Survey shows U.S. federal agencies embracing biometrics for endpoint protection, but security gaps persist More than 90 percent of IT officials at U.S. federal agencies say their organization provides secure mobile access for government-issued devices, and 40 percent are concerned about securing those devices, according to an online survey conducted by CyberScoop and...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News | Government Purchasing Share: Facebook | Twitter

Zwipe appoints new CEO, founder moves to new role The Board of Directors of Norwegian biometrics technology company Zwipe appointed André Løvestam as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer effective March 1, 2018. Løvestam replaces founder Kim Humborstad. Løvestam comes from The Future Group (TFG), an international media...full story Categories: Biometric News | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

SensibleVision says racial bias not present in its facial recognition technology Facial recognition technology from SensibleVision does not perform less accurately when applied to people of different skin color, unlike the systems tested in a recent study by MIT Media Lab, the company says in an announcement. SensibleVision says its...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Representatives of UK and U.S. industry and government meet to discuss aviation security collaboration Representatives of the aviation industry from the UK and U.S. met with government officials from both countries last week in Washington for a roundtable discussion on security, International Airport Review reports. The meeting was attended by Department of Homeland...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security Share: Facebook | Twitter

Jumio announces new customer, appoints new VP, opens Singapore office Jumio is opening a new Singapore sales office and is appointing Frederic Ho as vice president, Asia Pacific, to oversee the global expansion. The Singapore team will serve businesses across Asia Pacific, including Singapore, Japan, China, Australia, Malaysia and...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Technavio releases gesture recognition market research The growth of the consumer electronics market is driving the gesture recognition market, according to a new report by Technavio. The report, “Global Gesture Recognition Market for Consumer Electronic Devices 2018-2022,” offers predictions for the market, and identifies its...full story Categories: Biometric News | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

New imaging software from Israeli university could improve smartphone facial recognition Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has developed a new kind of imaging software called Light Invariant Video Imaging (LIVI) which improves the clarity of images captured in low light and could improve smartphone facial recognition systems and augmented...full story Categories: Biometric News | Biometric R&D | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Cellebrite says it can unlock new iPhones Data extraction company Cellebrite claims it can unlock most if not all devices running iOS, as well as many Android devices. The Israel-based Cellebrite is a “key collaborator with U.S. law-enforcement agencies,” and is “probably” the company that the...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News | Facial Recognition | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

CMITech partners with Gemalto Colombia for automated border control project CMITech’s EF-45 iris recognition system was successfully deployed in the newly launched BIOMIG program under the auspices of Migración Colombia. CMITech partnered with Gemalto Colombia SA, the prime contractor, system integrator and solution provider for this project, which was...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security | Iris / Eye Share: Facebook | Twitter

Applied Recognition launches Ver-ID Face Authenticator Applied Recognition’s Ver-ID Face Authenticator is now available for security professionals and network administrators to quickly and inexpensively deploy advanced face recognition technology, eliminating a reliance on passwords. Ver-ID Face Authenticator (FA) enables the addition of a face recognition...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

NEC presenting face recognition technology at IT Trans NEC and its partners are presenting a number of solutions for enhancing public transportation at IT TRANS International Conference and Exhibition this week in Karlsruhe, Germany. The solutions include NEC’s face recognition technologies, NEC’s cloud-based Fleet Management Solution, an...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Uganda launches biometric program to verify identities of 1 million refugees The government of Uganda has launched a program to verify the identities of the more than 1 million refugees in the country with biometrics, according to an announcement by the UN’s Refugee Agency, UNHCR. The program, in which government...full story Categories: Biometric News | Civil ID Share: Facebook | Twitter

Forensics Europe Expo Forensics Europe Expo March 6-7, 2018 Olympia, London With an incredible speaker line up, dozens of free seminars, tonnes of innovation and an exhibition of the latest technology, Forensics Europe Expo is gearing up to be the must-attend event...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Security & Counter Terror Expo Security & Counter Terror Expo March 6 – 7, 2018 Olympia, London Security & Counter Terror Expo is the UK’s leading national security event. It is a world-class showcase of the capabilities, strategies and intelligence to keep nations, infrastructure,...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Global Iris Recognition Summit 2018 Global Iris Recognition Summit 2018 March 12 – 13 2018 Beijing, China Using biometrics for authentication and human-computer interaction has become an important market trend. Compared to the popular fingerprint recognition and face recognition, iris recognition has prominent advantage...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Money20/20 Asia Money20/20 Asia March 13-15, 2018 Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Money20/20 organizes the world’s largest events focused on payments and financial services innovation for connected commerce at the intersection of mobile, retail, marketing services, data and technology. In March 2018,...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Behavioural Analysis 2018 Behavioural Analysis 2018 March 14-15, 2018 Cardiff, Wales Behavioural Analysis 2018 offers valuable, practical insight into behavioural analysis techniques used to identify individuals with negative intent at large-scale sports and entertainment venues, transportation hubs and tourist attractions. At the...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter