Breaking News:CACI awarded $30 Million contract to support U.S. Army ammunition management system. First American announced that it has made an offer to acquire First Advantage. The economic downturn has not affected the way consumers shop online, instead, fears about online security and personal information are the biggest drivers behind terminated online sales, according to a study released today by McAfee. VeriSign announced a strategic relationship whereby iDefense intelligence is integrated with scanning data from QualysGuard Vulnerability Management. New IBM Security software delivers 'holistic' approach to identity and access management. Ness Technologies announced a multi-million dollar contract to provide its NessControl command and control system to a major Latin American government. Nokia Siemens and Juniper are combining their respective strengths in Optical and IP networking to create a solution that brings the two complementary technologies closer together. Government stimulus funding totaling $5 trillion has unintentionally introduced new opportunities for fraud and corruption worldwide, according to the latest edition of the Kroll Global Fraud Report. Saudi Ministry migrates to high-performance network from Juniper Networks. Alliant Techsystems and its international teammate Humbert CTTS SAS have received a contract to supply Speer Gold Dot 9mm ammunition as the new duty ammunition for the entire French police department. GVI Security said it was selected to provide a video surveillance solution to the Police and Fire Departments of a large New Jersey City. VASCO's DIGIPASS for SMBs now available in Europe, India and Australia. CA Security testifies before Congress on need for more cyber security research. Harris to acquire the air traffic control business unit of SolaCom. NetApp and Data Domain enter into revised acquisition agreement. GVI Security to provide complete video surveillance solution for Illinois shopping mall. Check Point announces immediate availability of IP appliances integrated with security software blades. Active Power announces $3.0 million private placement. Veritas Capital acquires Kroll Government Services. GVI Security Solutions wins school video surveillance project. ACS and Novell launch strategic partnership. Garda reports strong first quarter results. Verint systems extends public safety market momentum with EADS Defence & Security TWISP application developer program. Gemalto acquires mobile software solution provider O3SIS. Raytheon to build more AESA radars for U.S. Navy Super Hornets. GVI Security Solutions Announces Acquisition. Finnish Defense has selected Accenture to transform its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution into a defense industry solution. Motorola announced its 802.11n Wireless Enterprise Branch Office Solution, which allows customers to quickly deploy resilient, secure and voice-enabled branch office wireless LANs. Elbit awarded contract with potential of up to $197.5 million to provide mortar fire control systems integration to U.S Army. ICx reported a 1Q revenue increase of 32% increase year-over-year. GVI Security reports 9th consecutive profitable quarter. Websense research reveals a growing domain-name cloning trend among cybercriminals seeking to take advantage of the huge number of social networking users, particularly those using Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Curtiss-Wright was awarded a multi-million dollar contract for ASIST helicopter handling system. Wave Systems reported results for Q1: net revenues rose 137% to $4.0 million principally reflecting increased bundled software royalties as well as higher services revenue related to a contract with the U.S. government. Versar announces highest quarterly revenue in Company's history. L-1 was awarded a contract from State of Colorado to continue driver's license issuance. CSC receives U.S. Army maintenance support task orders worth $347 million. Axis Communications said that Tampa Bay Downs has installed its video encoders for recording surveillance video at gaming facilities. McAfee threat report reveals 12 million new IP addresses have been hijacked by Botnets. Smith & Wesson announced that the Milwaukee Police Department will equip its entire 2,000-officer force with its M&P Series pistols.
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Contactless payment, smart EMV credit/debit cards and open loop contactless transport are our most important target markets today. Examples of contactless payment include American Express ExpressPay, Chase blink, MasterCard PayPass and Visa payWave.
PERSONA offers both stand-alone and hardwired intelligent access control solutions. To fully understand what that means, it helps to have some background information on the various access control technologies. Many facilities have security needs that exceed the capabilities and practicality of traditional mechanical lock and key systems.
There is a growing trend toward the conversion of physical and IT security integration and interoperability and it is emerging as one of the biggest driving forces for the video surveillance market across the globe.
TI’s RF360 is the first smart integrated circuit platform designed and developed specifically to meet the ever-changing demands of secure contactless applications including those in the government electronic identification market.
TrustedID offers identity theft solutions to consumers. Hundreds of thousands of people count on TrustedID to help them reduce their risk of identity theft. We also help companies who breach customer data ? offering services that protect affected individuals after a breach as well as help prepare a company before a breach occurs. GVI, effectively, is the Samsung Electronics video security business
in the Americas. Samsung is an electronics giant, with annual sales
of over $100 billion and their goal is to be a leader in every market
they participate in.
The smart card market is expected to be impacted by the broadening financial markets crisis and global economic downturn, but to a lesser extent than other technology sectors.
We are excited and encouraged by the Administration and its selection of Governor
Janet Napolitano as Secretary for Homeland Security.
Security is broken, and the marketplace is crying out for a new approach to address a problem that is growing in both complexity and risk annually.
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