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  • Budget 2006: Technology takes centrestage

    The federal government has confirmed funding for the controversial health and welfare access card scheme in tonight's budget. Airport security, Centrelink's call centre and DIMIA are other winners.

  • Biometrics rollout complete for UK airports

    Iris-based biometric technology has been rolled out to the last airport in the UK government's program to tighten immigration security.

  • Biometric pace of change gives Canberra the jitters

    The Australian government has high hopes for biometric identification to cope with increasing numbers of international travellers, but the rate of technological change is causing investment jitters, say government insiders.

  • CSC sneaks into Immigration's tech revamp

    A lack of available Siebel skills on the part of its prime contractor IBM has prompted the Immigration Department to hand AU$6.7 million of work to rival vendor CSC.

  • Electoral commission, Immigration extend outsourcing deals

    The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) and Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) have both extended existing contracts with CSC under deals that could eventually yield AU$112 million in new business for the outsourcing heavyweight.

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  • Succeeding in integration: Part three

    In this third instalment of our ongoing series, we take a look at four integration projects, the problems they faced, and how the organisations involved overcame them.

  • Can biometrics move beyond borders?

    Countries including the UK and the US are putting biometrics at the forefront of plans to improve national border security but there are still significant issues to be solved before the technology is up to the job.

  • Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

  • An eye for an aye

    Australia is keeping pace with other governments in biometric usage but are we operating in a policy vacuum with technology that is far from perfect?

  • Leaving your prints all over the place

    Print documents are already being drawn into the world of digital security, and it's happening faster than we think.

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Reviews (1)

  • One-touch security

    ZDNet Australia looks at some of the biometrics technologies currently available and examines how they can protect your valuable network.

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