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Papua New Guinea rolls out platform for seamless management of digital IDs
Papua New Guinea’s Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) says it is expanding its digital infrastructure with a new...
 
US worried about dominance in standards for emerging tech; wants to refocus the nation
Standards-making is the dullest critical aspect of technology dominance. The Biden administration buys that idea and wants to make sure...
Colombia encourages national digital ID signups with bank pilot, celebrity endorsement
Colombia’s digital identity system is advancing with the National Registry Office carrying out pilots of facial authentication with several banks,...
 
US gov’t, Meta go after one another over proposed ‘blanket prohibition’ on face biometrics
Open hostility has broken out in the United States between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission. Ostensibly, the argument is...
On World Password Day, industry players lean into passkeys, biometrics
Subscription-based password manager and digital wallet app maker Dashlane is joining the pushback on passwords, announcing a forthcoming feature to...
 
ID R&D patents new method for detecting voice spoof attacks and deepfakes
A new patent has been granted to ID R&D for a method of detecting deepfakes and spoof attacks against voice...
Critics pan planned police use of facial recognition during King Charles’ coronation
An announcement by the UK Metropolitan Police Service (Met) that live (or ‘real-time’) facial recognition technology will be deployed in...
 
Smart Engines granted US patent for method of more efficient image processing
Smart Engines has been granted a patent for an innovation utilizing Hough Transformations to improve the image recognition performance of...
Togo preparing census to issues biometric ID cards for social protection
A third population census is coming to Togo and the exercise will be dedicated to issuing biometric cards to citizens...
 
Pindrop makes noise with tech giant partnerships
Pindrop has announced new deals with Google and, in the Japanese market, the IT service provider NTT Data, widening the...
Women in Biometrics Award winners announced for 2023 by SIA
The five winners of the 2023 Women in Biometrics Awards have been named by the Security Industry Association, and will...
 
ChatGPT: You’re not ready for the new wave of cyberattacks
By Philipp Pointner, Chief of Digital Identity at Jumio Although it’s only been a few months post-launch, AI chatbot phenomenon...
Google introduces passkey sign-in with farewell note to passwords
As of May 3, 2023, Google users can opt to secure their accounts using passkeys rather than passwords, according to...
 
Coinbase sued under Biometric Information Privacy Act
It was a matter of when not if. A cryptocurrency company has been accused of violating the U.S. state of...
  Seed round for fintech ID startup raises €4.5M
  Investors are finding deals among biometric verification firms
  Will Europe’s digital wallet become a honeypot? Seminar warns of security risks
  Questions raised over facial recognition use in Indian prisons
  Italy considers new biometric surveillance pilots amidst opposition’s concerns
  Aware expects bounce-back after messy fiscal 2022 for biometrics stocks
Biometrics White Papers
From good to great: The right biometrics capabilities for better banking
The banking industry was already a major user of biometric solutions before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the pandemic accelerated the...
 
One selfie to rule them all: Could distributed biometrics revolutionize the way we authenticate?
Traditional biometric authentication methods, which include both local and server-side biometrics, have limitations that need to be addressed. Local biometrics...
January 2023 update to ISO/IEC standard 30107-3: How do changes affect development and testing?
In January of 2023, ISO/IEC published a new, second edition of the 30107-3 standard that replaces the earlier, first edition...
 
Human or machine: AI proves best at spotting biometric attacks
With large organizations processing millions of face checks monthly, one advantage of AI liveness detection is the reduced burden on...
Events and Webinars
European Identity and Cloud Conference 2023
  May 9, 2023 - May 12, 2023
CMMC Day
  May 15, 2023
2023 Women in Biometrics Awards
  May 16, 2023
SIA GovSummit
  May 16, 2023 - May 17, 2023
CSfC Conference
  May 16, 2023
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