Personal data breached as African, South Korean telcos suffer cyberattacks
Africa’s largest mobile network operator, MTN Group, recently confirmed a massive cyberattack aimed at its services in a number of…
Year: 2025
What Trump’s tariff reversal (and escalation on China) means for the future of cybersecurity
By Vytautas Urbonas, CMO at Ondato The Wall Street stock rally due to President Trump’s consecutive actions, including the suspension…
Philippines targets NGOs in national digital ID adoption push
The Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) is multiplying strategies to ensure greater integration of the national ID into public and private…
South Africa begins biometric IDV for grant benefits May 5
South Africa’s social security agency (SASSA) has introduced changes to ID verification for some categories of social grant beneficiaries expected…
Biometrics and injection detection for deepfake defense a rising priority
Biometrics integrations with injection attack detection to defend the latest front in the global battle against fraud, deepfakes, is the…
Biometric Update Podcast looks at the road to a global standard for age assurance
Episode 2 of the Biometric Update Podcast is a dispatch from the 2025 Global Age Assurance Standards Summit, held from…
WEF launches new DPI initiative focused on emerging tech, including biometrics
Global Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) initiatives are lagging behind emerging technologies such as AI, which could lead to inefficiencies, bottlenecks…
Odds are good for biometrics firms in the global gambling sector
Gambling has always been a vice associated with certain kinds of criminal activity, but the development of the online gambling…
New Zealand issues tender for digital ID services accreditation infrastructure
New Zealand’s accredited digital identity services regulator, the Trust Framework Authority (TFA), has published a request for information (RFI) for…
Pindrop surpasses $100M in annual recurring revenue, kicks off BU podcast
A release from Atlanta-based voice biometrics firm Pindrop celebrates a milestone: the firm has surpassed US$100 million in Annual Recurring…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
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