solutions
Jun-24-09

Hirsch Demonstrates Industry's First Standards-Based Network / Physical Access Control Enforcement Solution
Jun-24-09

Innerscope Research Adds to Its Advisory Board Two Pioneers in the Measurement and Application of Emotional Engagement
Jun-23-09

3VR RELEASES CRIMEDEX 2.0, COLLABORATIVE CRIMINAL DATA-SHARING SERVICE WITH SECURE SOCIAL NETWORKING CAPABILITIES
Jun-23-09

Fortune 500 US Property & Casualty Insurance Company Selects CIC's eSignature Server Solution
Jun-23-09

Sagem Sécurité wins contract for advanced Facial Recognition System in Australia with the New South Wales Government
Jun-23-09

Vodafone Turkey Automates Contact Center Interactions Using PerSay Voice Biometrics Technology
Jun-23-09

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AWARDS LOCKHEED MARTIN BIOMETRIC CARD SCANNING SERVICE CONTRACT
Jun-23-09

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