NEC America promotes public sector leader to engage government, biometrics provider groups
NEC has promoted Brent Bombach to vice president and head of government relations and public policy, amid several senior leadership…
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Trust Stamp’s path to UK Govt biometric software contracts eases with G-Cloud 13 listing
Trust Stamp is being added as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider to G-Cloud 13, the UK Government’s new cloud procurement framework,…
IronVest raises $23M for decentralized biometric password manager
Biometric authentication provider IronVest announced it has raised $23 million in a seed funding round led by Accomplice with participation…
UAE governments support biometrics expansion for online services, age verification
The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), will provide all its services…
EU Parliament meeting shows facial recognition still at the center of AI Act
An EU Parliament gathering – the first official debate by lawmakers about the proposed AI Act – saw European Parliament…
Zenus raises $3.2M to tackle edge facial analysis
Zenus has secured seed funding for its approach to facial analysis after a pivot away from biometrics. The startup has…
Swiss Army supplier selects Global ID vein biometrics for accelerator program
Swiss security technology provider RUAG has selected vein biometrics developer Global ID as part of the second batch of startups…
NIST IREX 10 scores show speed and accuracy of Innovatrics’ new iris biometric algorithm
The latest iris identification algorithm from Innovatrics ranks among the best both in accuracy and speed in the National Institute…
OCR Labs, Onfido, OneID certified for UK digital ID scheme, IDnow meets EU standard
OCR Labs Global, Onfido and OneID separately announced they have received official government accreditation under the UK Digital Identity &…
Better measurement needed to asses recent advances in biometric bias mitigation
New research considers how to measure differences in false rejection rates (FRR) from biometric systems for various demographic groups, examining…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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