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Transportation Worker Identity Credential: Reviving the Qualified Technology List With Simple Self-Certification Approval Process

Security Industry Association

TSA is responsible for enrollment of applicants, background vetting, card issuance and life cycle management of the TWIC credential. The application form includes a series of boxes to check such as type of reader (handheld/portable or fixed mount), biometric matching capability, type of card-to-reader interface (contact or contactless), etc.

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What Does It Take to Be FIPS Compliant?

Pure Storage

by Pure Storage Blog The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) is a set of federal security standards applicable to encryption measures used to protect sensitive data. a Java-based application). The difference between FIPS approved (or, “certified”) and FIPS compliant is official approval from an accredited lab.

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Smile: You’re on Candid Camera! Facial Recognition Comes of Age

Marketpoint Recall

This process is faster and smoother for the busy traveler, yet some challenge the application of this new technology. Facial recognition belongs in the third form of authentication along with other biometrics approaches. Remember the guys with red flags who had to walk in front of the early ‘automobiles’?

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What Does Facial Recognition Tech Mean for Marketing?

Marketpoint Recall

which specializes in facial recognition systems for multiple applications. Facial recognition belongs in the third form of authentication along with other biometric approaches. We see this approach being used widely in other applications such as the banking and hospitality industries (e.g., Panos Moutafis, Ph.D.