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Digital ID key in Kenya’s digital transformation agenda: Eliud Owalo
(Dr. Joseph Atick, Eliud Owalo, and Julius Bitok on stage at ID4Africa 2023) In Kenya, the idea of a national identity...
 
Apple patents multi-function digital ID with liveness, other security features
A U.S. patent has been awarded for binding biometric authentication to a person’s digital ID. It likely will be combined...
Alice Biometrics earns high-security certification in Spain
Alice Biometrics says it is the first software company approved by Spain’s National Cryptologic Center to meet the agency’s highest...
 
Idex Biometrics and AuthenTrend partner on biometric access cards
Norwegian fingerprint biometric solutions provider Idex has entered a new collaboration with Taiwan-based, FIDO2-certified firm AuthenTrend. In particular, the companies...
EU data watchdog publishes guidelines on facial recognition in policing
As the debates over the AI Act heats up, the European Union’s data protection watchdog has published its final set...
 
Indian police to share fingerprint data, more biometrics introduced in prisons
Indian law enforcement agencies will be able to access and share biometric fingerprint data with the country’s National Automated Fingerprint...
IrisGuard to verify IDs for aid recipients in Iraq
Biometric registration and payment authentication company IrisGuard will help over 280,000 refugees in Iraq receive humanitarian cash assistance by scanning...
 
Vendor claims deepfake fraud ‘doubles’ in North America
Instances of deepfake fraud doubled in North America between 2022 and Q1 2023 according to a new report from London-based...
IDSA finds ‘almost a fifth’ of businesses see managing digital identity as a top security priority
The Identity Security Alliance (IDSA), a non-profit group of identity and security vendors, solution providers, and practitioners, has found that...
 
Federated Identities: a one-stop hacking shop for all your credentials
By Paul Trulove, CEO at SecureAuth Every user in today’s digital world has almost certainly encountered federated identities, but few...
Ukrainian digital ID app enables citizens to report Russian troops
The Ukrainian mobile app Diia has emerged as a vital tool for citizens amidst the ongoing conflict with Russia. The...
 
Are Hikvision, Dahua security flaws aiding Russia?
A nongovernmental organization being described as an investigative collective is adding to the warnings about the security of some Chinese...
Biometrics stocks: quarterlies, annuals, SEC actions
New Jersey-based biometric systems provider BIO-key told the Securities and Exchange Commission May 16 its first quarter financials report will...
 
Population scale ID verification in focus at ID4Africa 2023
The various options available when it comes to identity verification at population scale for access to services, the challenges as...
  GDPR 5 years on: Spain, Ireland lead in issuing fines; Meta hit hardest
  Kuwait to collect biometric data of everyone entering the country
  How to address the threat of identity-related fraud for personal lines carriers
  Evrotrust’s eID scheme made Bulgaria’s official digital identity program, expands to Romania
  Facial recognition helps Indian authorities identify SIM fraudsters
  Data clean-up underway after biometric voter registration exercise in Liberia
Biometrics White Papers
Using biometric technology to fight public sector benefit fraud
The pandemic caused a scramble to digitize typically in-person services in order to provide extensive financial aid to those in...
 
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...
Mitigating demographic bias in facial presentation attack detection
Bias in AI-powered biometric algorithms can lead to unfair treatment of individuals in certain demographic groups based on their gender,...
 
How can we get personal? Leveraging biometrics for loss prevention — and beyond
With biometrics, retailers can reduce loss and theft, improve customer service and increase operational efficiency. The value of robust identification...
Events and Webinars
Border Security Week
  June 6, 2023 - June 7, 2023
Digital Identity unConference Europe​ 2023
  June 7, 2023 - June 9, 2023
Webinar: Is your digital onboarding really digital?
  June 15, 2023
Future Identity Finance
  June 20, 2023
Biometrics Institute: US Discussion Day 2023
  June 21, 2023
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