Biometric smartphones are expected to become mainstream this year as leading handset makers follow the lead of Apple into fingerprint recognition technology.

Security experts at Unisys Corporation predict that the coming year will usher in broad-based adoption of encryption as enterprises respond to recent disclosures that unencrypted data traffic inside enterprises is vulnerable to detection from outsiders.

Facial biometric recognition works well on clear images with a good view of the face, but much additional data is often discarded due to the fact that the face, or the full face, is not clearly visible. The discarded data contains “soft” biometrics, such as height, gait and other features, such as ears.

I used to write stories like this on a typewriter back in the day. My articles turned out to be a mass of White-Outs to counter typing mistakes. It all made me dizzy. Today’s computer technology even auto-corrects my words, which sometimes is not a good thing.

A new study from PayPal finds that a majority of Americans are comfortable with the idea of using their biometric information instead of the passwords that are currently the norm.

Geoffrey Craighead, 2013 President of ASIS International, opened the ASIS International Seminar and Exhibits on Tuesday morning with an extravaganza of music and art – speed painters illustrated the exhibition’s theme “Strategic. Smart. Secure.” with murals while a local cover band and brass band provided background music.

A group of German hackers claimed to have cracked the iPhone fingerprint scanner.

People attending the opening game of the junior ice hockey team Tri-City Americans will be recorded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Got a cold? That’s no problem to the graduate students and researchers at UT Dallas, who are developing systems to identify speaking voices despite difficult conditions, such as whispering, speaking through various emotions, or talking with a stuffy nose, Phys.org reports.