http://idconfirm.wordpress.com Biometric Network Authentication Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:13:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://idconfirm.wordpress.com http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/smart-cards-rfid-biometrics-and-hand-held-devices-%e2%80%93-advanced-technologies-adopted-by-hospitals/ http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/smart-cards-rfid-biometrics-and-hand-held-devices-%e2%80%93-advanced-technologies-adopted-by-hospitals/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:47:00 +0000 ehersch http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/smart-cards-rfid-biometrics-and-hand-held-devices-%e2%80%93-advanced-technologies-adopted-by-hospitals/ ]]> Frost & Sullivan recently hosted a two day Healthcare IT Executive MindXchange – “IT Advancements in Healthcare Delivery”, at The Leela, Goa. This high profiled summit addressed the dynamic changes taking place in IT adoption by Indian Healthcare delivery services and focused on the advances that would impact them in the near future.  Read more…

]]> http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/smart-cards-rfid-biometrics-and-hand-held-devices-%e2%80%93-advanced-technologies-adopted-by-hospitals/feed/ 0 allysonham http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/health-fitness-corporation-screens-40000-workers-in-first-six-months-of-2007/ http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/health-fitness-corporation-screens-40000-workers-in-first-six-months-of-2007/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:31:02 +0000 ehersch http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/health-fitness-corporation-screens-40000-workers-in-first-six-months-of-2007/ ]]> Health Fitness Corporation (HFC) announced today that it screened nearly 40,000 workers across the country during the first half of 2007 — an increase of 77.4 percent over the same period in 2006.  Read more…

]]> http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/health-fitness-corporation-screens-40000-workers-in-first-six-months-of-2007/feed/ 0 allysonham http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/massachusetts-governor-signs-into-law-comprehensive-identity-theft-prevention-legislation/ http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/massachusetts-governor-signs-into-law-comprehensive-identity-theft-prevention-legislation/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:38:15 +0000 ehersch http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/massachusetts-governor-signs-into-law-comprehensive-identity-theft-prevention-legislation/ ]]> Governor Deval Patrick from Massachusetts announced today that he signed into law comprehensive identity theft prevention legislation. This new law will require Massachusetts state residents be notified immediately if their personal information has been lost or stolen via security breaches with businesses and government agencies.  Read more…

]]> http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/massachusetts-governor-signs-into-law-comprehensive-identity-theft-prevention-legislation/feed/ 0 allysonham http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/credit-monitoring-not-a-cure-all-for-id-theft/ http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/credit-monitoring-not-a-cure-all-for-id-theft/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:44:56 +0000 ehersch http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/credit-monitoring-not-a-cure-all-for-id-theft/ ]]> DENVER (KWGN) — Your personal information can be gold mine for criminals, so you probably guard it carefully.  Read more..

]]> http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/credit-monitoring-not-a-cure-all-for-id-theft/feed/ 0 allysonham http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/conference-to-focus-on-advances-in-biometrics/ http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/conference-to-focus-on-advances-in-biometrics/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:08:46 +0000 ehersch http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/conference-to-focus-on-advances-in-biometrics/ ]]> The latest trends in biometrics research and development, as well as the application of biometrics technologies in many important government programs and commercial settings, will be the topic of the Biometric Consortium Conference 2007 on Sept. 11-13, in Baltimore, Md.  Read more…

]]> http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/conference-to-focus-on-advances-in-biometrics/feed/ 0 allysonham http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/biometric-security-enters-the-mainstream/ http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/biometric-security-enters-the-mainstream/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:45:55 +0000 ehersch http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/biometric-security-enters-the-mainstream/ ]]> Not long ago biometrics belonged firmly in the realm of science fiction, but technical advances and increased security concerns are pushing the technology into the mainstream.  Read more…

]]> http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/biometric-security-enters-the-mainstream/feed/ 0 allysonham http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/stolen-laptops-an-open-door-to-id-theft/ http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/stolen-laptops-an-open-door-to-id-theft/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:44:14 +0000 ehersch http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/stolen-laptops-an-open-door-to-id-theft/ ]]> KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Here’s something scary: Millions of personal files on consumers are stored on laptop computers routinely left in areas accessible to thieves.  Read more…

]]> http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/stolen-laptops-an-open-door-to-id-theft/feed/ 0 allysonham http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/sa-health-gets-bio-smartcard/ http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/sa-health-gets-bio-smartcard/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:40:19 +0000 ehersch http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/sa-health-gets-bio-smartcard/ ]]> THE South Australian Department of Health will lock down its patient information systems with smartcards and biometric technology as part of a 10-year, $375 million computing and communications overhaul. Read more…

]]> http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/sa-health-gets-bio-smartcard/feed/ 0 allysonham http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/firm-proves-biometrics-and-privacy-can-work-together/ http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/firm-proves-biometrics-and-privacy-can-work-together/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:46:15 +0000 ehersch http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/firm-proves-biometrics-and-privacy-can-work-together/ ]]> Privacy has had a rare victory in one of Australia’s most successful public biometric roll outs by health insurer Australian Health Management, which has registered more than 13,000 members to its voice verification platform since last December.  Read more…

]]> http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/firm-proves-biometrics-and-privacy-can-work-together/feed/ 0 allysonham http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/keeping-data-secure-with-biometrics/ http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/keeping-data-secure-with-biometrics/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:42:13 +0000 ehersch http://idconfirm.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/keeping-data-secure-with-biometrics/ ]]> Fingerprint readers have been offered as PC peripherals since the late 1980s, but have never caught on, says Jim Wayman, a biometrics expert.  Read more…

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