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Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) hosted a special interoperability event with seven companies involved in the access control market, demonstrating the emerging Public Key Open Credential (PKOC) specification. The Interoperability Validation Testing was hosted at Convergint’s facility in Centennial, Colorado and featured products from ELATEC, Kastle Systems, JCI, Last Lock, rf IDEAS, SAFR Scan (RealNetworks), and Sentry. PKOC specifications David Bunzel, PSIA Executive...

Award-winning, global security pioneer, Gallagher Security, invites attendees of Global Security Exchange (GSX) to stop by booth 4433 to get a first-hand look at how integrations with industry-pioneering Technology Partners are enabling businesses to craft security their way with Command Center. The Gallagher team will be at the Kay Baily Hutchinson Convention Center from September 11-13 providing live product demonstrations, spotlighting partnerships, and connecting with the security community...

Cutting-edge technology was top of mind when GardaWorld, one of the largest privately-owned integrated physical security, cash, and risk management companies in the world, decided to build a new headquarters in Montreal.   The GardaWorld headquarters is a perfect example of how Gallagher Security solutions can deliver security in a specified way, explains Gallagher Security’s Technical Business Development Manager, Nour Muqatash: “GardaWorld has created a high-tech building tha...

AMAG Technology, an Allied Universal Company®, announces the hiring of Roland Fournier as Vice President, Product Management. The Vice President, Product Management will serve as the Lead Product Officer of AMAG Technology and is responsible for the vision, development, and strategy of all Symmetry™ products. Fournier will oversee the design and manufacturing planning of the AMAG product portfolio, defining product direction in line with strategic goals. In the pioneering product team...

IDEMIA, the global pioneer in identity technologies and biometric solutions announces that it has been selected as the technology partner by GMR Group for DigiYatra. “DigiYatra” is an industry-led initiative coordinated by the Aviation Ministry in line with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s Digital India vision to transform the nation into a digitally empowered society. Solution development and delivery Over the last one and a half years, IDEMIA has worked tirelessly along...

ASIS International and the Security Industry Association (SIA) closed out the inaugural Security LeadHER conference by celebrating a successful and groundbreaking first event held June 12-13 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 2023 Security LeadHER The event was dedicated to advancing, connecting, and empowering women in the security profession. Approximately 300 current and future “LeadHERs” and attendees of all backgrounds and genders gathered for Security LeadHER 2023. The 2023 Secur...

Award-winning, global security manufacturer, Gallagher Security teamed up with five technology partners to showcase the latest in their integrated security capabilities at the Integrate 360° Roadshow in Cape Town. Integrate 360° Roadshow Held at the 360° Bloemendal Wine Estate on Thursday, 1st of June 2023, attendees to the Integrate 360° Roadshow experienced a variety of sessions where each technology partner had the opportunity to give the audience a quick presentation and a...

IDEMIA Identity and Security (I&S) North America continues to lead the U.S. digital credential market with the launch of the Missouri Mobile ID App, in partnership with the Missouri Department of Revenue (DOR). State residents can download the free app from either the Apple App Store or Google Play to manage their identity securely and easily from their mobile phones.  Missouri will also be the first state in the country to offer users the added benefit and convenience of using Mobile...

Gallagher Security will release v8.90 of their award-winning security site management software, Command Centre on May 31st. People-first integrations Meredith Palmer, Chief Product Officer at Gallagher Security explains that the enhancements to Command Centre which include facial biometrics, and synchronized cardholder management, have been approached as “People-first integrations, designed to simplify user experiences and improve business efficiencies.” “People are at the h...

IDEMIA, the globally renowned company in identity technologies, is delighted to have been awarded the highly competitive and much sought after Automated Border Control System (ABCS) contract for all travelers entering and exiting the country’s air, land and sea checkpoints, by Singapore’s Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and HTX (Home Team Science and Technology Agency). IDEMIA was first awarded the contract to roll-out automated gates for immigration clearance at Chang...

IDEMIA Identity and Security (I&S) North America, the provider of biometrics and secure identity solutions to federal, state, and local government agencies, is pleased to announce they have been awarded a contract by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for the next generation Credential Authentication Technology (CAT). The contract ceiling is $128M with a period of performance over seven years. Credential Authentication Technology (CAT) CAT is utilized by the TSA to ensure ID...

IDEMIA, the globally renowned company in identity technologies, has announced that its Board of Directors has elected Erik Maris as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, effective immediately. Erik Maris has been an IDEMIA Board Member since 2022 and an Advisory Partner at Advent International Ltd, since November 2020. As a specialist in complex and cross-border transactions, Erik has led more than a hundred operations in his career. Erik Maris appointed Chairman of IDEMIA’s Supervisory Boa...

PKOC stands for Public Key Open Credential. It is a new standard that will meet a 30-year industry challenge and strip away much of the complexity and cost involved in protecting and administering credentials for access control. It could also accelerate the transition from cards to mobile access control. PKOC is a standards-based mobile credential that is essentially free, vendor-agnostic, and interoperable across multiple devices and systems. It is a highly secure access credential that can l...

IDEMIA, the globally renowned company in identity technology, is partnering with a Dutch Consortium consisting of the Ministry of Justice & Security, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Defense/Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, co-funded by the European Commission. IDEMIA is the technology partner for the world’s first transatlantic Digital Travel Credential (DTC) Pilot. IDEMIA - technology provider for EU DTC-1 Pilot IDEMIA i...

IDEMIA, the globally renowned company in identity technologies, launches its Augmented Luggage Identification eXperience (ALIX™) solution. This breakthrough innovation will help operators to identify bags that have lost their physical tags, using image recognition. ALIX™ has been developed in partnership with Air France and is currently being used at the airline’s global hub at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. Augmented Luggage Identification eXperience (ALIX™) solution...

In 2022, HID Global announced that March 31, 2023, would mark the end of support for HID’s pivCLASS Mobile Validation software. Many HID mobile solution users have since explored the impact of the announcement on their operations. FIPSlink software In light of this news, Identity One has announced that their FIPSlink software is available as a replacement for users who previously relied on HID’s pivCLASS Mobile software for handheld verification of TWIC, PIV, and CAC (FIPS 201 cre...

IDEMIA has announced that its facial recognition algorithm - 1:N came top among 114 tested systems in NIST’s latest FRVT1. FRVT test results are acknowledged to be the gold standard of the global security industry. The results reconfirm the company’s ongoing 40-plus year history as an industry major in biometrics and illustrate its place as the leader in biometric technology and innovation. IDEMIA achieves the best accuracy score for facial recognition The test results reported fa...

Global security manufacturer, Gallagher and nine of their technology partners hosted Integrate 2023 at their UK headquarters on the 1st of February 2023. Expected to become an annual event, Integrate 2023 was a day of technical demonstrations, presentations, keynote speeches, and networking for over 150 guests from the UK security industry. The event was designed for consultants and end-users to learn more about how Gallagher and their technology partners integrate with one another to deli...

IDEMIA, the globally renowned company in identity technologies, has developed an end-to-end border control solution comprising kiosks and eGates. The Australian Department of Home Affairs has commenced the installation of IDEMIA’s technology in eight international airports, providing a completely seamless traveler journey. Self-service biometric kiosk solution In 2019, IDEMIA won the phase one contract to upgrade the major Australian airports’ old arrivals systems In 2019, IDEMI...

IDEMIA, the pioneer in identity technologies announced the launch of its first service center in Japan as a reflection of its commitment to supporting digital advancement in the country. Located in Kawasaki, the service center can support millions of users and aims to partner with Japanese credit card issuers to deliver premier products and services for end users in Japan. This includes IDEMIA’s advanced card personalization offerings such as F.CODE, recycled PVC cards, metal cards, and m...

Sella Personal Credit (Sella) is launching a trial of a credit card with biometric recognition that, thanks to a small chip sensor, allows people to make payments using their fingerprint. Users can ‘authorize payment transactions by simply placing their finger on their credit card, securely and quickly’. New biometric card to secure payments Each customer of Sella Personal Credit is provided with a kit containing a special device (‘sleeve’) Deploying the new card, wh...

IDEMIA, the pioneer in Identity Technologies, announced that it has supported SK Telecom, Korea’s telecommunications operator, in successfully migrating its consumer eSIM management platform to the Microsoft Azure public cloud. Completed at the end of June 2022, the migration is in line with the Korean government’s announcement that eSIM services for smartphones will be offered in the country beginning on September 1, 2022, onwards. Smart Connect Consumer Since 2018, IDEMIA has pr...

Jean-Christophe Fondeur, IDEMIA’s Chief Technical Officer, said “The impressive level of performance demonstrated in this benchmark is a game changer for forensic investigation. This technology makes it easier for investigators and law enforcement to solve more crimes much faster.” He adds, “This is in line with our long-standing and ongoing 40-plus-year pledge to provide law enforcement agencies with the very best systems on the market. All around the world, they can dr...

Telaeris, Inc., a handheld solution provider for physical access control systems (PACS), has announced their new system integration with IDEMIA from the Security Essen event. Telaeris’s XPressEntry software is now available on IDEMIA’s ID Screen biometric tablets to offer gateless access control, entry / exit tracking, emergency evacuation mustering, and events and training attendance tracking for both commercial and government markets worldwide. “XPressEntry and ID Screen tab...

Honeywell is launching the iteration of its Pro-Watch Integrated Security Suite, including Pro-Watch® 6.0 and Pro-Watch Video Management System (VMS) R750, along with the 35 Series Cameras which round out its portfolio of cameras that work in NDAA-compliant systems, at the 2022 Global Security Exchange (GSX) September 12-14, 2022 in Atlanta. “We’re working to provide our customers with security systems that go beyond protecting property and staff to helping to support their oper...

IDEMIA, the pioneer in Identity technologies, completed the first-of-its-kind mass-scale remote SIM provisioning campaign in the automotive industry with its Automotive Connectivity Manager platform. The Group collaborated with Mercedes-Benz AG to transfer over 700,000 vehicles from one mobile network service provider to another, using over-the-air services. Cloud-based Automotive Connectivity Manager The success of this campaign, which began in 2021 and ended in spring 2022, is the first of...

Boon Edam Inc., a pioneer in secured entry solutions and architectural revolving doors, is pleased to announce the official opening of their new headquarters and technology center in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. The new facility is home to much of Boon Edam’s office staff as well as a new technology center featuring a variety of secured entry solutions. “Our new facility is a testament to our growth and commitment to our staff, customers, and partners,” said Valerie Curri...

IDEMIA, the globally renowned company in identity technologies, together with its partner - ARS Traffic & Transport Technology B.V., has won a tender with the Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office. The framework contract includes the procurement of up to 750 road safety enforcement units in ten or more lots in the Netherlands for 3 suppliers. MESTAcompact With IDEMIA, the MESTAcompact is one of the tendered solutions. The maintenance activities have a duration period of 6 to 12 years and...

From March 2022 onwards, passengers at T1 and T2 (in addition to T3) at Singapore’s Changi Airport can enjoy a faster, more seamless and secure experience with IDEMIA’s systems, which combines biometric data capture and automated immigration clearance process. This is in line with the New Clearance Concept (NCC) by Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), which aims to make automated clearance the norm for all travellers to Singapore by 2023. New deployments i...

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named five female biometrics leaders, as recipients of the 2022 SIA Women in Biometrics Awards, a globally recognized program, presented by SIA, with support from sponsors - IDEMIA and Paravision, along with organizational and media supporters - AVISIAN, Biometric Update, FindBiometrics and SIA’s Identity & Biometric Technology Advisory Board and Women in Security Forum. The 2022 awardees, who will be honored at the SIA GovSummit 2022, SIA&r...