By Mohammed Murad Recently, we’ve seen video and photos of healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) — gowns, gloves, masks and goggles – to help protect themselves against COVID19 infection. However, healthcare isn’t the only industry relying on PPE to safeguard employees. PPE is commonly used in the manufacturing, mining and construction industries, and
By Mohammed Murad The impacts of the COVID-19 virus continue to be felt throughout more segments of public and private business. According to a leading global market research company, the COVID-19 virus pandemic is creating a “big moment for biometrics” as they offer contactless platforms for accurately authenticating a person’s identity. A recent report, “Taking
By Mohammed Murad Many offices, retail operations, manufacturing facilities and other businesses are closing and sending employees home to work as the potentially deadly COVID-19 virus continues to spread. The contents of these empty facilities may become easy targets for criminals. Many of these businesses are protected by access control systems using traditional plastic access
By Mohammed Murad The healthcare industry’s use of biometrics can increase security, privacy and efficiencies, lower the risk of mistakes and fraud while also improving patient outcomes. This is a rapidly growing market with global sales of biometric solutions expected to reach $14 billion by 2025. There are three industry areas – manufacturing, access control
Accurately authenticating a person’s identity has never been more important at border crossings, airports, critical infrastructure and many other public and private sites for boarding an airplane, voting, conducting financial transactions – even getting paid for work. That’s why we’re seeing a huge increase in the use of biometric devices at many locations. Come see
If you’re attending the 2020 Biometrics for Government and Law Enforcement conference this week, stop by and see some of the solutions Iris ID is providing federal, state and local agencies. We’ll be showcasing our iCAM TD100 a USB handheld, multimodal device used to enroll and authenticate a person’s identity in the field. It’s routinely
By Mohammed Murad Regulations or compliance issues are major drivers for corporate and government organizations requesting biometric-equipped smart lockers and key management cabinets from Real Time Networks, according to the company’s vice president of marketing and strategic partnerships. “These organizations want a bullet-proof solution to make sure people can’t bypass security systems by using a
The National Sheriffs’ Association 2020 Winter Legislative & Technology Conference is a great place to meet high-level law enforcement leaders from federal agencies, Congress, major county sheriffs and police chiefs and members of the Iris ID team. The conference will be held Feb. 8-11 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C. Stop by the
By Mohammed Murad As thousands of members of the security industry prepare to attend the annual Intersec trade show and conference in Dubai (Jan. 19-21), we caught up with Rami Azzeh, Iris ID’s regional sales manager for the Middle East to learn more about how iris-based biometrics are being used in that region of the
Intersec 2020, one of the world’s largest trade shows for security, safety and fire, comes Jan. 19-21 to the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre. And Iris ID will be there (Hall 2, Stand D-24) demonstrating the latest biometric solutions using iris recognition to quickly and accurately identify people. Visit us to see innovative technology
