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Rwanda seeks contractor to digitize civil registration archiving system
Rwanda has launched a call to tender for the digitization of the country’s civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) archiving...
 
Bar for UK crimes prosecuted with live facial recognition could get much lower
Pledges by the UK government that its use of biometric data in law enforcement would be limited to, for example,...
Facial recognition used to streamline roll call in Brazil schools
The school roll call as most know it is being transformed by face biometrics. In Paraná, Brazil, over 200,000 students...
 
BioID liveness detection to be used in Bavarian social robot study
BioID‘s biometric liveness detection technology will be used to enhance the social capabilities of “humanoid” social robots for a study...
Lawmakers in Egypt and US addressing AML and KYC
U.S. and Egyptian officials are pushing for AML and KYC regulation to combat fraud and other illicit financial flows, though...
 
Vendor claims 3-year ROI on retail facial recognition deployment
Amid a worrying rise in retail crime, retailers are adopting facial biometrics as a preventive measure. A case study from...
NXP Semiconductors explores chip-based biometric authentication with India’s UIDAI
In an interview with Times of India, Hitesh Garg, VP and country manager of NXP Semiconductors India, disclosed that NXP...
 
Still dealing with leak fallout, NADRA officials resist investigations
There appears to be no central government policy in Pakistan for how to handle a catastrophic divulging and selling of...
Kenya targets Feb. 2024 for new digital ID rollout, sign-up optional
The Kenyan government says it plans to register all citizens for a new digital ID program by the end of...
 
Philippines urged to consider biometric voter authentication during 2025 polls
The Commission on Elections of the Philippines (Comelec) is seeking to upgrade its election management system with the procurement of...
Mobile authentication startup sees revenue of $40M in 2025
A biometric mobile authentication startup in London and India is predicting its revenue will grow 66 percent between now and...
 
GAIN claims early successes, sets next steps towards digital ID interoperability
Technical and policy standards for digital identity are emerging and evolving, boosting the prospects for interoperable digital IDs, and correspondingly...
An insider’s recap of the Legal Identity, Biometrics & Border Management Conference 2023
By Arif Mamedov, President and CEO at Regula Forensics, Inc. From July 19 to July 21, the Legal Identity, Biometrics...
 
Biometric authentication accuracy bar rises, assurance levels evolve in NIST guidance
Biometrics performance requirements have been upgraded and identity assurance levels revised in the latest draft update to the U.S. National...
  Papua New Guinea to tap India’s digital public infrastructure experience
  Identity accessibility among barriers to financial inclusion for Nigeria’s rural women
  Yoti achieves accessibility standard for digital identity verification
  4 in 10 businesses have already seen deepfakes, injection attacks
  Cyberattack on Kenya’s digital infrastructure continues
  Multiple regulators turn gaze to Worldcoin’s iris collection
Biometrics White Papers
Biometrics, fairness, and inclusion
The pandemic-accelerated shift to digital transactions and services has created an immense challenge for banks. Amid the torrent of new...
 
Biometric ad hoc testing: When the standards don’t meet your goals
Biometrics testing is an important aspect of the security industry, particularly in the field of authentication and access control. Traditionally,...
Ensuring trustworthy digital identities
In today’s interconnected world, trust plays a crucial role in online transactions and relationships that rely on it. Establishing trust...
 
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...
Events and Webinars
4th Annual Digital Forensics for National Security Symposium
  August 2, 2023 - August 3, 2023
Cyber DSA 2023
  August 15, 2023 - August 17, 2023
3rd Digital Identity & Authentication Summit MENA 2023
  September 12, 2023 - September 13, 2023
SmartTech Asia 2023
  September 13, 2023 - September 15, 2023
Mobility Payments Asia Pacific 2023
  September 13, 2023 - September 14, 2023
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