Amazon introduces palm signature innovation
Amazon ’ s physical retail team has announced a new innovation called Amazon One .
Amazon One is a convenient and contactless way for people to use their palm to make everyday activities like paying at a store , presenting a loyalty card , entering a location like a stadium or badging into work , more effortless .
The service is designed to be highly secure and uses custom-built algorithms and hardware to create a person ’ s unique palm signature .
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Amazon will offer the technology in select Amazon Go stores , where Amazon One will be added to the store ’ s entry gate as a convenient choice for customers to use to enter the store to shop .
In most retail environments , Amazon One could become an alternate payment or loyalty card option with a device at the checkout counter next to a traditional point of sale system .
Amazon said on its blog : “ We take data security and privacy seriously , and any sensitive data is treated in accordance with our long-standing policies . With this in mind , we designed Amazon One to be highly secure . For example , the Amazon One device is protected by multiple security controls and palm images are never stored on the Amazon One device . Rather , the images are encrypted and sent to a highly secure area we custombuilt in the cloud where we create your palm signature .”
Western Australia ’ s first whole-of-government Cybersecurity Operations Centre launched
It will also expand and complement the existing dedicated cybersecurity team within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet ’ s Office of Digital Government .
Staff in the new operations centre will be trained cybersecurity professionals , with the centre also offering further avenues of work and training for cybersecurity TAFE and university students participating in the Office of Digital Government ’ s work integrated learning programme .
Innovation and ICT Minister for the
Western Australia Government , Dave Kelly , has announced AU $ 1.8 million of funding in the upcoming State Budget for the establishment of the State Government ’ s new Cybersecurity Operations Centre . The new whole-of-government Cybersecurity Operations Centre will significantly improve visibility of the cyberthreats against agencies ’ networks and the Government ’ s capability to detect and respond to cybersecurity incidents .
The new operations centre will support existing complementary efforts to improve cybersecurity resilience across government .
The Office of Digital Government has opened applications for the recruitment of a whole of government pool of cybersecurity experts .
Successful applicants will be placed in the Cybersecurity Operations Centre team , another team within the Office of Digital Government ’ s Cybersecurity Unit or in other public sector agencies . www . intelligentcio . com INTELLIGENTCIO
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