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Biometrics infrastructure contracts, investment plans indicate sustained market growth
An indication of things to come in mobile biometrics from Fingerprint Cards was the most widely-read article of the week on Biometric Update this week, amid a series of biometrics contracts, launches and deployment announcements ... keep reading this report here

This week in review continues below. Thanks for reading.
Biometric Update Weekend Reading
Protecting rights and regions using border biometrics
Making international borders more secure can be done while protecting the human rights of people crossing those borders, according to...
 
NATO to tender for biometric enrollment devices for Kosovo forces
The NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency has published a new notification of intent (NOI) document setting out an intent...
Austria awards Secunet €15M border biometric entry/exit system contract
The German security and biometrics firm Secunet has been awarded a €14.6 million (US$16.2 million) contract by Austria’s Federal Ministry...
 
South Africa plans biometric system at ports of entry, US and Canada announce new deployments
South Africa is looking to revolutionize its passenger management system by introducing biometrics at some of its major international airports...
Biometric passport issuance underway in Zimbabwe, digital IDs from April
The issuance of new generation biometric passports has started in some provinces of Zimbabwe and there are plans to extend...
 
Biometrics cause ‘bottleneck’ for Ukrainians fleeing to Canada, ease France arrivals
As refugees from Ukraine enter in large numbers to safe haven countries, the CBC reports that biometric collection is becoming a...
DHS discusses difficulties of implementing mDLs
The U.S. Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has published an article about the difficulties connected with the correct implementation of...
 
New state privacy laws will force companies to rethink data collection practices
By Michael Young and Nick Schmidt of Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP New state privacy laws in California, Virginia, and...
Two analyses project facial recognition market at around $13B by 2028
Two recent research outcomes posit that the global facial recognition market size is going to witness a significant increase between...
 
Hand-wringing about AI spreads to government and big business
A UK justice committee has reacted with alarm at the lack of awareness, control and oversight of AI technologies including...
Identity in reverse – mobile phones as leverage to enroll for digital ID, plus SIM overlays
As the deadline for linking SIM cards and digital ID numbers looms (again) in Nigeria, representatives from its mobile network...
 
Progress towards ID code for inclusion, call for UK Online Safety Bill deadlines at OIX
A series of speakers brought updates on sections of digital identity at the latest meeting of the OIX (Open Identity...
Wearable biometrics advance with Apple patent, energy and materials developments
A series of new patents granted to Apple in the U.S. and spotted by Patently Apple describe in-display Touch ID and...
 
Human heartbeat can be accurate biometric identifier, study concludes
Researchers say the heartbeat characteristics of a human person can be used as a biometric feature to identify an individual...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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...
Moving beyond CCTV’s limited out-of-the-box video analytics
Modern organizations understand that their network of CCTV cameras and the videos that these cameras record are the foundation 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...
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...
3D Imaging of Biometric Features of Human Skin
  April 5, 2022 - April 5, 2022
3D Imaging of Biometric Features of Human Skin EAB virtual lunch talk April 5, 2022 at 12:30-1:30pm CEST The European...
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...
Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience North America
  April 6, 2022 - April 8, 2022
Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience North America New Orleans, USA April 6th – 8th, 2022 Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21):...
SECON 2022
  April 20, 2022 - April 22, 2022
SECON 2022KINTEX, KoreaApril 20 – 22, 2022SECON is the biggest professional B2B security event as well as a comprehensive security...