Not surprisingly, radio frequency identification (RFID) and that technology’s “little sister” real-time location systems (RTLS) seem to be everywhere doing just about everything. Many times, solutions blend together security and operations at myriad enterprises, organizations and agencies. And, ironically, some of the most cutting edge applications are geographically far flung in areas where it makes business sense to leap-frog at times nonexistent legacy technologies.

Congress has approved the creation of a veterans' identification card.

Businesses and government agencies see value in using temporary workers, contractors and subcontractors. Nothing could go wrong. Right?

Wrong. Things could go very, very wrong.

Though fingerprints are assumed to be infallible personal identifiers, there has been little scientific research to prove this claim to be true.

The City of Newark officially announced its new municipal ID card program.

The TSA failed to identify at least 73 people employed in the airline industry flagged under terrorism-related activity codes.
 

ISC West, the largest physical security tradeshow in North America, once again was home to more than 10,000 new product introductions. Here are a few of the visitor management solutions introduced this year, from smart card readers to ID badges and more.

In a world of increasing threats, IT security pros are motivated to strengthen security protocols and access to company data “to everything, everywhere.” Unfortunately, this approach often comes with a cost in usability, and can make security an inhibitor to business productivity.

Canada will soon collect fingerprints and digital photos from all foreigners traveling on a visa.

 Yahoo has unveiled a new system that can use ear and knuckle patterns to authenticate users.