| | The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has sent letters to the mayors of 10 metropolitan cities, requesting their policies regarding facial recognition technology, according to a report by GCN. Concerned about the privacy of innocent citizens amid reports...full story
Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition
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| | The Indian government has made biometrics a mandatory consideration for all electronic government projects. In recently issued guidance notes for e-government implementation, consultant procurement and private/public partnerships, the central government has stated that it will encourage RFP applicant contractors...full story
Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition | Financial Services | Iris / Eye
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| | The World Food Programme’s (WFP) first cash-based assistance initiative for secondary school girls in Pakistan will be supported by biometric attendance data. The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat education program will serve the semi-autonomous tribal region in northwestern...full story
Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition | Schools
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| | Researchers from the The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) created a high-performance cluster cloud framework to better manage the massive amounts of data related to mobile biometric authentication, according to a report by The Stack. The team...full story
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| | Transparency Market Research published a new research report that found that biometrics-based door lock systems dominated the overall digital door lock system market, accounting for 67 percent of the US$1.16 billion global market in 2016. The report is titled...full story
Categories: Access Control | Biometric News
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| | In a recent blog post, Jesper Domargård, director of marketing at Safran Identity & Security, discussed three ways of leveraging existing payment infrastructures for new functions: person-to-person payments, apps integrated in terminals, and social benefit distribution and proof of...full story
Categories: Biometric News | Financial Services
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| | HD Barcode has partnered with Iritech to introduce HD IrisCheck, which they claim is the world’s first ID card with biometric iris data embedded in a proprietary 2D code. Unlike public codes that can be created by any individual,...full story
Categories: Biometric News | Civil ID | Iris / Eye
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| | The Irish government will make it mandatory for all citizens to show their public services card (PSC) when applying for a passport and driver’s licence, starting in autumn and 2018, respectively, according to a report by The Irish Times....full story
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| | FST Biometrics‘ In Motion Identification (IMID) Access technology has been successfully deployed at the HydroLife Health and Rehabilitation Center, one of the largest health establishments in southern Israel. “With so many people entering the facility daily, including many non-members...full story
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| | BehavioSechas partnered with Kount to integrate its behavioral biometric technology into Kount’s fraud management platform. Kount’s fraud prevention services enable online merchants increase sales and decrease losses associated with fraud. The company reviews billions of transactions and protects several...full story
Categories: Behavioral | Biometric News | Financial Services
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| | Nigeria’s relationship with biometrics and other vendors working on its National Identity Number (NIN) program has significantly improved, along with the results according to National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Director General and CEO Aliyu Aziz. In an exclusive interview...full story
Categories: Biometric News | Civil ID | Government Purchasing
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| | This is a guest post by Robert Capps, VP of business development at NuData Security Is the age of using passwords dead? Passé, so to speak? The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has amended its password recommendations...full story
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| | Device security company Universal Secure Registry (USR) filed a lawsuit in a Delaware Federal District Court Sunday against Apple and Visa, alleging patent violation by Apple Pay. Kenneth P. Weiss, CEO of USR, holds 13 patents relating to authentication...full story
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| | Border Management & Technologies Summit London, UK May 31 – June 2, 2017 Our 5th annual Border Management & Technologies Summit will bring together leading border security officials from the UK and across Europe to discuss key issues regarding...full story
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| | Secure Identification 2017 May 31 – June 1, 2017 Latvia Secure Identification 2017 is a two-day conference scheduled on 31 May – 1 June 2017, aiming to connect dozens of governments with international organizations and solution providers from Europe...full story
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| | Securing Federal Identity June 6, 2017 Washington, DC Government’s Identity and Authentication Event Securing Federal Identity 2017, a highly focused and high-energy event, will feature the significant policy issues and technology developments for today’s federal identity and security industry....full story
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| | 4th Mobile Security for Defense and Government Summit June 7 & 8, 2017 AUSA Conference Center | Arlington, VA DSI’s Mobile Security for Defense and Government Summit is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought...full story
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| | HARNESSING FINTECH INNOVATION IN RETAIL BANKING 7th – 8th June 2017, London Defining steps for sustained innovation which keep banks relevant to consumers now and in future. The only event to put retail banks at the centre of the...full story
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