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Digital IDs in Georgia improve accessibility for disabled state residents
Georgia’s recent implementation of digital IDs in the form of mobile driver’s licenses for iOS smartphones can make it easier...
 
Colombia adds biometrics to election process, Guyana presses on with the current system
Colombia has launched a biometric web platform for candidates registering to participate in its upcoming 2023 territorial elections, which will...
EU pilot of digital identity wallet and academic credentials with Gataca SSI tech launches
A pilot of decentralized digital ID and Verifiable Credentials for sharing higher education credentials is kicking off in Spain with...
 
Jumio ID verification on Airbnb goes global as Regula, Yoti, Veriff unveil integrations
Identity verification for Airbnb users is being expanded to all rental customers and hosts with selfie biometrics from Jumio to...
Intesi Group authorized to issue digital identity in Italy
Italy’s digital identity system is getting a new service provider and manager, certification authority Intesi Group. The Public Digital Identity...
 
Mastercard approves BCC to issue Zwipe biometric payment cards
Mastercard has granted Taiwanese firm Beautiful Card Corporation (BCC) approval to bring to market biometric payment cards built on the...
Biofire will avoid triggering regulation as biometric ‘Smart Gun’ reaches pre-orders
Executives with Biofire say their company’s Smart Gun is the first with biometric capabilities to reach the consumer market anywhere...
 
Zinc raises £5M to expand global, reusable background checks
London-based background check startup Zinc has raised £5 million (roughly US$6.4 million) in a series A funding round with plans...
Deepfake fraud fears mount after Progress Corp hack
Fears are mounting among some commentators about the rise of deepfake scams, following the hack of U.S. file transfer software...
 
US implements privacy framework for EU data exchange, final agreement expected mid-July
After months of cross-Atlantic negotiations, the U.S. announced it has fulfilled its commitments for implementing the EU-US Data Privacy Framework,...
Montana law restricting facial recognition use by police, public agencies takes effect
A new bill establishing the right of state and local agencies in Montana, including law enforcement, to use facial recognition,...
 
India says chip passports coming ‘soon’ as authorities discover fakes through biometrics
Indians will soon be able to obtain their long-awaited e-passports, equipped with biometric chips compliant with the latest ICAO standards....
With DNA comes a new level of security
By Corinna Schindler, Head of Verification at Veridos Biometric identification solutions have become firmly established in our everyday lives, whether...
 
ECJ hits Russia with human rights violations due to facial recognition use
The European Court of Human Rights (ECJ) has decided unanimously that Russia is guilty of human rights violations due to...
  Report finds data protection loopholes in Tanzania’s biometric SIM registration drive
  India doubles down on biometrics to prevent tax fraud, Aadhaar authentication use cases expand
  Thailand launches digital ID verification service with ThaID app
  Cameroon PM announces major reforms to national ID system as issuance backlog swells
  VisionLabs introduces anti-deepfake tech, clinches deal for govt biometric system
  Keyless now ISO/IEC 27001 compliant, HID gets SOC 2 Type 2 certification
Biometrics White Papers
Banking on biometrics: The future of customer authentication
The financial industry flourishes on security and safety. Yet that is precisely what passwords, PINs, and other knowledge-based authentication does...
 
Biometric technologies reshaping identity verification
Information security spending reached $76.9 billion USD in 2015 globally and it is expected to reach $170 billion by the...
iProov Biometric Threat Intelligence Report 2023
As face verification gains traction and becomes more prevalent, threat actors are developing evermore sophisticated ways to circumvent these systems...
 
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...
Events and Webinars
Zero Trust Government Symposium
  July 19, 2023 - July 20, 2023
Digital Transformation via Open Public Stacks
  July 20, 2023 - July 21, 2023
4th Annual Digital Forensics for National Security Symposium
  August 2, 2023 - August 3, 2023
Cyber DSA 2023
  August 15, 2023 - August 17, 2023
BIOSIG 2023 – 22nd international conference of the biometrics special interest group
  September 20, 2023 - September 22, 2023
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