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Articles By Abigail Opiah

Abigail Opiah is a reporter for Biometric Update. Abigail has a masters in Broadcast Journalism from City, University of London and has previous experience in the tech space working for TechRadar and Capacity Media. Find her on LinkedIn.

 

Yubico’s biometric security hardware now comes in USB-C and USB-A

Yubico has introduced new advancements in biometric and multi-protocol authentication hardware. The launch of the YubiKey Bio Series Multi-Protocol Edition…

 

Surveillance tech firm Auror raises NZ$82M for global expansion

New Zealand crime intelligence platform Auror has raised NZ$82 million (roughly US$48.7 million) that will be used to fund its…

 

Panini debuts cloud-based BioCred identity suite in Europe

Two months after Panini added a cloud-based service called BioCred CloudServ to its BioCred identity verification tool, the company is…

 

PNG pushes biometric voting, national ID to curb election fraud by 2027

Papua New Guinea is advancing electoral reforms by prioritizing biometric voting and enhancing the National Identification (NID) system to combat…

 

Global leaders seek govt push for public trust in digital ID systems

As governments in various regions push towards the adoption of digital ID systems, they face the crucial challenge of earning…

 

Oxford program to study DPI impact on social, financial inclusion

Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government has announced the establishment of the Oxford Digital Public Infrastructure Research Lab (OxDPI), an…

 

NeurIPS 2024: New research tackles biometric security, bias and model transparency

Three of the papers selected for presentation at Safe Generative AI Workshop at NeurIPS 2024, held in Vancouver, Canada tackle…

 

UNDP advancing DPI in Trinidad and Tobago, working through innovation challenges

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Trinidad and Tobago has launched programs focused on bolstering digital public infrastructure (DPI)…

 

Global payment networks are reading palms as the future in retail

Palm biometrics scans are joining taps with smartphones and smartwatches and pay-by-face systems as an increasingly popular option for making…

 

Google implements mandatory MFA and passkey expansion for cloud security

Google recently announced that it will require multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all Google Cloud accounts starting in early 2025. This…

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