Nuance Communications Seminar Examines Role of Voice Biometric Technology for Financial Institutions.BURLINGTON Burlington, town, Canada Burlington, town (1991 pop. 129,575), SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. First settled (1798) by Mohawk Loyalist Joseph Brandt, Burlington's economy was built on the shipment of wheat, lumber, and quarried rock by waterway. , Mass. -- Nuance Communications Nuance Communications is a computer software technology company. Their current worldwide headquarters is in Burlington, Massachusetts in the United States. Nuance provides speech and imaging solutions and is mainly known for its speech recognition and speech synthesis software that , Inc. (Nasdaq: NUAN NUAN New User Action Notation (modeling language) ), a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions, will host "Implementing Two-Factor Authentication The use of two independent mechanisms for authentication; for example, requiring a smart card and a password. The combination is less likely to allow abuse than either component alone. See authentication. and the Role of Voice Biometrics The biological identification of a person. Examples are face, iris and retinal patterns, hand geometry and voice. Increasingly built into laptop computers, fingerprint readers have become popular as a secure method for identification. ," a seminar focused on the use of speaker verification to enable secure access to sensitive data. The seminar is designed to help financial institutions leverage voice biometrics to combat the threat of fraud and identity theft for telephone banking.
Who: The complimentary seminar features a panel of speaker
verification experts, including Chuck Buffum, current president
of Buffum Group and former CEO of Vocent, a voice
authentication solutions company acquired by PassMark Security;
Dan Miller, senior analyst at research firm Opus Research; and
Dan Faulkner, senior solutions marketing manager at Nuance
Communications.
What: Since the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
(FFIEC) issued guidelines in 2005 recommending two-factor
authentication, financial institutions have been searching for
cost-effective and convenient solutions. In August 2006, the
FFIEC also issued an FAQ document clarifying the need for two
factor authentication in telephone banking.
Seminar attendees will learn:
-- How speaker verification works to enable highly secure
two factor access to sensitive data
-- How speaker verification can fit into a company's
overall security strategy
-- The difference between speaker identification and
authentication, and how this knowledge should influence
an organization's technical approach to two-factor
authentication
When: Thursday, October 5, 2006
8:30 - 11:30 a.m. EST
Where: Digital Sandbox, 55 Broad Street, 4th Floor,
New York City, NY 10004
How: Register to attend this event at
www.nuance.com/seminars/biometrics
About Nuance Communications, Inc. Nuance nu·ance n. 1. A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation. 2. Expression or appreciation of subtle shades of meaning, feeling, or tone: is the leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Its technologies, applications and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with information and how they create, share and use documents. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance's proven applications and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. . For more information, please visit nuance.com. Nuance and the Nuance logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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