Synthetic identities: more real than you think This is a guest post by Ryan Wilk, vice president of customer success at NuData Security. When a family member dies, there are myriad things to look after from closing bank accounts, sorting belongings and notifying everyone they did...full story Categories: Behavioral | Biometric News Share: Facebook | Twitter

Financial institution to use BIO-key biometric ID solutions to secure Windows 10 devices BIO-key has ben selected by a global financial institution to deliver biometric authentication solutions for the firm’s Windows platform worldwide. The financial institution, which BIO-key declined to name in the release, recently upgraded all its devices to the Windows...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

EPIC urges TSA to consider other options to expanding biometric identifiers for Pre-check Privacy rights organization Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) urged the Transportation Security Administration to consider other options for expanding the collection of biometric identifiers for the TSA Pre-Check application. In its comments to the agency, EPIC explained the dangers...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security Share: Facebook | Twitter

BioCatch granted patent for detecting remote access, differentiating users BioCatch has been granted a new patent entitled, “Device, Method, and System of Detecting Remote Access Users and Differentiating Among Users,” which marks the company’s 23rd patent. The technology covered under U.S. patent 9690915 detects the presence of remote...full story Categories: Biometric News | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

FPC sponsoring Arrow Electronics IoT app design contest Fingerprint Cards (FPC) is sponsoring Chinese electronic distributor Arrow Electronics’ “IoT Everywhere!” design innovation contest, which encourages engineers and developers to design Internet of Everything applications for the future. Arrow Electronics has partnered with IBM and IndieGoGo in mainland...full story Categories: Biometric News | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

South Wales Police in the UK uses NEC facial recognition system NEC has provided a facial recognition system for South Wales Police in the UK through NEC Europe Ltd., which uses the company’s flagship facial recognition software platform NeoFace Watch. The software is used for real-time CCTV surveillance, as well...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition | Law Enforcement Share: Facebook | Twitter

KeyBanc analyst says Apple only has weeks to resolve its fingerprint issue Apple is struggling with fingerprint recognition capabilities for the upcoming iPhone 8, and only has a couple weeks to resolve the issue before it affects its earnings estimates, according to a report by Barron’s. The review comes from KeyBanc...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Nok Nok Labs raises $8M in latest funding round led by Motorola Solutions Nok Nok Labs (NNL) has raised $8 million in a Series D financing, led by Motorola Solutions Venture Capital. The company’s existing investors also participated, including DDS, Inc., ONSET Ventures, DCM Ventures, Lenovo Group, Korea Information Certificate Authority (KICA),...full story Categories: Biometric News | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

O-FILM licenses Precise Biometrics’ algorithm solution for fingerprint recognition Precise Biometrics has entered into a commercial software license and distribution agreement with Chinese module house O-FILM for the licensing of Precise Biometrics’ algorithm solution for fingerprint recognition in mobile devices, Precise BioMatch Mobile. The patented hybrid algorithm solution...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Advanced Discovery patents its facial recognition technology Advanced Discovery has filed a patent covering facial recognition technology in eDiscovery workflows, designed to automate the review of large volumes of photographic images to identify a person’s presence and prioritize documents within attorney document reviews. The AI algorithm...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial 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