Novell and Honeywell are planning to announce the fruits of a project to link physical and logical access products from the two companies offering government agencies and large enterprises a way to tie building and network access privileges together seamlessly.
Though security has always been an issue in IT, it was the tragic events of Sept. 11 that brought it to the forefront of public attention. At a recent security talk in Toronto, a group of Canadian companies discussed how biometric technology can be used to allay security concerns in this increasingly fragile world.