U.S. Defense Department testing behavioral biometrics Plurilock Security Solutions, a developer of network security products and digital identification solutions, today announced that the U.S. Department of Defense will test BioTracker, the firm’s cybersecurity technology. Under a cooperative agreement, Plurilock will work with the Defense Department’s...full story Categories: Behavioral | Biometric News | Military Applications Share: Facebook | Twitter

CMU creates new AI initiative to attract more startups and investors Carnegie Mellon University’s new CMU AI initiative will bring together its various areas of artificial intelligence research under one large group and potentially attract more startups and investors to the university and region, according to a report by Pittsburgh...full story Categories: Biometric News | Biometric R&D | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

CBP deploys biometric exit technology at Houston international airport U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has deployed facial recognition-based biometric exit technology at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas for one daily flight from the United States to Tokyo. This deployment builds upon a June 2016 pilot...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

NEC face recognition engine conducts rapid crowd video capture NEC’s NeoFace Accelerator is a PCI Express low profile board with rapid face authentication capabilities based on 4K video acquisition and face matching with an existing photo database, according to a report by eeNews Europe. Drawing up to 25W...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Acuant updates ID document library and improves image spoofing detection Acuant has made significant improvements to its AssureID and mobile products, such as faster updates to its identity document library and adding new image spoofing detection technology. To meet customer demand, Acuant has added an optional data storage feature...full story Categories: Biometric News | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

Nets trialing Fingopay biometrics-based payment technology Nordic payments provider Nets is looking to introduce finger-vein payments to the consumer market in Europe and will be testing Sthaler’s biometric payment solution Fingopay in its Idea Lab over the next few months. The Fingopay reader works by...full story Categories: Biometric News | Financial Services Share: Facebook | Twitter

NIST finalizes digital ID guidelines, eliminates changing of passwords Federal scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have eliminated outdated requirements for the agency’s digital identity authentication guidelines, such as regular changing passwords as well as adding new standards for the use of biometrics, keysticks and...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News Share: Facebook | Twitter

Warwick Warp announces new deployment of its fingerprint matching technology Forensic Comparison Software Company has successfully deployed the Warwick Warp AFIS Core Matching Engine. Warwick Warp fingerprint matching technology is available as an SDK and enables integrators and developers to incorporate highly accurate fingerprint matching into their solutions. “By...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Terrorism Studies Terrorism Studies Certificate / Advanced Certificate / Individual Modules Online delivery with expert tutor support Feb, June and Oct every year Terrorism Studies course is one of the most recommended programs in the industry and is endorsed and recognized...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

INTERPOL World INTERPOL World Congress: 4-6 July, Exhibition 5-7 July Singapore The security landscape is evolving with the advancement of technologies. Yet, technology alone cannot be the only solution to counter technological risk and threats. A strategic response has to be...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Insurance IoT Asia Summit 2017 Insurance IoT Asia Summit 2017 August 1-4, 2017 Singapore The Internet of Things (IoT) offers truly disruptive and transformative potential to the insurance industry. IoT will reach US $1.3 trillion in spending by 2019 with Asia Pacific expected to...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Biometrics HITech 2017 and XIV BIC Brazilian Identification Conference Biometrics HITech 2017 and XIV BIC Brazilian Identification Conference August 29 – 31, 2017 Brasilia, federal district of Brazil Brasilia, the federal capital of Brazil, was chosen to host Biometrics HITech 2017 and XIV BIC Brazilian Identification Conference, the...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

World e-ID and Cybersecurity World e-ID and Cybersecurity Digital Identity & Data Protection for Citizens & Businesses Conference & Exhibition Marseille Provence, France Now in its 13th edition, World e-ID and Cybersecurity explores the latest secure identification technologies, their implementation and the related...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter