Tascent launches new products to continue making biometrics accessible Tascent has announced a pair of product launches to significantly broaden the application range for its core hardware and software technologies. The Tascent Enterprise Suite enables deployment, operation, and management of biometric systems, while the embeddable OEM Module and...full story Categories: Brand Focus Share: Facebook | Twitter

ePassport digital signatures still can’t be verified by CBP Since 2010 when a Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit discovered the security lapse, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) “still does not possess the technological capability to authenticate the machine-readable data in ePassports,” stated Democratic Sens. Claire McCaskill (MO) and...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security | Civil ID Share: Facebook | Twitter

Researchers develop new liveness detection method for facial verification A group of academic researchers have developed a new challenge-response protocol for liveness detection, in which light from an LCD screen is reflected by a human face and captured by a camera to analyze the interval between the challenge...full story Categories: Biometric News | Biometric R&D | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Survey shows Singapore leads financial sector in biometrics adoption Financial services companies in Singapore lead global markets in adoption of both fingerprint biometrics and voice recognition, and behind only Australia in use of facial recognition, according to new research. The study “Leaders in Financial Services are Experts in...full story Categories: Biometric News | Financial Services Share: Facebook | Twitter

TBS 3D fingerprint reader qualifies as finalist in IARPA N2N Challenge Touchless Biometric Systems (TBS) has qualified as a finalist in the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Nail to Nail (N2N) Fingerprint Challenge, the company has announced. The challenge posed the question: “Can you build the best autonomous nail...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Unisys launches machine learning tool for border agents Unisys Corporation has announced the availability of its LineSight software for improving the accuracy of border agent inspection decisions with advanced data analytics and machine learning. LineSight assesses risk for travellers and cargo crossing borders by ingesting and analyzing...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security Share: Facebook | Twitter

Lebanon issuing biometric driver’s licenses with Vision-Box technology The Traffic, Trucks, and Vehicles Management Authority of Lebanon has begun issuing new biometric driving licenses leveraging automated biometric identity enrolment infrastructure provided by Vision-Box, in partnership with local company Inkript. Vision-Box has supplied 25 vb e-pass desktops to...full story Categories: Biometric News | Civil ID Share: Facebook | Twitter

Product launches and demos at HIMSS showcase spread of biometrics to protect healthcare records Several companies have launched or showcased new products to protect sensitive health care data with biometrics at the HIMSS 2018 conference this week in Las Vegas. Hewlett Packard has launched a new portfolio of products specifically designed for the...full story Categories: Biometric News | Healthcare Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

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

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

World Border Security Congress World Border Security Congress Madrid, Spain March 20th – 22nd, 2018 The World Border Security Congress is the only multi-jurisdictional transnational platform where the border protection, management and security industry policy-makers and practitioners convene annually to discuss the international...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

BAPCO Annual Conference and Exhibition 2018 BAPCO Annual Conference and Exhibition 2018 20th – 21st March 2018 Ricoh Arena, Coventry The BAPCO Annual Conference and Exhibition brings together the entire public safety communications sector to source the latest equipment and systems, develop important business relationships,...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter