SecuGen is pleased to announce that it will be demonstrating its latest product, the Hamster IV USB fingerprint reader at the 2006 Biometrics Technology Expo in Booth 419 in Baltimore, MD September 19-21, 2006.

“The new Hamster IV is our state-of-the-art, single-finger scanning device that incorporates a 1.3 mega pixel CMOS imager. It produces high quality, high resolution fingerprint images that exceed the image quality and accuracy requirements in SP 800-76,” states John Kim, SecuGen’s Vice President of Hardware Engineering. “The Hamster IV combines SecuGen’s patented SEIR optical technology and accuracy-assurance manufacturing process with the same excellent image quality, ruggedness, and durability that uniquely characterize all of SecuGen’s fingerprint products.”

Biometrics, and especially fingerprint recognition, is rapidly becoming a required technology in many government initiatives for increased security such as the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) program that would establish identity credentials for all Federal employees and contractors for physical and logic access to Federal government locations and systems. NIST developed FIPS 201 as a response to Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-12 to establish interoperability standards for more secure and reliable forms of identification. NIST’s SP 800-76 standard further establishes technical specifications for the biometric credentials of the PIV system including the procedures and formats for capturing fingerprint data.

Won Lee, SecuGen President & CEO, adds, “We take great pride in the quality of the fingerprint hardware and software that we design and produce. We will continue to aggressively pursue compliance with FIPS 201, SP 800-76, and MINEX requirements for the PIV program as well as other Federal programs that adopt these new standards. As always, our partners can be assured that we will continue to provide them with the products that they need to succeed in the rapidly growing and evolving fingerprint biometrics marketplace.”

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Synaptics Incorporated,  a leading developer of interface solutions for mobile computing, communications and entertainment devices, today announced the introduction of SecurePad(TM), a new biometric TouchPad created especially for notebooks. The SecurePad product is the result of a partnership with Validity Sensors, Inc. which allows Synaptics to exclusively offer TouchPad interface solutions that incorporate Validity’s LiveFlex(TM) fingerprint sensing technology for convenient and reliable biometric security in the notebook market.

The SecurePad integrates the LiveFlex fingerprint sensor with a Synaptics TouchPad, offering notebook OEMs a single integrated biometric interface module. This modular approach not only simplifies integration for the OEM, but also allows manufacturers to offer fingerprint security as a build to order option.

“Synaptics has always been at the forefront of introducing new technologies to the notebook market and supporting our customer’s design initiatives,” said Mariel van Tatenhove, Senior Product Line Director of PC Products. “The SecurePad offers computer manufacturers a reliable biometric security TouchPad solution that is easy to integrate.”

With the LiveFlex sensor, users simply swipe their finger over a durable plastic surface for authentication, identification, and data security, eliminating the need to remember multiple usernames and passwords. To overcome the drawbacks of existing fingerprint sensors, the LiveFlex sensor is separated from the silicon, dramatically increasing the sensor’s resistance to electrostatic discharge (ESD). Additionally, the surface of the Validity sensor provides superior resistance to general chemicals, liquids, abrasion, and impact, critical factors for notebook use in real world environments.

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BioPassword, Inc., the only software company providing secure authentication and anti-fraud solutions based on the behavioral biometric of keystroke dynamics, and Oyco, the first comprehensive web communications toolkit, today announced that Oyco is using BioPassword Internet Edition two-factor authentication solution to validate the identities of its customers by the rhythm of their typing.

“Whether we’re helping hurricane Katrina victims or providing supplies to the Sudan, immediate communication is critical to our international aid operations; however, with passwords being stolen and laptops confiscated, secure communication is of utmost concern,” said William Blaney, CEO of the Global Aid Network. “Oyco’s communication tools along with BioPassword’s authentication offer the perfect combination of convenience and security. Now, employees can log-on from any computer and know that their identity is protected.”

As the only web-based application with seven different forms of communication including email, blog space, VOIP, video conference, instant messaging, text messaging and a personal website, Oyco enables its users to communicate from any computer that is connected to the Internet. To ensure its breadth of communication tools cannot become a vehicle for identity theft, Oyco researched the best authentication options. After evaluating other authentication technologies that required cumbersome tokens or remembering elaborate credentials, Oyco selected BioPassword as the most secure, cost-effective and easy-to-use solution.

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BioPassword, Inc., the only software company providing secure authentication and anti-fraud solutions based on the behavioral biometric of keystroke dynamics, announced today that Info Security Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication and the world’s leading publication on security-related products and technologies, has named BioPassword Enterprise Edition a winner of the 2006 Tomorrow’s Technology Today Award.

This prestigious award recognizes security vendors with advanced, groundbreaking network security solutions that are helping set the bar higher for others in all areas of information security. BioPassword Enterprise Edition was selected by the editors of Info Security Products Guide based on technologies that are making the most positive impact on security in today’s highly sophisticated and blended attacks environment.

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M2SYS Technology, a leading biometric technology research and development firm, today announced a new version release of Bio-Plugin(TM), a fully developed, server-based, enterprise fingerprint recognition system that can be rapidly deployed, in many cases with no additional development whatsoever. The patent-pending technology can utilize any vendor-independent fingerprint algorithm and supported hardware devices, offering unparalleled ease of adoption for software developers and end users.

“As a complete fingerprint system, Bio-Plugin(TM) snaps onto any data management application to enable instantaneous fingerprint recognition capabilities,” commented Mizan Rahman, CEO and Chief Scientist for M2SYS. “With this new release, we can immediately add support in Bio-Plugin(TM) for any fingerprint algorithm and hardware device so that software providers and end users seeking fingerprint functionality can avoid development headaches and instead remain focused on their core competencies. With this innovative solution, customers can realize the benefits of rapid integration and have complete flexibility in their fingerprint technology selection process.”

Bio-Plugin(TM) eliminates time consuming and costly development work, and is completely independent of the host application into which it is integrated. Since no run-time compilation is necessary, changes made to Bio-Plugin(TM) do not impact the host application, and vice versa, enabling developers to concentrate on their core product without having to worry about supporting a sophisticated fingerprint software module.

The unique client-server solution has an open architecture allowing for rapid support of leading fingerprint matching algorithms and fingerprint scanners. This enables companies to test multiple algorithms or make quick replacements without having to worry about the burden of extensive development.

“Bio-Plugin(TM) is a truly disruptive solution that has the potential to significantly affect the rate of biometric technology adoption in our global marketplace,” asserted Michael Trader, President of M2SYS. “With Bio-Plugin(TM), matching algorithm and fingerprint hardware providers partnered with M2SYS can now accelerate time-to-market for their integrators and reduce development headaches, which translate into tangible top and bottom line results.”