Okta revenues up, positioning agentic and human identity inspires optimism
Okta earned $761 million in revenue in the fourth quarter of its 2026 fiscal year, which ended January 31. Full-year…
Articles By Chris Burt
Chris Burt is managing editor and industry analyst at Biometric Update. He has also written nonfiction about information technology, dramatic arts, sports culture, and fantasy basketball, as well as fiction about a doomed astronaut. He lives in Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter @AFakeChrisBurt.
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Cooperatives emerged as a reaction to the excesses of the industrial revolution. In the digital context, an equivalent can give…
Oracle introduces selfie biometrics, liveness to prevent enterprise workforce fraud
Oracle has added selfie biometrics and liveness detection to its enterprise cloud platform to help protect against workforce fraud. Biometrics…
Entries open for IJCB 2026 competition on ID card and passport forgery
The competition on document forgery detection on ID-Card and Passport (PAD-ID Card 2026) will be held for the third time…
Aware holds revenue steady amid shift to biometric identity solutions
Aware repositioned itself as a biometric identity solutions provider in 2025, according to CEO Ajay Amlani, and managed to keep…
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When people die, the fate of their digital accounts depends on a series of fragmented policies and legal systems rife…
Iran’s authorities using NtechLab’s live facial recognition to crush dissent
Images of masked protestors emerging from Iran during the country’s recent brutal crackdown on dissent illustrate their fear of the…
Iris ID debuts in NIST FRTE 1:1, ROC impresses with updated algorithm
The latest edition of NIST’s ongoing report series evaluating biometric face verification accuracy includes the debut of algorithms from Iris…
Idex looks for revenue boost with biometric access, payment card deals
Idex Biometrics reports $69,000 in revenue during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, impacted by delayed certification, specifically for FIDO2,…
Cambridge launches initiative to align, improve digital identity regulations
A new initiative has been launched by University of Cambridge this week to help foster effective regulation of digital identity…
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