Women and their right to identity This is a guest post by Anne Bouverot, CEO of Morpho (Safran). We sometimes tend to forget that our identity is a precious commodity. Every day habits which go unnoticed – unlocking our telephone, paying with our bank card...full story Categories: Biometric News | Civil ID | Consumer Devices | Financial Services | Healthcare Biometrics | Mobile Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

CBP testing Unisys biometric identity solution at the Otay Mesa border crossing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is testing Unisys‘ biometric identity solution in an outdoor, pedestrian environment at the Otay Mesa border crossing in San Diego as part of its pilot project to help identify certain non-U.S. citizens leaving...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

U.S. wants more information sharing from Canadian officials The United State’s national security adviser, Susan Rice, was asked this week about Canada using the U.S. biometrics system to vet the 25,000 refugees coming to Canada and if that was normal procedure. “I don’t know if it’s normal...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security Share: Facebook | Twitter

Biometrics firm JENETRIC optimizes interaction between LIVETOUCH quattro scanner and user At next week’s connect:ID conference in Washington, D.C., German biometrics firm JENETRIC will be showcasing the new functions of its ID flat scanner, the LIVETOUCH quattro. In a statement, the company says the interaction between the scanner and user...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Biometrics Institute board of directors welcomes new members, chairperson The Biometrics Institute has added Greg Henwood from the UK Government Ministry of Justice and Andy Foote from Wells Fargo Bank USA to its board of directors and appointed Andrew Rice from the Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department as the...full story Categories: Biometric News | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

Vision-Box introducing new biometric passenger platform at connect:ID Vision-Box will be demonstrating its biometrics passenger processing system at connect:ID next week in Washington, D.C. In a statement, the company said it has developed “an innovative integrated approach to border management and traveler facilitation, which includes a powerful...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Fingerprint Cards touch sensor FPC1025 in Coolpad Pro 2 Fingerprint Cards (FPC) and Precise Biometrics are providing the fingerprint technology for a new Coolpad device. Earlier this week, Coolpad launched Coolpad Pro 2, which features FPC’s touch fingerprint sensor FPC1025 and Precise BioMatch Mobile software by Precise Biometrics....full story Categories: Biometric News | Consumer Devices | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

HID Global to showcase its expanded biometrics portfolio at connect:ID HID Global will be showcasing its expanded Lumidigm biometrics offering at next week’s connect:ID conference in Washington, D.C. The company’s biometrics portfolio now includes tamper protection and encryption capabilities that have been used in multiple bank deployments to secure...full story Categories: Biometric News | Financial Services | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

GET Group bringing its biometric live capture solution to connect: ID GET Group North America will be showcasing its latest identification and verification solutions at the connect: ID conference in Washington D.C. next week including its new biometric live capture solution through its partnership with Speed Identity. GET Group NA...full story Categories: Biometric News | Government Purchasing | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

India collecting biometrics of Pakistani cricket fans during World T20 international tournament India will collect biometrics of all Pakistani fans entering and exiting the country during the World T20 international cricket tournament in an effort to let Indian agencies ensure these visitors have exited the country when they were supposed to,...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Connect:ID 2016: Physical & digital identity in the 21st century Connect:ID 2016 – Physical & digital identity in the 21st century March 14 – 16, 2016 – WEWCC, Washington, DC, USA One global exhibition • Three focused conferences • Countless opportunities • biometric ID:HUB • mobile ID:HUB • secure...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Southwest Border Security Week 2016 Southwest Border Security Week 2016 March 30 – April 01, 2016 McAllen, TX Southwest Border Security Week 2016 Scrutiny of the southwest border protection initiatives have been growing in recent years, particularly due to a surge in transnational crime,...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Money20/20 Europe Money20/20 Europe April 4-7, 2016 Bella Center, Copenhagen Welcome to an entirely new, world-class experience for European innovators. A Eurocentric catalyst for the growth and development of a Payments & Financial Services Ecosystem increasingly defined by disruptive innovations in...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Cyber Security Summit Europe Cyber Security Summit Europe 6-7 April 2016, Prague Cyber-Mix for Business of Tomorrow Need to get out of your Cyber Security comfort zone? Attend the 6th Annual Cyber Security Summit Europe and learn more about out highly interactive program...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Web Application Security International Masterclass Web Application Security International Masterclass 13-14 April 2016, Vienna, Austria Web Application Security International Masterclass Make your company web applications secure, earn up to 16 Continuing Professsional Education (CPE) credits (valid for (ISC)2 and ISACA members), go through real...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter