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3/29/2007 Newport Scientific Research Presents at Arab Health 2007
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Newport Scientific Research (NSR), provider of the FBiDrive fingerprint biometric security platform, recently delivered an accredited educational presentation at Arab Health 2007 entitled, Biometrics in Healthcare: Overcoming the Challenges for a More Secure HIS and to Deliver Better Care.
The Information Technology in Healthcare forum invited Jeff Crandell, Director of Product Development at NSR to present the topic, which addresses the increasingly important issues of identity and security in healthcare.
Representatives from the regions leading health care providers attended the educational sessions which addressed a broad range of healthcare information systems topics, in an effort to gain insight into designing successful implementations. Many countries from the Middle East and around the world were represented in attendance at the Dubai Convention Center, in Dubai, UAE.
The audience was filled with skilled IT professionals, who are challenged either supporting rapidly growing healthcare systems, or those starting fresh with completely new facilities and technology, remarked Crandell. It was a pleasure speaking with such a receptive audience. With visitors from over 100 countries, it is the largest event of its kind in the region, Crandell continued.
About Newport Scientific Research
Newport Scientific Research is a U.S. based technology company with offices in Newport Beach, California, Seoul, Korea, and Dubai, UAE.
FBiDrive Security Platform with FBiSureID technology is a complete biometric security solution for desktop, network resource, and application authentication.
The FBiDrive is a USB biometric device with an advanced fingerprint sensor, secured flash memory, and a software suite for secured file storage, encryption, and operating system and application authentication.
FBiDrive, FBiSureID, the FBi logo, and Biometric Roaming are trademarks of Newport Scientific Research, LLC. U.S. and International patents pending.
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3/27/2007 Newport Scientific Research Announces Strategic Alliance with TrakHealth
Newport Scientific Research Announces Strategic Alliance with TrakHealth to Natively Support FBiDrive Biometric Technologies in Healthcare Applications
Integration of Fingerprint Identification to Increase Security and Improve Patient Care
FBiDrive Biometrics for Healthcare NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Newport Scientific Research (NSR), provider of the FBiDrive fingerprint biometric security platform, today announced a strategic alliance with TrakHealth a worldwide provider of Healthcare Information Systems.
The alliance highlights increased security needs in the healthcare industry and TrakHealths ongoing commitment to providing the most comprehensive solutions to its customers.
As a primary element of the alliance, TrakHealth will integrate support for NSRs FBiDrive fingerprint authentication into the user security subsystem of TrakCare. The TrakHealth portfolio of healthcare applications including Electronic Patient Record, Patient Master Index, TrakCare Patient Administration (PAS) and TrakCare Clinicals (CIS), are built around a core infrastructure and management tools which allow the seamless introduction of the biometric technology regardless of which modules the customer has deployed.
The biometric technology will also be integrated in order to identify patients. This addresses the growing concern of healthcare fraud, and presents the opportunity to improve patient care by reducing misidentification. There is a real opportunity to improve care, possibly even to save lives by providing a way to positively identify patients. Accidentally pulling up the wrong patient information in a system or mistyping of a patient ID could lead to prescribing medicine which the patient is allergic to, or worse, giving totally wrong treatment. We saw this as an opportunity to improve care and to reduce litigation risk for the hospital or clinic, said John Shanahan, Vice President of NSR.
The FBiDrive provides a flexible biometric platform which can be implemented to meet the unique requirements of a healthcare operational environment. The ability to meet the fast paced, multi user environments of our customers while improving security was a key factor in our adoption of the FBiDrive platform, commented Christine Chapman, COO of TrakHealth. The addition of support for biometrics helps our customers achieve improved security for patient records, reduces the opportunity for fraud, ensures the ability to audit transactions, and aids in compliance, continued Chapman.
Sophisticated application suites like TrakCare have the ability to precisely control access within applications, including information elements and transactions. But the problem is, business rules embedded in a system are only useful if you can ensure the identity of the user. Studies have consistently shown that users share passwords as a matter of convenience or other reasons, added Shanahan. Statistically, two thirds of your user base shares passwords, so how can you ensure business process enforcement? Shanahan continued.
About Newport Scientific Research
Newport Scientific Research is a U.S. based technology company with offices in Newport Beach California, Seoul, Korea, and Dubai, UAE.
FBiDrive Security Platform with FBiSureID technology is a complete biometric security solution for desktop, network resource, and application authentication.
The FBiDrive is a USB biometric device with an advanced fingerprint sensor, secured flash memory, and a software suite for secured file storage, encryption, and operating system and application authentication.
FBiDrive, FBiSureID, the FBi logo, and Biometric Roaming are trademarks of Newport Scientific Research, LLC. U.S. and International patents pending.
About TrakHealth
Founded in 1991, Australian-based TrakHealth (www.TrakHealth.com) develops and markets the TrakCare Web-based healthcare information system (HIS), providing improved care for every person by empowering every healthcare professional. Setting TrakCare apart is the revolutionary FastTrak to ePR, a combination of technology, architecture and methodology that delivers patient-centric care solutions at unmatched speeds with ePR benefits realized from the very first module. Installed in leading healthcare organizations in over 25 countries, TrakCare quickly and seamlessly integrates ePR information from existing legacy systems and multi-vendor solutions. TrakCares unrivalled flexibility means that systems can be easily customized to work the way healthcare professionals work.
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11/9/2005 FBiSureID Technology Secures Online Banking by Removing Passwords
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 2005—
With the tremendous rise of identity theft and online fraud, the U.S. federal government has imposed new online authentication guidelines for financial institutions operating web based transactions. These guidelines are to be met by the related companies in 2006, providing a short time and lacking specific methods for compliance.
“Current solutions the banks have tested fail to reliably identify customers and defeat keyboard logging, phishing or other socially engineered fraud,” commented Jeff Crandell, Director of Product Development for Newport Scientific Research.
“The problem with tokens and other alternatives are that they really don’t fix the authentication issue, they just shorten the password life, or require additional questions to be answered. And these methods have already proven to be beaten by keyboard loggers and other Trojans,” said Crandell. “By the time a password changes in 60 seconds, your account can be empty.”
“FBiSureID represents a real solution to the problem” says Crandell. “Only by eliminating passwords can you truly defeat fraud and hacking efforts.” The FBiSureID technology replaces traditional login and password access to web sites with fingerprint identification access via the FBiDrive, bypassing the most abused weakness of protected Internet sites.
“Token systems and multi question authentication systems can already been beaten by combining keyboard logging software with automated raids on customer accounts,” says Crandell. “Therefore financial institutions using these technologies are steps behind the aggressive worldwide fraud and identity theft community.”
The patent pending FBiSureID technology is a new breed of authentication technologies which can provide two factor identification without making users enter more answers to login questions or rotating passwords. “No matter what questions financial sites ask the consumer to answer, the responses can be stolen by keyboard loggers or phishing tricksters,” says Crandell. “And unlike the question and answer game, with FBiSureID customers couldn’t reveal their access information even if they wanted to.”
Financial institutions have already tried password changing tokens, but with extremely limited results. “Less than 1% of ETrade customers signed up for password generating tokens” commented John Shanahan Jr.,Vice President of Newport Scientific Research. “We believe this is because tokens add extra steps to the login process and they are single purpose devices. People don’t want to carry a pocket full of these things.”
“With the FBiDrive and FBiSureID, users click and provide a fingerprint. They don’t even have to launch the web browser and type the web site address,” commented Shanahan. “Consumers become quickly addicted to this shortcut process. Our research has shown that widespread customer acceptance will only happen by offering security along with convenience.”
A recent CNN (NYSE:TWX) article reports that, “banks also fear a ‘necklace’ scenario in which customers end up collecting an annoying strand of tokens.” With the FBiSureID technology, consumers can use the FBiDrive device to more safely access banks with traditional login password technology while simultaneously connecting with banks that support the extremely secure fingerprint access technology.
“One of the great features of the FBiSureID technology, is that the bank never gets a copy of your fingerprint,” comments Shanahan. “A biometric password is stored at the bank, which can only be generated by the customer’s fingerprint. But the customer’s fingerprint is never exposed to anyone including bank staff and officials.”
The patent pending FBiSureID technology uses fingerprint data to generate a biometrically unique access key for each protected web site account, thus the site never acquires the consumer’s actual fingerprint. And the technology is server technology independent, allowing any standard web server and development suite to utilize it without installing third party software.
FBiSureID is currently available without a server license fee and is compatible with Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), IBM (NYSE:IBM) Sun (Nasdaq:SUNW), Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT), and other standard web server and development technologies. It was designed to be easily integrated into existing online applications.
The FBiDrive is available in standard and enterprise versions and can be obtained directly from the company and through online and distribution partners.
About Newport Scientific Research LLC
Newport Scientific Research is a technology development company based in the Tech Coast of Southern California. The company’s flagship FBiDrive product is available worldwide through direct sales, distributors, and VARs.
FBiDrive and the FBi Logo, FBiSureID, and IMtoGO are trademarks of Newport Scientific Research. All other brand names and trademarks may be the trademarks of their respective holder(s).
Contact:
Jeff Crandell
jeff.crandell@fbidrive.com
www.fbidrive.com
Newport Scientific Research, LLC
660 Newport Center Drive
Suite 760
Newport Beach, CA 92660
949-721-5540
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11/3/2005 IMtoGO Portable Instant Messaging Client Released for FBiDrive
NEWPORT BEACH , Calif.-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2005?Newport Scientific Research (NSR) today announced the availability of the IMtoGO portable instant messaging client for its FBiDrive biometric security drive.
The IMtoGO software allows users of the FBiDrive to access the large instant messaging communities of AOL (NYSE: TWX), Yahoo (Nasdaq:YHOO), and MSN (Nasdaq:MSFT) from the portable USB device. The instant messaging client is compact yet full featured and runs completely from the FBiDrive after connecting it and authenticating via a registered fingerprint.
“Adding IMtoGO to our onboard software offering compliments the Internet and privacy tools we already provide on the FBiDrive,” commented Jeff Crandell, Director of Product Development for NSR.
“Because IMtoGO runs directly from the FBiDrive, it requires no installation, and also leaves no trace on any PC where you choose to run it,” Crandell explained.
The FBiDrive is a portable biometric security device with a fingerprint sensor, flash memory storage, and onboard security and utility software. Users can plug the device into standard USB equipped Windows PCs and run the onboard software after verifying their identity by providing a registered fingerprint.
“Instant messaging has emerged as a popular and useful tool for both business and personal use,” remarked Crandell, “But running a full featured instant messaging client has required installing software, which isn't really convenient or safe when moving from PC to PC.”
The IMtoGO software resides on a locked storage area of the FBiDrive and cannot be launched without a user providing a registered fingerprint. User settings, chat history, and instant messaging service usernames and passwords are also stored in the locked storage, further protecting user privacy.
Other features of the FBiDrive include portable web bookmarks, web password manager, email and contact manager, file encryption, and Internet trace remover. These tools combine to provide users with a portable device offering protection from many forms of identity theft and retaining user privacy.
“IMtoGO is part of our continuing commitment to offer the most comprehensive biometric security product on the market and to protect user identities and information,” said Crandell.
The FBiDrive is available in standard and enterprise versions and can be obtained directly from the company and through online and distribution partners.
About Newport Scientific Research LLC
Newport Scientific Research is a technology development company based in the Tech Coast of Southern California. The company's flagship FBiDrive product is available worldwide through direct sales, distributors, and VARs.
FBiDrive and the FBi Logo, IMtoGO are trademarks of Newport Scientific Research. All other brand names and trademarks may be the trademarks of their respective holder(s).
Contact:
Jeff Crandell
jeff.crandell@fbidrive.com
www.fbidrive.com
Newport Scientific Research, LLC
660 Newport Center Drive
Suite 760
Newport Beach , CA 92660
949-721-5540
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10/28/2005 Release: FBiDrive Scores High in Wired Gadget Lab
NEWPORT BEACH , Calif.-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2005--Wired Magazine's Gadget Lab reviewed the FBiDrive as a part of its regular print and online column focused on the latest in computing and consumer electronics.
The FBiDrive is a portable security product manufactured by Newport Scientific Research, LLC of Newport Beach, CA.
The review by Nicole Lee, written in the column's traditional tongue and cheek fashion, highlights the product's secured storage, web password manager, and advanced biometric fingerprint sensor which she prefers ?to one that can be fooled by Gummy Bear copies of my prints.?
The FBiDrive sensor is not susceptible to being fooled by copies of fingerprint images or gels such as ?Gummy Bears? which have consistently defeated other sensor technologies such as the less expensive optical scanners.
Lee comments about the FBiDrive unit reviewed, ?With a name like FBi, I expected this 2-Gbyte USB flash drive to be as secure as Fort Knox . It comes close.? The portable storage on the USB 2.0 unit varies with models ranging from 128 Megabytes to 4 Gigabytes.
?As a bonus, it held my web logins and passwords,? commented Lee regarding the FBiDrive's onboard software featuring an encrypted password storage and bookmark utility which makes logging into web sites as easy as a click and a fingerprint.
The software built into the drive provides security as well as convenience, keeping data locked away and inaccessible without a fingerprint, and defeating the growing threat of keyboard loggers which capture passwords as users type them.
The FBiDrive Wired review scored the product at 8 out of 10 and was published in several forms including the Gadget Lab subscription newsletter, Wired.com web site, and a special newsstand addition called Wired Test which presents many high tech product reviews just in time for holiday purchasing.
About Newport Scientific Research LLC
Newport Scientific Research is a technology development company based in the Tech Coast of Southern California. The company's flagship FBiDrive product is available worldwide through direct sales, distributors, and VARs.
FBiDrive and the FBi Logo are trademarks of Newport Scientific Research. All other brand names and trademarks may be the trademarks of their respective holder(s).
Contact:
Jeff Crandell
jeff.crandell@fbidrive.com
www.fbidrive.com
Newport Scientific Research, LLC
660 Newport Center Drive
Suite 760
Newport Beach , CA 92660
949-721-5540
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8/3/2005 Release: PC World Recommends FBiDrive in August Issue
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 2005--PC World magazines August 2005 issue recommended the FBiDrive as a part of the cover feature, PC Upgrades. The FBiDrive was recognized as a way to secure information and prevent identity theft by taking your sensitive data with you, and protect it with the advanced fingerprint sensor and associated software.
The FBiDrive is a portable security product manufactured by Newport Scientific Research, LLC of Newport Beach, CA.
One effective way to keep your data away from prying eyes is simply to remove it from your PC the article suggests. With the FBiDrive, to get your data off the drives, youll need to scan your fingerprint.
Because the FBiDrive provides convenient USB stobrage in a small, fits-in-pocket format, data can be safely stored and locked via fingerprint and accessed on any standard Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) Windows PC. Files can also be encrypted, along with capabilities to store email, contacts, web bookmarks, and even web passwords.
You can also use it to log in to your PC stated the article written by Jim Aspinwall, noted author and technology columnist, referring to the enterprise version of the FBiDrive which can login to Windows based PCs and Windows networks.
The USB device and onboard software are available for Microsoft Windows XP and 2000 PCs with USB 1.1 or 2.0 and the web based functions are compatible with Internet Explorer. Storage capacities start with 128M and scale to 2G. The advanced semiconductor based fingerprint sensor cannot be fooled by lifted or gel fingerprints.
PC World is a publication of IDG and is the most widely-read computer or business magazine, with a readership of over 5.5 million.
About Newport Scientific Research LLC
Newport Scientific Research is a technology development company based in the Tech Coast of Southern California. The companys flagship FBiDrive product is available worldwide through direct sales, distributors, and VARs.
FBiDrive and the FBi Logo are trademarks of Newport Scientific Research. All other brand names and trademarks may be the trademarks of their respective holder(s).
Contact:
Jeff Crandell
jeff.crandell@fbidrive.com
www.fbidrive.com
Newport Scientific Research, LLC
660 Newport Center Drive
Suite 760
Newport Beach, CA 92660
949-721-5540
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4/30/2005 Disk Clean Tool added to -459 for Safety and Performance, other Enhancements
Newport Scientific Research today released a new version of the FBiDrive -459 software which includes a disk cleaning and optimization tool along with other security and privacy enhancements.
The Disk Clean option provides a method to completely wipe the free file storage space of the FBiDrive in order to ensure complete erasure of data.
When you delete a file in Windows, the file is not actually erased, only the directory entry, explained Joshua Ho of NSR, so data can be easily recovered by software tools. We have added on option for complete erasing of files so users can now be sure information is removed.
The Disk Clean option also defragments the FBiDrive storage space, providing a tune up and keeping the drives performance at a maximum.
This new feature adds to the already market leading capabilities of the FBiDrive security and privacy suite. The added capabilities demonstrate the companys continuing commitment to deliver the most advanced, easy to use portable security product.
Other new features include an automatic backup reminder, and full time locking of the security options menu.
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2/28/2005 FBiDrive Developer Network Launched Today
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Newport Scientific Research announced today the inaugural launch of the FBiDrive Developer Network.
The Developer Network is designed to assist application programmers who wish to utilize the FBiDrive authentication, secure storage, and encryption technologies.
The FBiDrive developer network offers free registration and users have access to materials and Newport Scientific Research technology staff. More at the developer's page.
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2/7/2005 FBiSureID Web Authentication Announced
Newport Scientific Research announced today the first viable solution for prevention of Internet Fraud and identity theft, FBiSureID™.
FBiSureID™ is patent pending technology that uses FBiDrive Fingerprint Authentication for applications.
The technology is initially targeted to web based applications, either Internet or Intranet, and is compatible with any web server and development platform, including Windows, Unix, and Linux variants. More at the FBiSureID™ page.
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11/18/2004 Improved SafeBox added to FBi-459
A new release of FBi-459 software is available which enhances the functionality and interface of the SafeBox.
This new updated software provides for convenient drag and drop encryption and extraction, folder processing, and automatic encryption on exit.
Contact customer support for upgrade information.
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9/18/2004 FBiDrive V2 introduced at NBC Digital Edge Expo
ITR introduced the V2 FBiDrive at the 2004 Digital Edge Expo today at the Washington, DC. Convention Center.
The V2 version of the product offers increase capacity options up to 4G, a new automated installation process, plug and play on compatible Windows PCs, USB 2.0 for increased performance, and new software features making it easier make data and applications portable and secure while protecting privacy.
An interview segment with IJ Hudson of NBC has begun airing on the network. The segment is also available online at this link >> Online
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9/9/2004 NBC Interview Taping with ITR Executives
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NBCs IJ Hudson interviewed ITRs Jim Martin and Cyril Uy in a segment to be presented around the NBC Digital Edge Expo in Washington, DC. September 18-19. NBC will also be airing a special in October in which the FBiDrive will be a featured segment.
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9/1/2004 FBiDrive to be seen at NBC Digital Edge Expo in DC.
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FBiDrives worldwide distributor, Innovative Technology Research will be announcing availability of the FBiDrive V2, with increased available capacities up to 4G, easy automated installation, plug and play capability, and many new software features.
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8/3/2004 ITR Announces Production Model FBiDrive V2
Jim Martin, President & COO of ITR announces that the FBidrive(TM) V2 which will be the production model will be available to demo August 25, 2004.
Mr. Martin reported that the V2 FBidrive(TM) would incorporate a new installation wizard, plug and play capacity, the ability to copy all your bookmarks and address books to the secure FBidrive(TM). Mr. Martin stated that the FBidrive would have the ability to download updates from the web as new and improved functionalities were developed.
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7/28/2004 ITR Announces European Distribution Agreement for FBiDrive
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Cyril Uy, ITR CEO, announced today the signing of a distribution agreement with TKB & Associates of Ireland. Mr.Uy stated that the multimillion dollar deal was reached with TKB & Associates to provide ITR with increased distribution channels in the vast European market.
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