By Rich Miller Government action to fight increases in illegal immigration and terrorism will push the global biometrics market from $4.2 billion in 2010 to $11.2 billion in 2015, according to a new report from the research firm MarketsandMarkets. “Global Biometrics Technology (2010-2015), Market Forecast by Products, End-User Application and Geography” estimates CAGR of 21.6 [...]

By Whit Richardson WASHINGTON—Iris recognition technology’s performance in one-to-many applications is getting faster, it’s more accurate than facial recognition, and five organizations are leading the pack in terms of quality, according to what the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) says is the first public and independent test of commercially available iris recognition software. [...]

Name: Louis T. DeStefano Company: Louis T. DeStefano Inc. Location: Springfield, Pa. You recently did some more work at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., which was one of the first jobs you completed in the ’70s. How has specification work for museums changed in the meantime? My initial work at the National [...]

Name: Lorna L. Chandler, CPP Title: CEO Company: Security By Design Location: Pacheco, Calif. When was Security by Design founded and what is the company’s focus? The firm was founded in 1974 as Easter Company. In 1982, we incorporated as Asset Protection Consultants Inc., and in 1987, we officially changed our name to Security By [...]

Name: Bryan Lawrence Title: Attorney and co-chairman of the Security Alarm Practice Group at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Company: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Location: Pittsburgh Is e-contracting right for your company? It can reduce labor, costs and be more secure, but it’s not cost-effective for every company, and there are important legal issues [...]

By Rich Miller Growth in the market for external platforms for video surveillance storage will surpass growth for internal platforms by 16 percent during the next four years, with external displacing internal as the dominant platform in 2014, according to a new report from IMS Research. The report, “World Market for Enterprise and IP Storage [...]