Aware brings potential of SaaS to biometrics Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has revolutionized how we use software and technology. Companies like Salesforce, Microsoft, Adobe, and countless others have been able to dramatically scale their businesses by gaining customers otherwise difficult to serve by a traditional enterprise software model....full story Categories: Biometric News | Biometrics Stocks Share: Facebook | Twitter

Biometrics Institute working with UNCTED on biometrics and counter-terrorism project The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UNCTED) and the Biometrics Institute will launch a Compendium of good practices and recommendations for biometric data collection, storage, and sharing in June, 2018, in support of UN Security Council Resolution 2322....full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security Share: Facebook | Twitter

GVC to deploy Jumio’s Netverify solution Jumio has partnered with multinational online sports betting and gaming group GVC Holdings to create a smoother and more secure onboarding experience for customers. GVC has more than 79 million customers and operates a number of online gaming brands,...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Legislation proposes new national facial recognition services for Australia Australia’s Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton has introduced legislation to create a national facial recognition system available to federal, state, and territorial governments, ComputerWorld reports. The “Identity-matching services Bill 2018” proposes a query and response system...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Contactless biometric payment cards have reached the turning point: Fingerprint Cards 2018 is the year of on-card biometrics, due to advances in biometric performance and low power consumption, the proliferation of trials, and rising market demand, Fingerprint Cards says in a blog post. The post refers to a report by...full story Categories: Biometric News | Biometrics Stocks | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

CBP to test facial recognition on passengers in moving vehicles The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency will run a pilot program as early as this summer to use facial verification to identify automobile drivers and passengers in moving vehicles as they pass through a border crossing between...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

UK Home Office biometrics strategy now slated for June publication UK Home Office minister Susan Williams says the department’s long-awaited biometrics strategy will be published in June, the Register reports. She also blamed the department’s continued retention of 21 million images of faces and identifying features on the lack...full story Categories: Biometric News | Law Enforcement Share: Facebook | Twitter

SecuGen updates SecuSearch Pro SecuGen today announced that its updated version of SecuSearch Pro can handle a database of up to 2 million templates. SecuSearch Pro 3 is a one-to-many (1:N) matching engine for the rapid identification of fingerprint templates from among a...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Entrust Datacard selected to secure educational cloud service Educational software provider Vipsnet has chosen Entrust Datacard’s IntelliTrust authentication service to secure access to its cloud-based offering for teachers, parents, and students. Vipsnet chose IntelliTrust for its new VIPTrust service, which it plans to aggressively pitch to school...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News Share: Facebook | Twitter

Arro Money teams up with Onfido to offer real-time ID verification, KYC checks Arro Money has partnered with Onfido to offer real-time ID verification and “Know Your Customer” (KYC) checks, giving new customers full access to an Arro account in just three minutes. Onfido will provide eKYC data as well as real-time...full story Categories: Biometric News | Financial Services Share: Facebook | Twitter

Police in China using facial recognition glasses For the past two months police in China have been using dark sunglasses outfitted with facial recognition technology to scan faces of travelers passing though Zhengzhou train station. The glasses are linked to a central database which contains details...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition | Law Enforcement Share: Facebook | Twitter

U.S. SOCOM seeking long-distance facial recognition among next-generation technologies U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is soliciting ideas from industry, academic, and government researchers for innovative intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance technologies for use by special operations forces, the Navy Times reports. Selected participants will be invited to Muscatatuck Urban...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition | Military Applications Share: Facebook | Twitter

Border Security 2018 Border Security 2018 February 21-22, 2018 Crowne Plaza Rome, St Peter’s Hotel & Spa, Rome, Italy SMi Group at proud to announce the 11th Annual Border Security conference and exhibition which will convene on the 21st-22nd February 2018 in...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Digital Integration in Wealth Management 2018 Digital Integration in Wealth Management 2018 February 21- 22, 2018 London, UK The only event to focus on integration of digital capabilities with existing processes to enhance client engagement and reach new segments Arena International is thrilled to announce...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Biometrics for Government & Law Enforcement Biometrics for Government & Law Enforcement Identity Management & Biometrics February 26-28 Washington, DC Returning for its 12th iteration, Biometrics for Government and Law Enforcement enables 250+ Directors of Security Agencies, Directors of Operations, Directors of Intelligence, Heads of...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

The Middle East Financial Security Exhibition and Conference 2018 The Middle East Financial Security Exhibition and Conference (MEFSEC) February 27th to March 1, 2018 Four Seasons Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE Dome Exhibitions has announced the launch of the First Annual Conference and Exhibition dedicated to Cyber Security in...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

European Payments Forum 5th Annual European Payments Forum March 1-2, 2018 Amsterdam, The Netherlands After the great success of the September 2017 event, we will have our next annual European Payments Forum in March 2018. This time, the hosting city is going...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter