Biometrics

London City Airport offers the welcome prospect of less congestion and shorter lines for both business and leisure travelers. The initial approach for London City Airport to dealing with security and safety concerns was to identify and address key security issues, including staffing, cost control efficiency and the application of technology. The result of those considerations led them to seek an identity management system for enabling employee access to restricted areas and systems. Daon installed a security system at the airport based on biometrics - measurable physical characteristics such as fingerprints or eyeprints. The system runs on IBM WebSphere Application Server, DB2 Universal Database and IBM eServer xSeries. tech news

Airports, airlines, passengers, communities and governments worldwide have felt the effects of the financial decompression of the aviation sector as a result of terrorist attacks, SARS, and airline failures. Failing or bankrupt airlines, loss of industry and support service jobs, even the tourism and entertainment communities have been hit, contributing to the world's financial losses. This paper describes the measures that are being taken to ensure a secure future for air travel. tech news

This document explains how the current concerns of managing identities are becoming more of an integral part of an organisations business strategy, and how NECs open, modular, standards-based approach can facilitate that strategy. It goes on to describe in outline form some of the standard modules that are available as building blocks for the system. tech news

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Combining smart card and biometric technologies is one of the best ways to assure information and physical security, according to a new Smart Card Alliance white paper released today. "Smart Cards and Biometrics in Privacy-Sensitive Secure Personal Identification Systems" outlines how smart cards and biometrics enhance security, privacy, performance and return on investment in secure identification (ID) systems. This white paper describes how the two technologies add up to one very secure solution for ID systems. tech news