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Socure SVP sees past the migraine of dealing trust to the US government
“We’re funding fraud,” Thompson says. The federal government’s ID verification procedures are overmatched by an online criminal underground that has its own marketplaces for tools, strategies and data .. read the full interview here

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New York school districts plan facial recognition security despite ban
A moratorium on the use of facial recognition in New York State schools has not prevented a pair of districts...
 
US grapples with deepfakes as barriers to successful exploits
Deepfakes are accessible enough to have graduated from major heists and state-level misinformation to the more mundane world of fake...
Ryder Review calls for biometrics regulation through new, comprehensive legislation
Legislation is urgently needed to govern the use of biometrics, according to the widely-anticipated ‘Ryder Review’ from the Ada Lovelace...
 
Kenya to use biometrics first, ID number second for voter verification in August election
Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has determined that voters’ identities will be verified for eligibility in the upcoming...
Token raises $13M and appoints CEO scale biometric authentication wearable business
Biometric wearable-maker Token has raised $13 million in a Series B funding round for solution development and demand generation and...
 
Kick TikTok out of app stores to stop biometric, other sensitive data harvesting says FCC head
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr said he has asked Google and Apple to remove TikTok from their app...
Mantra’s dual iris biometric scanner certified for use with India’s Aadhaar
Mantra Softech announced its iris scanner MATISX has received the Standardization Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) from the Indian government....
 
Mastercard secures Australian Trusted Digital Identity Framework accreditation
Mastercard has successfully secured the first of three accreditation roles under the Trusted Digital Identity Framework (TDIF) in Australia. Matt...
BIO-key focused on expanding distribution for identity-bound biometrics, joins AWS network
In an eventful fortnight for BIO-key, the company has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN), days after...
 
Belgium unveils virtual digital identity card to extend itsme app functionality
Belgium Secretary of State for Digitalization Mathieu Michel has unveiled the creation of a new virtual digital identity card to...
Verifiable Credentials go mainstream at Identiverse 2022
The digital identity community came together last week at arguably the first major and fully in-person conference since 2019 –...
 
Multi-Cloud orchestration makes open source identity work
By Mike Vesey, CEO, IdRamp There is no one cloud to rule all applications. Most of us operate with multi-cloud environments....
Pangea combines AI analytics, computer vision for border control, workplace safety solutions
Pangea has announced the launch of a pair of AI solutions, one for preventing injuries in the construction industry with...
 
ID4Africa Livecast: Recommendations on infrastructure, digital ID for frictionless borders
Stakeholders who recently gathered in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh for discourses on digital identity at the ID4Africa Augmented General...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Events and Webinars
ID4Africa 2022: The augmented General Meeting
  June 15, 2022 - June 30, 2022
ID4Africa 2022: The augmented General Meeting Marrakesh and Online June 15-16 (Marrakesh) and June 28 & 30 (Virtual) After a...
Demographic Bias in Facial Liveness Detection: Impact, Measurement, and Mitigation
  June 30, 2022 - June 30, 2022
Demographic Bias in Facial Liveness Detection: Impact, Measurement, and Mitigation Webinar June 30, 2022 – 9:30am EDT AI-powered facial liveness...
ICT Spring
  June 30, 2022 - July 1, 2022
ICT Spring Luxembourg June 30 – July 1, 2022 ICT Spring is a yearly global tech conference hosting an array...
Identity India 2022
  July 7, 2022 - July 8, 2022
Identity India 2022 New Delhi, India July 7-8, 2022 IDENTITY India is a conference and exhibition of public sector identity...
PhilSec 2022
  July 12, 2022 - July 13, 2022
PhilSec 2022 Philippines July 12 – 13, 2022 The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) in the Philippines launched...