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Digital ID officials confront open-source opportunity, brain drain, and true gender inclusivity
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Payments network to offer digital ID services from SecureKey to Canadians
Canadian interbank network Interac Corp. has acquired exclusive rights to use SecureKey’s digital ID services in Canada, and plans to...
 
Presidio Identity raises $3.5M, 3Divi $2M as biometrics investment bonanza continues
Digital identity solutions provider Presidio Identity has announced the closing of a $3.5 million second round of funding. The San...
Keyless patents privacy-focused, cross-platform biometric authentication method
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted cybersecurity firm Keyless a new patent describing a privacy-focused technology designed...
 
Startup Unissey passes biometric presentation attack detection test, first by French lab CLR
The Cabinet Louis Reynaud Labs (CLR) group has conducted its first evaluation of the ISO/IEC 30107 standard, finding French biometrics...
Visa vulnerability in Apple Pay allows biometrics bypass for fraudulent payments
UK scientists found a vulnerability in the Express Transit mode for iPhones which allowed them to fool iPhones via a...
 
A coordinated federal role in developing a US digital health pass is almost impossible
The idea that the United States could build a standard, nationwide digital health infrastructure over which people could verify their...
Innovatrics launches biometrics enrolment app and rapid remote passport reader
Innovatrics has added a rapid Universal Passport Reader to its onboarding suite for easy smartphone-based digital visa applications and a biometric...
 
New facial recognition ethics tool being tested in the Netherlands
A reality-check pilot project has been launched in the Netherlands to see if a proposed governance framework can mitigate the...
NZ airport face biometrics trial deployed against Privacy Commissioner advice
New Zealand’s Aviation Security Service (AvSec), a branch of the country’s Civil Aviation Authority, started trials of a new face...
 
BIO-key, Plurilock and Onfido win Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards
BIO-key, Plurilock and Onfido have each won 2021 Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards for their biometrics and digital identity technologies. Elsewhere, 1Kosmos and...
Okta announces Digital Identity Forum Asia event
The date and list of speakers for Okta’s upcoming Digital Identity Forum Asia event. Taking place online on 6 October...
 
Scottish digital health pass app launch hit by problems
People in Scotland need proof of two COVID vaccinations to order nightclubs and large events as of today. But the...
SenseTime sources legal opinion suggesting limits to US sanctions ahead of planned IPO
American sanctions against SenseTime for supplying its biometric technology in support of rights abuses in Xinjiang only apply to one of...
 
How electronic IDs are changing identity verification in the EU and beyond
eIDAS is the European Union’s legislation that oversees electronic identification (eID), authentication and trust services for electronic transactions in the...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Events and Webinars
Digital Trust World 2021
  October 4, 2021 - October 7, 2021
Digital Trust World 2021 Online October 4-7, 2021 Digital Trust World 2021 is a new event from research and consulting...
World Border Security Congress
  October 5, 2021 - October 7, 2021
World Border Security Congress Athens, Greece October 5-7, 2021 The World Border Security Congress is a high level 3 day...
Bias mitigation in anti-spoofing through knowledge distillation – EAB virtual lunch talk
  October 5, 2021 - October 5, 2021
Bias mitigation in anti-spoofing through knowledge distillation – EAB virtual lunch talk Online October 5, 2021 (12:30-13:30 CET) The European...
connect:ID
  October 5, 2021 - October 6, 2021
connect:ID October 5-6, 2021 Washington, DC Connect:ID is an identity conference and exhibition, showcasing practical implementations of trusted identity solutions,...
Biometrics Institute Congress
  October 6, 2021 - October 26, 2021
Biometrics Institute Congress Online October 6th, 13th, 20th and 26th 2021 The Biometrics Institute Congress is the industry gathering for...