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At Security Document World 2012, Access IS will present single action e-passport reader and miniature image-processing engines for travel and ID document processing.
Access IS will be revealing its latest range of compact, cost-effective and reliable security document readers at Security Document World (SDW) 2012, as well as full page e-passport readers and keyboards with passport reading capability, visitors to the Access IS stand - D15 - will be shown a new high performance-passport reader. The OCR601 quickly and accurately verifies the machine readable zone (MRZ) and enables the data in an e-passport's chip to be read, all in a single action.
The company will also unveil the OCR312, a low power, compact and lightweight optical character reader (OCR) for passports, identity cards and other OCR-B encoded cards. A notable feature is the device's sleep mode, which extends its battery life. A further announcement about the OCR312 will be issued during the show.
The OCR312 uses the company's innovative, miniature OCR engine, the OCR310, which has already been integrated into thousands of security devices worldwide. The OCR310 reads documents con... [ more ]
Insider Threats at Children's Hospital detected by Veriphyr
Veriphyr, is a pioneer in provison of identity and access intelligence (IAI. It announced that it has donated to its patient privacy breach detection service to Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare in partnership with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH). The Veriphyr service protects patients’ personal health information (PHI) by detecting inappropriate access by hospital employees and other insiders. Veriphyr applies “big data” analytics to identify potential privacy and regulatory compliance violations, as well as data breaches.
“Gillette is confident that Veriphyr’s privacy breach detection and user access compliance services will support our commitment to protecting our patients’ PHI, and we look forward to partnering with them on access control efforts going forward,” said Paul Hibgy, who is responsible for change management and IS security at Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare. “We are excited that our affiliation with Children's Miracle Network Hospitals ha... [ more ]
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