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Battle on to choose contractor for Kenya’s new digital ID scheme
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NIST advancing contactless fingerprint biometric technology with test fingers
To improve the accuracy of the emerging contactless fingerprint reader technology, researchers with the U.S. National Institute of Standards and...
 
Spain adopts Worldcoin’s ID protocol as the company boasts ambitious plans
Spain is now the largest and fastest-growing market in Europe for Worldcoin’s World ID proof-of-personhood protocol, according to the company....
EU, India and US make louder noises about legislating privacy protection
On the assumption that all (or maybe a lot) of change can be good, things are good for data protection...
 
Onfido partners to improve digital identity verification and accessibility
Onfido, a global identity verification and authentication provider, has partnered with  OjirehPrime, a digital bank based in Nigeria, to improve...
Appealing to a higher power: Pope and AI talk about algorithm control
Assuming no advanced alien debutante is hiding in the wings, there is nowhere else to go for advice on how...
 
US govt rumored to be considering suit to stop ForgeRock buyout
ForgeRock’s proposed buyout by private equity firm Thoma Bravo could fall victim to a newly invigorated anti-trust unit within the...
Idemia supplies 2.8M more biometric passports for Nepal at reduced price
The government of Nepal has reached a deal with Idemia to supply 2.8 million biometric passports, which the country’s foreign...
 
Human rights organizations say EU’s biometric border controls negatively impact migrants
The continuous and expansive use of digital technologies such as biometrics in the implementation of digital border control policies known...
Airports upgrade IT systems to pave way for biometrics
Upgrades to the passenger processing systems of airports across India by SITA and Materna will make future deployments of biometrics...
 
Nigerians raise eyebrows as CBN tells banks to require social media accounts for KYC
There have been mixed reactions by concerned parties in Nigeria following a directive by the country’s Central Bank (CBN) for...
Mexico presidential candidate proposes facial recognition to combat drug trafficking
Fighting between organized crime groups in Mexico has made the country more violent than Colombia in recent years. Mexico presidential...
 
Manufacturer deploys NEC face biometrics for employee parking in Vietnam
Japanese manufacturer Yazaki is set to use face biometrics from NEC Vietnam to enhance the employee parking experience at one...
Chile signs on to face, finger registry to curb illegal immigration
Chile intends to build a biometrics registry of all foreign residents in conjunction with a committee to handle “the expulsion...
 
Bhutan adopts National Identity Bill
Bhutan has adopted the National Digital Identity Bill 2023, setting up a framework for its national digital ID system that...
  US pols worried about voice cloning. Industry says they’ve got it covered
  AuthID reaches for daylight with a big reverse stock split, secures a token customer commitment
  NIST seeks comment on plan to test facial age estimation
  PhilSys shares notes with WURI officials on digital ID best practices
  Battle on to choose contractor for Kenya’s new digital ID scheme
  Metalenz partners up to commercialize 3D facial recognition locks and payment kiosks
Biometrics White Papers
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...
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,...
 
The ultimate retail experience starts with facial recognition
As digital transformation sweeps across our society, bringing together the physical and virtual worlds, the retail space is changing in...
Events and Webinars
Zero Trust Government Symposium
  July 19, 2023 - July 20, 2023
Deepfake: The battle to determine what is Real vs (Deep)Fake!
  July 19, 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
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