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Saturday, August 11, 2001
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/netsecu/article/0,,12177_863861,00.html Case Study: Biometrics Eases City's Network Access, Security Woes By David Aponovich The IT department in the city of Oceanside, Calif., used to get blitzed every day with calls from users who forgot their passwords and were locked out of their accounts. With 1,100 municipal employees in about a dozen departments (fire, police, economic development, finance, etc.), dealing with password problems became a costly and time-consuming pursuit.... The solution: A biometric fingerprint authentication system called BioLogon, made by Identix, a Los Gatos, Calif., company founded in 1982. Identix's customers include the U.S. Department of Defense/National Security Agency, the FBI, and others with high-security needs....
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