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Title Biometric Encryption: A Positive-Sum Technology that Achieves Strong Authentication, Security and Privacy
Author Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D., Alex Stoianov, Ph.D.
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Synopsis
This paper discusses privacy-enhanced uses of biometrics, with a particular focus on the privacy and security advantages of Biometric Encryption (BE) over other uses of biometrics. The paper is intended to engage a broad audience to consider the merits of the Biometric Encryption approach to verifying identity, protecting privacy, and ensuring security.
 
Homeland Security
Fraud Feared in Deal Worked Out on Immigration
The budding controversy reflects the inherent difficulty in establishing standards of proof for millions of people who have been living with false identities.
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U.S. Grapples With Visa Waiver Risks
DHS is concerned that radical activists with European passports may exploit the U.S. "visa waiver" program to enter the United States.
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Orwell Rolls in His Grave: Britain's Endemic Surveillance Cameras Talk Back
Observed by over 4.2 million closed circuit – or CCTV – cameras across the country, Britain is already the most surveilled industrialized state in the Western world.
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Walleye and Terabeam Form Alliance to Develop Portable Imaging System
The Walleye Imaging System works like a digital camera but uses invisible wavelengths called millimeter waves to see into and through objects.
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Supplier Updates
TFCC Provides Emergency Alerting for Colleges and Universities
Twenty First Century Communications
Recent events have shown that college and university leaders need to be prepared, not only to respond to an emergency, but also to handle a crisis in terms of media relations, and risk management operations.
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Protective Overboot for Chemical Spills & Weapons of Mass Destruction
North Safety Products
Made with Super Fit construction, the 11095 SF Chem Overboot, by North Safety Products, is a highly durable, low cost overshoe that offers excellent protection against chemical spills and WMDs.
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Data/Information Security
Five Reasons to Prepare Now For More Mobile Security Threats
Mobile devices now have multiple ways of connecting to IP networks, such as third-generation (3G) technologies and Wi-Fi.
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DriveCript Encrypts Sensitive Information and Leads Hackers to Worthless Data
DriveCrypt secures sensitive data and blocks its access by unauthorized people. It allows containers to be created within a partition of the hard drive.
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Ingrian Networks Releases Video Featuring Dell Focused On Data Privacy
This exclusive video features an overview of Dell's enterprise-wide deployment, business drivers that led Dell to select Ingrian to encrypt its customer data.
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Adi-Gardiner Wins Safety & Security 2007 Award for Bioscrypt's 3D Face Reader
The 3D Face Reader uses a person's facial structure to collect over 40,000 data points, making it more robust and accurate than 2D scans.
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Editorial

Conditions are rapidly ripening for mobile security threats to start overwhelming companies and users in North America. Towards this end, Internet Security Systems Inc. has been researching new security threats, including mobile ones.

Ingrian Networks released an exclusive video interview in which Dell's Director of Information Security and Compliance discussed the company’s six month deployment effort.
 
Securstar, a digital encryption company has released software, DriveCript which secures sensitive data and blocks its access by unauthorized people. It allows containers to be created within a partition of the hard drive.

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