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Businesses’ desire to store less digital identity data stokes travel’s SSI brushfire
The potential use cases for self-sovereign identity to transform the travel industry are almost limitless, particularly with the impending arrival...
 
Biometrics expert Nalini Ratha named National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Biometrics expert Nalini Ratha, also an Empire Innovation Professor at the University at Buffalo (UB)’s Department of Computer Science and...
Clearview AI’s US law enforcement facial recognition footprint grows with FBI contract
The latest U.S law enforcement sign up for Clearview AI’s facial recognition-as-a-service app is a modest $18,000, one-year contract, spotted...
 
DigiDoe raises $1M for cardless, no-phone biometric payments
London-based biometric payments startup DigiDoe has recently announced an £850,000 (roughly $1.15 million) investment led by Joint Journey. The company...
Hybrid workforces reluctant to use biometric security, Unisys reports
Only 31 percent of employees are willing to share biometric data to ensure safe entrance into a workplace, according to...
 
Rank One to supply face biometrics SDK to US Marshals Service for prisoner transfers
The U.S. Marshals Service has selected Rank One Computing (ROC) to support its Justice Prisoner Alien and Transportation System (JPATS) with...
Vehicle biometrics focus of Precise-Infineon partnership, CES demonstrations
Biometric applications continue to be developed for the automotive industry, with Precise Biometrics and Infineon the latest technology providers to...
 
UIDAI looks at selective disclosure, Aadhaar biometrics authenticate 50M transactions a day
The Aadhaar-issuing body Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), is currently considering ‘partial authentication’ with the biometric system, The Times...
Kenya sets date for last phase biometric voter registration ahead of August polls
In under a week, the second and final phase of the Enhanced Continuous Voter Registration (ECVR) in Kenya will kick...
 
China’s next bogeyman: A deepfake video that makes its people think
If there is one thing that modern, autocratic China is very good at, it is responding to a perceived threat...
Apple’s promised mobile driver’s license and the fear of vendor lock-in
iOS 15 was supposed to include the first set of mobile driver’s licenses launched in partnership with 8 states. Now...
 
New biometric digital ID system in South Africa to enhance service delivery, security
A new biometric-based digital identity system dubbed NIS, currently being developed in South Africa, will go a long way in...
New CEO for SmartSearch, biometrics veteran to Paravision among leadership appointments
Anti-money laundering (AML) software provider SmartSearch has a new Chief Executive Officer, appointing Guy Harrison to drive the company’s strategic plan...
 
Oz Forensics aces Level 2 biometric presentation attack detection test by iBeta
Oz Forensics’ face biometrics software has passed independent Level 2 Presentation Attack Detection, blocking all attempted attacks. The test was...
  FaceTec 3D biometrics, liveness power onboarding, digital wallet for UAE bank
  Quebec considers including financial documents in digital ID wallet
  Clear’s digital health pass adopted by major US commercial real estate management firm
  Interpol program for fighting terrorism through biometrics deployed in Cameroon
  Synaptics supplies on-device AI voice analysis for Lenovo tablet
  It sounds like the US has Hikvision’s attention
Events and Webinars
LEAP | Global Tech Event In Saudi Arabia
  February 1, 2022 - February 3, 2022
LEAP | Global Tech Event In Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia February 1-3, 2022 The largest tech event in history just...
Idemia’s Biometric Breakfast
  February 2, 2022 - February 2, 2022
Idemia’s Biometric Breakfast February 2, 2022 Vienna, Austria IDEMIA Biometric Devices’ next “Biometric breakfast” session will take place in Vienna,...
Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience Europe
  March 15, 2022 - March 17, 2022
Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience Europe Bucharest, Romania March 15-17, 2022 Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Europe brings together leading...
GISEC 2022
  March 21, 2022 - March 23, 2022
GISEC 2022 Dubai March 21 – 23, 2022 GISEC is the region’s most established and influential cybersecurity and infosec exhibition...
ID@Borders and Future of Travel Conference 2022
  April 26, 2022 - April 27, 2022
ID@Borders and Future of Travel Conference 2022 Brussels, Belgium April 26-27, 2022 As some of us are coming out of...
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