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TSA launches digital identity roadmap
Among several familiar themes for airport biometrics – the need for collaboration, improved passenger processing times and experiences, the rapid...
 
NFTs for digital identity — first get over your baggage
What is the big deal with NFTs? Every day I read an article about a collection of digital images being...
Biometrics at the center as big tech and medical industry vie for your health data: B-Secur
Leader in electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) monitoring, B-Secur, is scaling up in the U.S. to concentrate on health-related heart biometrics after COVID-19...
 
Shufti Pro plans global biometric KYC expansion with $20M Series A funding round
Shufti Pro has raised $20 million to accelerate the global expansion of its biometric face verification, know your customer checks and...
UK establishes Office for Digital Identities and Attributes, new legislation and trustmark
The UK government has established the interim Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (ODIA) to oversee security and privacy for...
 
Web of connected players could complicate Cameroon’s biometric ID card tender: report
Augentic seems like a natural contender for the biometric ID card tender launched by Cameroon’s government last year, given its...
UK Biometrics and Surveillance Commissioner asks pointed questions of vendors
Biometric surveillance raises a whole series of questions about ethics and public acceptance that go far beyond data protection and...
 
Scotland’s biometrics commissioner finishes decision framework for law enforcement
Scotland’s first biometrics commissioner has drafted a ‘world-first’ statutory code of practice for the use of biometric data in policing...
China to introduce digital ID cards nationwide
China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang has said the country will in the course of this year introduce the digital ID...
 
Biometrics registration for Zambia’s new national ID system underway
Zambia’s parliament has been told that work to put in place a new biometric ID system dubbed the Integrated National...
Security agencies granted access to Nigeria’s biometric database; Buhari faces lawsuit
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a nonprofit advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari...
 
Ecosystems approach to biometrics can plug regulatory gaps, WPF argues
The regulatory holes and risks that accompany today’s laws for biometric technology will require a holistic ecosystem perspective with a...
Biometric data privacy is important for everyone but it’s big money in pro sports
Biometrics looks like they will be the next growth accelerant for college and professional sports in the United States. Fantasy...
 
Researchers warn edge computing’s biometric privacy promise is conditional
Not for the first time, the privacy community is looking at how biometric data can be most effectively and securely...
  Jumio delves deep into AML compliance in new white papers
  IARPA awards contracts for whole-body biometric identification
  Paravision lays out blueprint for contactless biometric travel corridor
  iProov expands reach of face biometrics with new Global Partner Program
  Biometrics Institute calls for common definitions, use of industry terminology
  Microsoft urges enterprises to start exploring decentralized digital ID use cases
  Patriot One details $10M public offering following threat detection revenue growth
  Airports integrating biometrics from Idemia in US, Vision-Box and Unisys in ANZ
  Clearview AI makes face biometrics service available to Ukraine Ministry of Defense
  Aware teams with MFA provider to fight ransomware, makes $2.5M strategic investment
Biometrics White Papers
Anti-money laundering regulations in 2022: Understanding the global AML regulatory landscape
With the increased global focus on anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT), regulatory agencies around the...
 
Know your payments: A guide to AML compliance in the payments industry
With the surge in digital transformation in recent years, businesses now fully rely on the ability of their customers to...
ID document verification impact report
In this new report, Aite-Novarica Group has rated Socure the #1 solution and market leader, with its Predictive DocV solution...
 
The rise of ethical facial recognition
Facial recognition offers tremendous benefits to businesses and society when used effectively and responsibly. It’s a convenient way to unlock...
Events and Webinars
ID4Africa LiveCasts: Mobile for Identity Management and Inclusive ID4D
  March 9, 2022 - April 27, 2022
ID4Africa LiveCasts: Mobile for Identity Management and Inclusive ID4D March 23, April 13 & 27: 13:30 GMT From the producers...
GISEC 2022
  March 21, 2022 - March 23, 2022
GISEC 2022 Dubai March 21 – 23, 2022 GISEC is the region’s most established and influential cybersecurity and infosec exhibition...
‘Explaining’ biometric recognition and PAD methods: xAI tools for face biometrics
  March 22, 2022 - March 22, 2022
“Explaining” biometric recognition and PAD methods: xAI tools for face biometrics EAB virtual lunch talk March 22, 2022 at 12:30-1:30pm...
FTT Lending 3.0
  March 30, 2022 - March 30, 2022
FTT Lending 3.0 London, UK March 30th, 2022 Borrowers have more choice than ever as new technologies emerge, challenger banks...
Identity Management Symposium
  April 6, 2022 - April 7, 2022
Identity Management Symposium Oxon Hill, Maryland April 6-7, 2022 DSI’s 8th Annual Identity Management Symposium will focus on the technologies...
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