Bioscrypt Inc., a provider of identity verification technology, announced that its Bioscrypt Core algorithm has been licensed by 3M-AiT for use in the Belizean Machine-Readable Passport System.
Blackberry has integrated a secure messaging server with its BlackBerry Enterprise Server to simplify sending sensitive messages from its handheld devices, a feature driven by its government users.
Science Applications International Corp. is urging the FBI to use the much maligned Virtual Case File system that the San Diego company has provided in a pilot version.
The FBI has replaced its Internet surveillance tool formerly known as Carnivore with commercial software, according to documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center under the Freedom of Information Act.
Search and categorization software provider Convera Corp. was awarded about $800,000 by the CIA's venture capital fund to expedite the development of distributed indexing capability.
Unisys Corp. has installed a Web-based notification system that lets the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine receive and process applications to approve new drugs for animals.
MCI Inc. will offer secure two-way messaging through its SkyTel Communications subsidiary next month, encrypting wireless text with the Advanced Encryption Algorithm.
Two companies have meshed their products and provided the integrated tools to the government for tests sharing sensitive geospatial data. ESRI is contributing its ArcGIS software for geospatial information systems and Swan Island Networks Inc. will provide security and digital rights management.
Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. today announced they will make their security architectures interoperable to keep out viruses, worms and other network threats.
Four companies have been tapped by the State Department to provide smart chips, antennas, software and any gear necessary to embed biometric information within the covers of U.S. passports.
Biometric technologies are at the forefront of the Homeland Security Department's efforts to secure the nation's borders and transportation and immigration systems, ," said Asa Hutchinson, undersecretary for border and transportation security at DHS.