ImageWare has extended the authentication methods that are available in the GoVerifyID mobile app and GoMobile Interactive cloud service to give users and organizations even more choices, while further increasing convenience, identity assurance, and security.

ImageWare Systems Enhances GoVerifyID® Products

ImageWare® Systems, is announcing major enhancements to its GoVerifyID® mobile app, GoMobile Interactive® (GMI) cloud platform, and GoVerifyID Enterprise Suite products. These product updates build upon ImageWare’s patented, ultra-scalable, and adaptable biometric authentication systems to...
Patrice Caine, Thales chairman and chief executive officer

Thales Acquires Chip Giant Gemalto, in $5.6B All-Cash Deal (Learn More)

By Greg Otto, cyberscoop French technology giant Thales SA will acquire digital security company Gemalto after outbidding a rival French company whose bid was rejected. Thales will acquire Gemalto — the world’s largest manufacturer of...
Future cities are tackling transportation-related problems using an integrated platform of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) that can centrally manage mobility, safety and the environment

A Guide to Intelligent Transportation Systems & Best Practices (Video)

The world population is currently hovering at around 7.5 billion and is increasing at a rate of 1.11%. This equates to an addition of 80 million people per year. Frost &...
Marines conduct a field user evaluation for the Identity Dominance System-Marine Corps, or IDS-MC, in Dahlgren, Virginia. In September, Marine Corps Systems Command completed fielding of the IDS-MC, which is a new biometrics system to help deployed Marines identify and track the movement of individuals encountered on the battlefield, conduct entry control point operations, and determine who is a friend or foe. (Image courtesy of U.S. Marine Corps)

USMC Fields ‘Game Changer’ Biometric Data Collect Sys (Video)

By Kaitlin Kelly, Marine Corps Systems Command In September, Marine Corps Systems Command completed fielding a new biometrics system to help deployed Marines identify and track the movement of individuals encountered on...
The Rapid DNA machine being loaded (Image courtesy of DHS S&T)

Rapid DNA Completes DNA Testing in Minutes Instead of Months (Video)

In late November 2017, the Massachusetts Office of Chief Medical Examiner (MAOCME) issued their first official identification of a deceased person based on the accredited use of Rapid DNA in their lab. This represents...

New ‘Airport Sense’ Taps Into Existing Infrastructure for Operational Insights

Genetec, a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and 2017 Gold ‘ASTORS’ Award Winner for Best Video Data Storage Solution, is introducing Genetec Airport Sense™, as part of the Genetec Airport...

CBP Deploying More Biometrics in Airports (Learn More, Multi-Video)

World events over the last decade, and even within this last year, have shown that airports are an attractive target to terrorists. At the same time, the number of international air...

Fingerprint Anti-Spoofing & Liveness Detection: How does it Work? (Video)

By 2020 almost six out of ten financial transactions are expected to be performed via biometric authentication, primarily via fingerprint sensors in mobile devices. But identity theft and fraud is rampant and...
Michael Madsen, AST Publisher, Cliff Quiroga, Vice President for Sharp Robotics Business Development and the team’s Director of Marketing, Alice DiSanto

Sharp Electronics: Two-Time ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winner

On November 15th, 2017, American Security Today (AST) hosted their 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Luncheon at ISC East in New York City’s Jacob Javits Convention Center. The Sharp INTELLOS Automated...

Security Center Adds Privacy, Access Control & Smart-Data Analytics

Genetec, a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and the Gold ‘ASTORS’ Award Winner for Best Video Data Storage Solution in the 2017 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, has...