Biometric Update for June 22, 2018

Daily biometrics news and exclusive features about biometrics companies.

Biometrics stocks this week: Synaptics in talks to sell

By Jeff Sanford

The Mercury News reported yesterday that San Jose-based sensor maker Synaptics is in talks to sell itself to U.K.-based Dialog…

Identity industry lessons from the 2018 ID4Africa survey

By Stephen Mayhew

Every year ID4Africa conducts an extensive survey of professionals at African identity authorities about topics such as priorities and challenges,…

Continuous authentication for securing online accounts

By Ryan Wilk

This is a guest post by Ryan Wilk, vice president of customer success at NuData Security, a MasterCard company. Summer…

Mandatory fingerprinting of children in South Korea faces backlash

By Stephen Mayhew

Legislation introduced in April by a group of South Korea lawmakers to allow the government to collect and retain fingerprints…

Biometrics: Are they becoming the nirvana of personal security?

By Steve Cook

This is a guest post by Steve Cook, an independent biometrics and fintech consultant at Biometrics for eCommerce. By 2020,…

Senior healthcare facility first in US to deploy iris biometrics access solution

By Stephen Mayhew

Princeton Identity has revealed in a case study that one of its customers is reporting a huge increase in brand…

NYCLU urges education department to review plan for facial recognition in schools

By Chris Burt

The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) has sent a letter to the New York State Education Department, urging it…

WEX launches biometric app for fleet fuel payments

By Chris Burt

Payments company WEX has announced the launch of a mobile payment authorization system enabling fleet drivers to conduct seamless and…

How biometrics and passwords intersect in the future of security

By Sandor Palfy

This is a guest post by Sandor Palfy, Chief Technology Officer of Identity and Access Management at LogMeIn. Biometrics are…

New York, DHS testing voting systems cybersecurity

By Anthony Kimery

The New York State Board of Elections—in concert with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Division…

Integrated Biometrics helps Mexican financial services organizations meet security mandate

By Stephen Mayhew

Integrated Biometrics reports that its rugged, mobile, FBI-certified 10-print fingerprint scanners have become the standard for Mexican financial services organizations…

Allure Security patents method for data protection with behavioral biometrics

By Stephen Mayhew

Data loss prevention company Allure Security has been issued a patent for a method of applying behavioral biometrics to detect…

Biometrics stocks this week: Synaptics in talks to sell

Biometrics: Are they becoming the nirvana of personal security?

NYCLU urges education department to review plan for facial recognition in schools

Mandatory fingerprinting of children in South Korea faces backlash

Integrated Biometrics helps Mexican financial services organizations meet security mandate

Senior healthcare facility first in US to deploy iris biometrics access solution

WEX launches biometric app for fleet fuel payments

Allure Security patents method for data protection with behavioral biometrics

Biometrics research briefs: Biometrics and banking, mobile point-of-sales, face and voice biometrics

Zighra adds FIDO support to behavioral biometric authentication technology

ID4Africa Conference Coverage

Biometric Update was proud to be the official journalist for the 4th Annual Meeting of the ID4Africa Movement.

ID4Africa 2019 will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa hosted by the Department of Home Affairs June 18 – 20, 2019. The theme of the conference will be “Identity Ecosystems for Service Delivery”.