AE Industrial Partners has acquired Linkware, a company that specializes in custom software solutions and government consulting, and Pangiam, a security and travel consulting services provider, to create an integrated travel solutions technology platform, AEI announced Wednesday. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. "Combining Linkware with Pangiam will create a compelling travel and security solutions technology platform with unlimited potential," said Kevin McAleenan.
Read More »LexisNexis’ Kimberly Sutherland, Andrew McClenahan Talk Ways to Manage User Access Risks
LexisNexis Risk Solutions has cited identity verification techniques based on risk management concepts as key factors that federal agencies should consider when implementing personnel authentication capabilities.
Read More »Trueface to Help Air Force Deploy Computer Vision Tech for Base Security
Trueface has received a contract through the U.S. Air Force's AFWERX program to install company-built computer vision systems at a military base in the first quarter of 2020.
Read More »CBP Seeks Biometrics Tech, Cloud Services to Update Traveler Vetting Procedures
Customs and Border Protection is seeking a contractor that can help the Department of Homeland Security implement biometrics technology to update its traveler vetting systems, Nextgov reported Friday.
Read More »Army Releases Solicitation for Fire Control Prototypes, Seeks Long-Range Firing Capability
The U.S. Army plans to award two five-year agreements for the production of fire control system prototypes that are capable of utilizing adjusted aiming points based on the distance of the target and perform ballistic calculations and wireless data transmission, Military.com reported Saturday.
Read More »AWS’ Michael Punke: Legislation Needed to Ensure Government Transparency in Facial Recognition Tech Utilization
Michael Punke, vice president of global public policy at Amazon Web Services, has said the company supports the call for a national legislative framework to prevent misuse of facial recognition technology against individual civil rights.
Read More »Cloud-Based Identity Tools, Mobile Device-Based Authentication Among Cyber Market Trends to Watch in 2019
Some of the trends in the cybersecurity market to watch in 2019 include the availability of identity platforms in the cloud and use of mobile devices in authentication, Security Today reported Wednesday. Organizations aim to supplement application security platforms in the cloud with cloud-based identity and access management systems. The …
Read More »NIST Report Highlights Tech Advancements in Facial Recognition Market
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a report that points to rapid advancements in the U.S. marketplace for facial recognition software platforms. NIST said Friday it evaluated 127 software algorithms from 39 different developers and found that face-based biometric matching algorithms showed 20 times better searching performance over the past …
Read More »Johns Hopkins APL Develops Mixed Reality-Based Gesture Detector
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has created a mixed reality system designed to amplify a person’s facial movement to detect social gestures, emotional signals and other forms of nonverbal communication. The Mixed Reality Social Prosthesis technology works by overlaying facial imagery with psychophysiological data through the use of Microsoft’s …
Read More »Radiant Solutions-Led Team Launches Facial, Fingerprint ID System; Tony Frazier Comments
Maxar Technologies’ Radiant Solutions business has teamed up with Secure Planet and Rank One Computing to launch a multimodal platform designed to provide facial recognition, fingerprint and palm print identification capabilities. The AFIX Tracker FR system uses ROC-developed algorithms for facial recognition and features software, hardware, onsite training and related support …
Read More »Microsoft’s Brad Smith: Facial Recognition Technology Must Be Regulated by Government
Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer of Microsoft, recently said that the government must regulate the use of facial recognition technology in light of its potential for abuse. Authorities must “pursue thoughtful government regulation” of facial recognition technology to mitigate the risk of its being used in such a …
Read More »Ideal Innovations to Support DIA Document, Media Exploitation Mission
Ideal Innovations Inc. has secured a potential four-year, $6.5 million contract to provide biometric examination services for the Defense Intelligence Agency‘s document and media exploitation mission. I3 said Nov. 2 it will support DIA’s National Media Exploitation Center under the contract, which contains one base year and three option years. Bob …
Read More »Safran to Open Identity & Security Tech Hub in Silicon Valley; Anne Bouverot Comments
Safran‘s identity and security business will open a new facility in Silicon Valley at the end of 2016 in a move to familiarize the development community interact with the company’s products. The facility is located in Redwood City, California, and will feature an innovation center focused on digital payment, digital identity and …
Read More »Unisys: Law Enforcement Provides Key Opportunity to Integrate Biometrics Into Wearable Tech
A Unisys study predicts that law enforcement would lead the integration of biometrics into wearable technology in order to identify known or suspected criminals and terrorists. The company polled 54 biometrics professionals at the Biometrics Institute Asia Pacific Conference in Australia from May 24 to 26 for the study, Unisys said Tuesday. The …
Read More »Unisys’ John Kendall: Iris Biometrics Viable Tech for Border Security
Border security agencies worldwide can implement iris biometrics technology in order to determine the identities of people that enter their country from overseas locations, a Unisys executive has said. John Kendall, director of public sector and security programs for Unisys’ Asia-Pacific region, wrote in a blog post published Friday on the …
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