January 25, 2007
San Jose airport finally introduces fast-pass security
SAN JOSE - Fast-pass security lanes finally landed at Mineta San Jose International on Tuesday, making it the first airport on the West Coast to give fliers a quick route through busy security lines.
Now all that South Bay travelers need is their "Clear cards," the government-approved cards that allow them to jump ahead of other passengers at crowded checkpoints -- for a price.
They're still not in the mail, said Steve Brill, chief executive of Verified Identity Pass, the New York-based company that is operating the program in San Jose.
"I'm just guessing, but it's possible they won't get their cards until Thursday or Friday at the earliest," he said, "or early next week."
For security reasons, the company is not mailing cards until fast-pass lanes open at each airport. But Brill gave a demonstration to reporters and passengers at Terminal C, showing how cards read and compare their stored information against a fingerprint scan before approving a passenger.
San Jose has six kiosks installed, two at Terminal A and four at Terminal C. Lanes opened last week at New York's JFK International Terminal 7 and Indianapolis International. Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International will launch on Thursday.
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Now all that South Bay travelers need is their "Clear cards," the government-approved cards that allow them to jump ahead of other passengers at crowded checkpoints -- for a price.
They're still not in the mail, said Steve Brill, chief executive of Verified Identity Pass, the New York-based company that is operating the program in San Jose.
"I'm just guessing, but it's possible they won't get their cards until Thursday or Friday at the earliest," he said, "or early next week."
For security reasons, the company is not mailing cards until fast-pass lanes open at each airport. But Brill gave a demonstration to reporters and passengers at Terminal C, showing how cards read and compare their stored information against a fingerprint scan before approving a passenger.
San Jose has six kiosks installed, two at Terminal A and four at Terminal C. Lanes opened last week at New York's JFK International Terminal 7 and Indianapolis International. Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International will launch on Thursday.
Read full article here
Mobile banking to be targeted by fraudsters
When it comes to fraud and identity theft, one rule remains constant - fraudsters will follow the money. As mobile devices are ramping up incidents of mobile virus and mobile malware are likewise on the upswing.
New research from TowerGroup finds that 2007 will be the year that new banking and payment initiatives in the mobile channel will be increasingly targeted by those engaged in fraud and identity theft, with the goal of infecting or otherwise compromising mobile devices. These targets will include deployments where a mobile device acts as a credit or debit card.
Like malicious software (or "malware") in the wired world, mobile viruses are small programs that infect a host device. While most mobile phones are potential targets, smart phones and wireless PDAs as particularly attractive to fraudsters given their advanced capabilities to support PC-like applications including Web browsing and instant messaging.-TowerGroup believes that current mobile commerce initiatives emerging from the financial services industry lack a reasonable and justifiable focus on mobile malware.
Read the full PR here
New research from TowerGroup finds that 2007 will be the year that new banking and payment initiatives in the mobile channel will be increasingly targeted by those engaged in fraud and identity theft, with the goal of infecting or otherwise compromising mobile devices. These targets will include deployments where a mobile device acts as a credit or debit card.
Like malicious software (or "malware") in the wired world, mobile viruses are small programs that infect a host device. While most mobile phones are potential targets, smart phones and wireless PDAs as particularly attractive to fraudsters given their advanced capabilities to support PC-like applications including Web browsing and instant messaging.-TowerGroup believes that current mobile commerce initiatives emerging from the financial services industry lack a reasonable and justifiable focus on mobile malware.
Read the full PR here
Labels: banking, biometrics, mobile security
