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Kenya factors in biometrics in three-year digital government plan
The government of Kenya has launched a ‘Huduma Kenya Digitalization Plan’ which aligns with the country’s digitization agenda to deepen...
 
IN Groupe backs blockchain ID project Archipels to fuel expansion
Archipels, a French digital identity consortium and project based on blockchain technology, has raised an unknown amount of capital from...
Kuwait opens more fingerprint capture centers as database plans progress
More than 100,000 persons are said to have had their fingerprints scanned since Kuwait began a process to identify everyone...
 
Canada introduces new airport traveller verification program
Canada’s aviation security authority is launching a new program to reduce how long it takes passengers to pass through airport...
Pair of US politicians want face biometrics ripped out of public housing
Public housing officials around the world using biometric surveillance is largely the same as police using it except in one...
 
UN experts call for ‘urgent’ regulation of biometric surveillance
Biometric surveillance systems and other emerging AI-based technologies are increasingly being used “in sensitive contexts,” without individuals’ knowledge or consent,...
ID R&D breaks down new biometric spoof evaluation metric RIAPAR
The 2023 revision of the ISO/IEC 30107 standard for presentation attack detection gives weight to a new metric for evaluating...
 
Yoti, Mitek and Synectics launch pilot to fight digital ID fraud with shared signals
A pilot project to show the feasibility of real-time fraud intelligence sharing described as ‘first-of-its-kind’ by Synectics Solutions has been...
NADRA adds iris to automated biometric identification platform with Iris ID
Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has introduced iris biometrics as the third ID verification option on its Automated...
 
IrisGuard to help Jordan provide digital IDs with iris scans
Jordan is set to become an early adopter of iris recognition to register for digital IDs after the Arab nation...
GovStack launches. Aimed at nations short on development resources
An initiative created to help governments with few resources digitize their services, has launched its framework version 1 and is...
 
Login.gov on its second life but it might not need many more
There is an ironic rule of thumb in journalism for measuring the significance of government news. It is not news...
Face it: deepfakes are better and riskier than we think, says Jumio
Never at a loss for hubris, humans tend to overestimate their ability to detect deepfakes, says new research from Jumio....
 
Zimbabweans verify entries on voter’s roll after criticized biometric registration
Zimbabwean citizens who have registered to vote in the upcoming general elections had until May 31 to crosscheck the information...
  Digital wallets and mobile ID to be taken at more TSA checkpoints
  Nok Nok’s customer expansion continues, spurred by Fido Alliance’s new passkey guidelines
  Indian PM warned of rising Aadhaar payment fraud
  Irish police watchdog warns of facial recognition abuse, UK police defends the technology
  ORF issues policy brief on digital public infrastructure for G20 members
  Trust Stamp gains approval for multi-factor authentication patent
Biometrics White Papers
Digital identity proofing for public good: The role of the state DMVs
DMVs have long provided organizations and individuals alike with a key identity verification tool in the form of a physical...
 
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...
 
Multispectral imaging (MSI) fingerprint technology
Organizations increasingly rely on digital technologies to validate identities for secure interactions and services such as banking transactions, medication dispensing,...
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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