Sydney airport, the largest in Australia, is going to adopt facial recognition technology very soon. The passengers can be passed through the international terminal without showing their passport, face recognition cameras will do the job for them. The technology is coming to this airport in May for trial basis initially. Geoff Culbert, the chief executive […]
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Tanzania adds its name on the list of countries using biometric passport since the launch of their new biometric passport on January. This makes Tanzania the second East African Community (EAC) member country to deploy the e-passport system after Kenya who was the first to deploy biometric passport on September last year. The launch was […]
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Egypt has deployed fingerprint scanners to improve security measures in airports. The installment process was recommended by Russian experts following an incident that took place in October 2015. Russia suspended all flights to Egypt following an accident that happened in the Sinai Peninsula that caused the death of 224 people on board. The plane took […]
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Due to recent terrorist attacks, governments all around the world are looking for ways to tighten the security of their borders. They are experimenting with new technology solutions to ensure strong national security, and one of these technologies is biometric facial recognition. This powerful, versatile human identification technology has a strong chance of becoming the […]
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2015 seems like a revolutionary year for biometrics and border control. Many countries around the world are starting to realize the importance of implementing biometric identification management technology for more effective and secure border control. Some of them have already began the implementation process and many more are about to follow their footsteps after seeing […]
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As the speed and complexity increases to maintain safe borders across the globe for citizen and tourist travel, many governments have proactively implemented biometric identification management systems. However, most of these deployments include the use of a unimodal system (one biometric modality) for traveler identification accuracy. As the pressure mounts to further tighten border security […]
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The following post was written by Tanvir Ahmed, SEO Executive with M2SYS Technology After the tragic 9/11 incident took place in the United States every nation on earth collectively shifted national security focus to secure their borders from illegal entry of people or goods. This action placed direct pressure on border agencies to create a […]
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Implementing tighter security systems to protect a nation’s borders has increasingly found itself in the cross hairs of many countries around the world. Marked increases in cross-border terrorist and criminal activity has prompted many governments to assess the strengths and weaknesses of their existing internal control systems and forced some to seek more sophisticated, modern […]
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When: March 28, 2013 11:00 am EST, 8:00 am PST, 16:00 pm BST, 17:00 pm (CEST), 23:00 pm (SGT), 0:00 (JST) Where: tweetchat.com (hashtag #biometricchat) What: Tweet chat on the use of biometric identification for border control, ePassports, visa applications, and voter registration Topics: The use of biometrics to secure borders, process visa applications & ePassports, and […]
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