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Biometrics

VME BioDrive (Biometrics group test)

Company: Meganet Corporation
Pricing: $176 for 128Mb

An ingenious little device from Meganet Corporation to enable secure portable data storage, the USB token incorporates a fingerprint biometric sensor and a simple interface of 3 LEDs to inform the user of status.

 

DigitalPersona Pro for Active Directory (Biometrics 2004 group test)

Company: Digital Persona
Pricing: $149.99 for workstation (includes sensor; IDentity Engine and software); $49.99 per seat for server software and seat license

DigitalPersona Pro (formerly U are U Pro) for Active Directory is now at version 3.0 (the vendor tells us version 3.1 is now available) and is as slick as ever in its presentation, installation and general ease of use.

 

SecuGen Hamster III (Biometrics 2004 group test)

Company: SecuGen
Pricing: $119

This device is an exquisite little fingerprint reader with immediate visual and tactile appeal. Manufactured in Korea, it has been cleverly designed to offer flexibility of placement.

 

NEC TouchPass (Biometrics group test)

Company: NEC U.K. Security Solutions
Pricing: from around $159 per user

The NEC TouchPass system will appeal to systems administrators looking to integrate biometric verification into the organizational network access security routines.