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New entrants join biometrics market as established players branch out
New projects and innovations like the Natosafe baby biometrics system, Tata’s Indian passports and access control market entrant Fuse Identities made headlines this week. Totm has a new strategic deal to expand market reach, and Socure’s Matt Thompson discusses pursuing the U.S. government market .. keep reading this report here

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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
Socure SVP sees past the migraine of dealing trust to the US government
On October 12, 2021, the top story on the front page of The New York Times was about entrenched distrust...
 
Deloitte believes the future of government rests on a vision it calls ‘agile identity’
Deloitte has unveiled a vision called “agile identity” which it believes is the future of government, soon after being awarded...
Civil registries are important – but how do you persuade the people?
How do civil registries enroll more people? Should they twist people’s arms by making birth certificates compulsory? These were among...
 
UNDP launches bids for biometric registration kits for Vanuatu’s planned civil registry
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is seeking to tender a contract for biometric registration kits for Vanuatu to help...
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...
 
US government committee gather evidence on biometric privacy-enhancing technologies
Biometric privacy-enhancing technologies (BPET) could play a major role in protecting the sensitive information of Americans, experts told a House...
Digital identity can be ‘highly exclusionary’ for social protection: UN report
“Digital identity systems should not be a prerequisite for benefiting from social protection schemes and when they are set up,...
 
Digital ID, KYC infrastructure critical for digital currency rollout, says IMF
An international agency is urging central banks to help strengthen national digital ID systems and make KYC requirements easier to...
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...
 
Totm plans JV with UAE-based partner to address offline biometric authentication demand
Totm Technologies has signed a ‘Strategic Teaming Agreement’ with United Arab Emirates-based big data and AI provider Presight.AI to focus...
Problems with audits for bias in AI systems highlighted in research paper
Sasha Costanza-Chock, co-author of a research paper which looks into algorithmic audits, says there are many areas that require improvement...
 
Idemia paper pitches framework for broader consideration of biometrics excellence
Artificial intelligence algorithms should be more broadly evaluated in order to ensure systems deliver results that will inspire confidence in...
iBeta report compares ISO and FIDO standards for biometric presentation attack testing
Biometrics test lab iBeta published a new report comparing the effectiveness of the ISO 30107 and FIDO protocols in relation...
 
On-demand webinar – Demographic Bias in Facial Liveness Detection: Impact, Measurement, and Mitigation
AI-powered facial liveness detection algorithms can introduce bias the same way matching algorithms can, causing mobile banking services to be...
  Verifiable Credentials go mainstream at Identiverse 2022
  Zitadel raises $2.5M for open-source digital identity platform
  First look: baby biometrics to tackle swaps, kidnaps and missing children
  Giesecke+Devrient acquires Valid USA to increase payment, digital ID security
  Mastercard secures Australian Trusted Digital Identity Framework accreditation
  Kuma expands digital identity assessments with Canadian Trustmark certification
  Token raises $13M and appoints CEO scale biometric authentication wearable business
  Bias testing introduced for biometric liveness detection in ID R&D, BixeLab collaboration
  Veterans of Zwipe and Fingerprint Cards form biometric access control venture Fuse Identities
  Speechmatics to extend voice biometrics, speech recognition accuracy with $62M funding round
Biometrics White Papers
ISO PAD and FIDO testing comparison
Two of the most popular testing services that iBeta offers are ISO 30107 compliance, and FIDO Biometrics Component Certification. To...
 
How can we get personal? Leveraging biometrics for loss prevention — and beyond
With biometrics, retailers can reduce loss and theft, improve customer service and increase operational efficiency. The value of robust identification...
Biometrics and bias: The science of inclusivity
An in-depth conversation with digital identity experts Stephen Ritter, Chief Technology Officer at Mitek and Alexey Khitrov, CEO and co-founder...
 
Customer identity continuity: why it’s critical
Industry analysts and practitioners explain how challenges with customer experience, fraud, and consistency throughout the customer lifecycle can be solved...
Events and Webinars
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...
Digital face manipulation and detection workshop
  July 12, 2022 - July 13, 2022
Digital face manipulation and detection workshop Online July 12-13, 2022 The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) is hosting a two-day virtual...
Digital Forensics for National Security Symposium
  July 27, 2022 - July 28, 2022
Digital Forensics for National Security Symposium National Harbor, MD  July 27 – 28, 2022 DSI’s 3rd Annual Digital Forensics for...
Security Exhibition & Conference
  August 17, 2022 - August 19, 2022
Security Exhibition & Conference Sydney, Australia August 17 – 19, 2022 The security landscape has evolved. Integrating physical security with...
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