Tag: EyeLock
EyeLock adds mask detection component
December 30, 2020Cory Harris, Editor
NEW YORK—As the war against COVID-19 rages on, businesses now have an additional means of detection available to them in order to create a safer working environment.
EyeLock, a provider of iris-based identity authentication solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), recently announced that its nano iXT iris recognition devices now have the ability to detect the presence of a mask and conditionally deny access when one is not being worn. The mask detection feature is enabled when the device’s...
Big year ahead for biometrics
February 1, 2017Paul Ragusa
LOUISVILLE, Colo.—Biometrics are coming of age, and 2017 has the potential to be a big year for the continued adoption of biometric technologies, according to Acuity Market Intelligence, which released its "Ten Top Trends for Biometrics and Digital Identity" for 2017 this week.
"Biometrics and digital identity are often perceived as threats to privacy and security," Maxine Most, Principal of Acuity Market intelligence said in the announcement.. "However, taken together these technologies...
TycoIS partnering with EyeLock to enhance biometric offerings
August 31, 2016Paul Ragusa
BOCA RATON, Fla.—Tyco Integrated Security, a national security systems integrator based here, will partner with EyeLock LLC, a company that specializes in iris-based identity authentication solutions, to offer iris identity authentication technology to its customers.
“We support all of the biometric technology out there today, but what I really like about the iris identification technology is that it is no-touch, which I think is becoming more and more important for our customers today,”...
The Battle of the Body Parts: Which biometric will prevail?
May 31, 2016Spencer Ives
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—Representatives of four different forms of biometric identification—facial recognition, iris scan, fingerprint, and hand geometry—each made a case for their biometric being most prevalent in the future at TechSec Solutions 2016.The winner, chosen by a panel of four Security Systems News “20 under 40” Class of 2015 award winners, was iris scan.Manish Dalal, general manager of ZKAccess, represented fingerprint technologies. ZK Access is a division of...
TechSec educational program announced
December 21, 2015Spencer Ives
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—TechSec Solutions, the industry's premiere conference dedicated to new and emerging security technologies, announced its lineup of educational sessions for 2016.The conference will take place at the Delray Beach Marriot here Feb. 2-3.The first session will be “Biometrics: Battle of the body parts.” Moderator Ray Coulombe of Security Specifiers will take a look at four leading technologies—facial recognition, eye scan, fingerprint, and hand geometry. Then,...
Integrators eye iris recognition once more
September 17, 2013Martha Entwistle
YARMOUTH, Maine—Iris recognition technology is highly reliable and it's been available for years. But until recently, it's also been high priced and a technology that some people are uncomfortable interacting with. As a result, iris recognition's use in recent years has been limited to high-security locations such as hospital laboratories and data centers or niche applications where other biometrics, such as fingerprint, won't work.However, as prices plunge and the technology becomes less invasive,...
Stanley keeps an eye on access control
March 27, 2013Martha Entwistle
Stanley Security Solutions believes iris recognition technology is going to be the next big thing in access control.
On Tuesday, it announced a new partnership with iris biometric provider Eyelock (previously Hoyos). Two years ago Stanely CSS announced a partnership with Hoyos. Here's that story.
I spoke to Stanley CSS's John Nemorofsky who explained the difference between the partnership of two years ago and today's announcement. Two years ago, the announcement was Stanley CSS becoming the exclusive...