A key concept of, and major difference between, biometric systems involves the storage of the enrolled template. To function, the enrolled biometric template must be available for comparison against the newly presented fingerprint and resultant template. But where will the...
Biometrics are defined as "automated methods of recognizing a person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. Among the features measured are; face, fingerprints, hand geometry, handwriting, iris, retinal, vein, and voice. Biometric technologies are becoming the foundation of an...
It is not uncommon for a college campus to have less than one parking space for every ten students. Add faculty and staff, visitors, and vendors to that equation and it is easy to see why a parking is among...
On campuses across the country, metal keys are disappearing in favor of plastic cards. As witnessed by the hotel industry in the preceding two decades, these offline electronic locks are revolutionizing door access in college dormitories. And the growing flexibility...
“We are talking about one of the largest-growing crimes in America, with literally hundreds of thousands of victims a year. It is called identity theft … The average identity theft costs $17,000. The average length of time it takes an...
The nine-digit number has been used since 1936 to track a person’s wages for the purpose of accruing benefits within the Social Security Administration. The SSN has grown to be used as an identifier for all sorts of other applications,...
The most heated battle in the contactless technology market place has not been between different standards but between competing implementations within a single standard. The two unique implementations of the ISO 14443 standard, Type A and Type B, have fought...
On July 16, 2003, Blackboard announced a settlement with Billy Hoffman and Virgil Griffith relating to the lawsuit filed previously by Blackboard alleging the two students had hacked a portion of the Blackboard card system.
The most heated battle in the contactless technology market place has not been between different standards but between competing implementations within a single standard. The two unique implementations of the ISO 14443 standard, Type A and Type B, have fought...
Today, the system of choice for electronic ID card production is video imaging. It is this process that has propelled the advances in ID system functionality seen in recent years. The process, in its most basic form, involves the capture...
The only publication dedicated to the use of campus cards, mobile credentials, identity and security technology in the education market. CampusIDNews – formerly CR80News – has served more than 6,500 subscribers for more than two decades.
Attn: friends in the biometrics space. Nominations close Friday for the annual Women in Biometrics Awards. Take five minutes to recognize a colleague or even yourself. http://WomenInBiometrics.com
Feb. 1 webinar explores how mobile ordering enhanced campus life, increased sales at UVA and Central Washington @Grubhub @CBORD
